Marlon Perkins sidekick Big Jim must have wrestled Carl when he was younger jarring his brain a bit unfortunately. You can still catch the show in reruns on the old Wild Kingdom wildlife shows brought to you by Mutual of Omaha.
Cute (seriously), but coming out with a form like “wolfs” instead of “wolves” has nothing to do with literacy. Sometimes it’s called “false analogy”, though it’s really just an analogical formation which happens to be non-standard. It can go the other way—some years ago I was floored by an auto mechanic who came out with “shavds” as the plural of “shaft”. And “dwarves” is also analogical: “dwarf” is from Old English dweorg, with the /f/ development as seen in “laugh” and “enough”; that type of /f/ never alternated with /v/. So “dwarves” is a made-up form, not an inherited one like “wolves”.
rush.diana about 5 years ago
Cut the cable cord Carl ;-)
PICTO about 5 years ago
I’m betting that when Carl manages a kill, the little guy wolfs down his share.
Stevefk about 5 years ago
Marlon Perkins sidekick Big Jim must have wrestled Carl when he was younger jarring his brain a bit unfortunately. You can still catch the show in reruns on the old Wild Kingdom wildlife shows brought to you by Mutual of Omaha.
the lost wizard about 5 years ago
Go kill your own dinner smart guy.
Zen-of-Zinfandel about 5 years ago
Young wolf is smart, dogs never eat his homework.
MichaelHelwig about 5 years ago
Can he handle their-there-they’re?
PO' DAWG about 5 years ago
Alert! Alert! A colony of Mexican Red Wolves are headed this way.
Diat60 about 5 years ago
The question is, knowing what we do about Carl and his ineptitude, how did he manage to attract a mate in the first place?
AndrewSihler about 5 years ago
Cute (seriously), but coming out with a form like “wolfs” instead of “wolves” has nothing to do with literacy. Sometimes it’s called “false analogy”, though it’s really just an analogical formation which happens to be non-standard. It can go the other way—some years ago I was floored by an auto mechanic who came out with “shavds” as the plural of “shaft”. And “dwarves” is also analogical: “dwarf” is from Old English dweorg, with the /f/ development as seen in “laugh” and “enough”; that type of /f/ never alternated with /v/. So “dwarves” is a made-up form, not an inherited one like “wolves”.