I never win anything...

[beetiger]

...but chlaal did a lottery for her unused LJ paid time when her account went permanent, and I won! Woo! Thanks, chlaal!

In honor of this, I must make a poll!

[Poll #510420]

Comments

[deliciouspear.livejournal.com]

My cat makes this weird little brrrrrrrrrrreeeeeeet! noise.

[heavenscalyx.livejournal.com]

One of our cats doesn't settle for a simple Meow. He'll usually go on for as long as he has breath: "Meooooooooooorrrrowwwwooorrreeeeeoooooowwwww."

[beetiger.livejournal.com]

Damn, I forgot Mmmrrrooow!

[chipuni.livejournal.com]

That's what I would have chosen... *grin*

I think that it depends on the feline in question, though. Different cats have very different intonations. At least one tom, when courting a queen that we had taken in temporarily, would make the most clear, precise, "Miaow" that I've ever heard.

Other cats should have taken elocution lessons from him!

[lediva.livejournal.com]

Hey, only one choice?

Some of us have some diversity to our chosen method of expression.

[queenofstripes.livejournal.com]

Hmph, not all the cats got to go to Harvard. We all know you're a polyglot. You don't have to show off!

If you're so clever... let's see you roar. Yeah. That's what I thought. Not very convincing.

;)

Roaring?

[krdbuni.livejournal.com]

Hey, Jessie doesn't roar either. Not all cats are so inclined. :) Mostly she sits at the top of the stairs, looks down, and mraos plaintively until I bring her more [fish|cookies|soda].

Kristy

[terrycloth.livejournal.com]

I had one cat that always went 'Now', enunciating quite clearly.

Lately, the cats I've run into have tried to remove my skin piecemeal, though.

[beowabbit]

“Tweet, tweet” or “squeak!”. They’re crafty little devils.

[varjohaltia.livejournal.com]

http://bzzzpeek.com/

[blackthornglade.livejournal.com]

Opposable thumbs, but the truth is both of mine make all those noises and more. :)

I, fortunate person that I am, have very chatty cats. *hides*

[mufi.livejournal.com]

Your human alphabet is insufficient to express the true glory of the feline vocabulary.

Besides, they have different voices. Right now, my two cats are a nice clear tenor, and a rather scratchy baritone - so the same phrases get different intonation.

[shatterstripes.livejournal.com]

The cats here don't say much beyond the occasional "mraow". Except when the too-small-to-spay cay is in heat, and she begins making these wet, complicated noises at all hours of the day and night.

[cktraveler.livejournal.com]

"Aiou" isn't on the list. It's amazingly consistent between languages that a cat's vocalization begins with an "M" or an "N," but I honestly don't hear it.

[sheherazahde.livejournal.com]

My cats do frequently start off with a "mi" or a "mrr" sound, but in testing I have heard them start with "ai" or "ao". How about "RrrrRrrRrrrrrrr"?

[cattitude.livejournal.com]

"Wakka wakka!"

[sheherazahde.livejournal.com]

You also left off "Pprrrp", "Mmrriat", and "Rriaow"
(I've been poking my cats to check their sounds against your list. )

[paka.livejournal.com]

Here's what the local couple of experts had to say on the topic;

Ginger: Mrrriau!

Pepper: Whao. Myao! Mao. Ao. Mhao. Nffft.