Can Miqo'te purr?

[Nuinn]

Still gonna be known as "cat people" tho Yup, racism on the rise. It's the other "C" word

[Squa11_Leonhart]

My character generally doesn't like anyone touching her at all, just like me in RL. XD yet both my character and RL me have no problems poking or petting others. XD

well, comfort permitting of course. xD

[MStowastiqVahlshdeh]

I always thought that the rolling of rrrrr's in the Miqo'te and Mithran npc dialog was an indication of purr-rattled speech. Kinda like how the sound of a cat's meow rattles with vibration when a cat meows during a purr.

random stuff:
Also, while I am sure its coincidental, the voice I chose in the voice options for male Miqot'e has a slight throaty purr-rattle in the "YEAH" sound of the "cheer" emote.

[Doki]

Maybe those are just Republican Miqo'te

[Saseal]

Sure we can.
/em purrs
/em purrs at <t>

I always thought that the rolling of rrrrr's in the Miqo'te and Mithran npc dialog was an indication of purr-rattled speech. Kinda like how the sound of a cat's meow rattles with vibration when a cat meows during a purr.

random stuff:
Also, while I am sure its coincidental, the voice I chose in the voice options for male Miqot'e has a slight throaty purr-rattle in the "YEAH" sound of the "cheer" emote.

I noticed that also, but I only saw it from some of the Miqo'te speech at Hidden Springs.

Also also, I noticed that with mine, also (we probably chose the same voice type)

[Uielyave]

It's shown with the Nunh NPC in Forgotten Springs that he rolls his "R's" when he speaks. this probably could be considered a type of purring. Also if you look at the WIki page for Miqo'te naming conventions, Miqo'te names with "H" in them in certain places, such as "Lihzeh", are pronounced with a "hissing / spitting" sound that ONLY miqo'te can produce properly.

So i think it's safe to assume that miqo'te do share some vocal similarities with cats in that regard. They may not be able to full on purr, but I think they can produce contented throaty chortles that sound like purrs.

[Velox]

Based on NPC dialog, some miqo'te share more traits with cats than others. As others have stated above, the U nuhn rolls his R's in a purring fashion. Then we also see Miah Molkot who hisses and meows. This tells me it's a trait that exists in both Keeper and Seeker families, but is extremely rare. From a biological standpoint, my guess that it is a recessive trait left over from distant Miqo'te ancestors (wild hunters, closer to the evolutionary division where Miqo'te diverged from other cats) that crops up every few generations (like the heterochromia trait).

So to answer your question, yes, some miqo'te can and do purr. Most lack the ability to though.

[Sigiria]

The extra aitches we see in names such as “Bhee,” “Kuzh,” and “Pahsh” represent a slight hissing/spitting sound that is made when the name is pronounced by the cat-like Miqo’te. Many of the other races in Eorzea cannot accurately reproduce this sound, so the aitches end up going silent when read (Bee, Kooz, Pash).

So following this logic from the Miqo'te naming lore, the "rrr" used by some NPC in words is most likely a form of purr that only Miqo'tes are able to produce.

[Sagittarian]

Thread - http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...for-Miqo-te...

Response - http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...75673#poststop

tldr - Rock and ROAR!

[Maza]

I wished they would purr but most of all I wish we could move their ears and whip their tails! It would be soo cool, we could display an array of emotes just from the way we turn and twist the ears and snap the tail! Ears full back, crouched over and tail whipping back and forth hehe : D