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Orca or Killer Whale?

Which name do you like better?

  • Orca

    Votes: 30 63.8%

  • Killer Whale

    Votes: 17 36.2%
  • Total voters
    47
Mad MOAI

Mad MOAI

Actually more of a harmour fan
So.

Which one do you prefer the reverse-cow-colored marine mammal to be called by?

I prefer "killer whale." It's more... fun. Cool. Whatever the aspect of "killer" is.
 
Orca. For the sake of being scientifically correct :D
(My friend calls them "Shamus" *Facepalm*)
 
Killer Whale. Orca sounds lame, and like a porpoise.

EDIT: Actually, I'm indifferent to Orca. I just prefer Killer Whale.
 
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Orca I prefer. They're definately more closely related to dolphins then to whales.

Although when I was little, I did call them Shamu after a trip to Sea World...and I still hvae my plush Orca/Shamu XP
 
Never so much as heard of the word Orca.
Except the name of that guy from Wind Waker.

Killer Whale.
 
Generally I vary between the two depending on who I'm talking to. I'd be more inclined to use orca now, I think
 
Orca's probably more correct, and I'd use it if I needed to do a big scientific project on stuff (though why this would involve orcas eludes me), but in everyday speech, Killer Whale sounds more awesome and would elicit fewer "whats?"
 
opaltiger said:
But but but did you never watch silly animal documentaries as a kid? ;;
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No, even if I did, it was so long ago that I either wasn't actually listening and was just watching the big animals, or just I can't remember anything that they said.
 
Both.... But I like the name orca better. It sounds more graceful; killer whale paints them as fiendish monsters that strike down harmless passerby.
And also as whales.
 
To the people who say they aren't killers: have you seen what they do to to seals? Those things are nasty.

I just say killer whales. Everyone does, so you kinda sound pretentious if you call them orcas. It's like calling conkers horse chestnuts.
 
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