What do YOU call amel + anery + lavender? snopal or glacier?

[eeji]

...and which do you think is most widely used?

cast your vote for Snopal or Glacier

 

[RobbiesCornField]

You forgot "Pearl". And Lavender Snow.

 

[Jay@PJCReptiles]

...and which do you think is most widely used?

Hi Ian,
I had to vote SnOpal, not that I like the name, because I don't. I only based my answer on your entire question. I would say that SnOpal is the most widely used "trade name" for this morph. I generally refer to them as such because that is what the market seems to except them as. I would prefer Snow Lavender or Lavender Snow myself because I just don't like the name SnOpal. JMO. :shrugs: I would even prefer Pearl, as Robbie posted, over SnOpal any day.
Jay

 

[ZoologyGirl]

I would prefer Snow Lavender or Lavender Snow myself because I just don't like the name SnOpal. JMO. :shrugs: I would even prefer Pearl, as Robbie posted, over SnOpal any day.
Jay

I second this...I prefer Lavender Snow...but often find myself using snopal because it seems the most widely used.

I've honestly never heard them called glaciers :shrugs:

 

[jazzgeek]

I went with "Snopal", and from where I sit, it's the most widely used.

"Pearl" is what Opals used to be called, and I've not heard it used even when Anery is thrown into the mix. :shrugs:


Dale

 

[Rich Z]

Can anyone visually tell the difference between Snopals and Snows as babies? I guess I haven't looked close enough at them, but they look the same to me........ I'm sure I have sold a ton of Snopals over the years as Snows......

 

[mvervest]

Can anyone visually tell the difference between Snopals and Snows as babies? I guess I haven't looked close enough at them, but they look the same to me........ I'm sure I have sold a ton of Snopals over the years as Snows......

I agree . I did the same with Opals I think , sold snopals as opals . Later on it was proven that there was also anery in the mix . Thinking back on the clutches , we remember that there were some differences on brightness/whiteness .

 

[adsclarke]

Hi,

Glacier is a name that is quite widely used for this mix in the UK.
I too prefer Lavender Snow but quite like Glacier.. I just don't like the sound of Snopal, it donsn't sound very pretty!

 

[Calift]

As pretty as Snopal sounds ....I wish Glacier was more widely used!

 

[Chris Olson]

I don't think I have a preference....but I always refer to them as Snopals.

Going back to Rich's comment.....the first few I produced I wasn't sure...but after producing a bunch I feel like I can pick them out every time.

Chris O

 

[Michael823]

I've only heard it as snopal, but I don't really like the name at all. But there are quite a few other names that need to be changed as well. I personally like lavender snow or pearl, snopal just seems a little to DR.Seuss for me.

 

[eeji]

afaik Pearl is used for a hybrid over here (I can't remember off hand whats mixed in)

Snopal all the way for me, even though it does sound a bit silly it has grown on me and I've got used to it.

Thanks everyone for your input, its most appreciated

 

[cornmorphs]

You forgot "Pearl". And Lavender Snow.

of course... i knew there was another one lol

 

[Pasodama]

afaik Pearl is used for a hybrid over here (I can't remember off hand whats mixed in)

Pearl is a Hybrid, here in the U.S. as well. It is a cross of Cornsnake x Leucistic Texas Ratsnake.

Just that, "back in the day", Opals were referred to as Pearls.

 

[Ssthisto]

Although I know darn well that "Snopal" is the more commonly used term... if I hatch out something that's homozygous Anery + homozygous Amel + homozygous Lavender, it's going out labelled as a Glacier.

 

[paulc]

I think i prefer lavender snow, more of an exact name for it.

 

[Caryl]

Gah! Snopal is common enough that most folks at least know what it is. I hadn't heard of "glacier" before this thread. Of course, I've only been involved with corns for a little over a year. "Lavendar snow" makes sense. This thread reminds me of why our beloved hobby is so frustrating for newcomers. The multiplicity of monikers is marvelously muddling.

 

[ForkedTung]

I think i prefer lavender snow, more of an exact name for it.

I agree...
Snopal sounds like something Frosty the Snowman left on your front lawn and you just stepped in...

 

[marinneli]

I prefer SNOW+OPAL --> snopal no matter how funny or silly it sounds. At least it's quite easy to figure out what traits it includes even though there's amel twice

Lavender Snow would be OK otherwise, but I don't like these "firstname lastname" combos. At some point the morph names are way too long and complicated.

Like: Lavender Bloodred or LavBlood. Why can't it just be called Plasma?
Hypo Lavender Bloodred or Hypo LavBlood. Shouldn't it be Hypo Plasma?

Ok. I think LavBlood is pretty nice for a name. But shouldn't the same formula be applied to other morphs too:

AnBlood instead of Granite?
AmBlood instead of Fire?
SnoBlood instead of Avalanche?
ChaBlood instead of Pewter?

If we have own nice morph names for these bloodred based morphs, why shouldn't we use them? We do use Pewter, there's no question about it. I think PLASMA deserves to be used as well.


Back to the SNOPAL and GLACIER dilemma... I think snopal is even easier to pronounce.

 

[ghosthousecorns]

I agree...
Snopal sounds like something Frosty the Snowman left on your front lawn and you just stepped in...

Nah, to me it sounds like you just have Frosty as your buddy. Unless it's just someone saying "snow pile" with a southern accent?
Seriously even if it is stupid name, at least people know what it is. "Glacier" is more cryptic.