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Cats' body language is often more subtle or more complicated than dogs. It's no surprise that the average person gets it wrong. It takes time and close observation to learn an individual cat's signals.
I think cats adapt their communication over time too. My 17 year old has started whining and crying whenever he senses that I'm going to make him get off of my lap, which is something he never did when he was younger. Makes a real show of getting mad. He seems to get over it real fast if I offer him catnip as compensation, though...
Definitely! One of ours has gotten more vocal as she has worked out she can "ask" for different things.