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  • Wolfish sophisticated discourse employed for seeking legitimacy is even abandoned at a point.

    Who's afraid of Strawman Waffle? Tusar N Mohapatra 2009

  • Blogger Wolfish Musings recently wished for a Jewish version of Snopes, the premier site for investigating urban legends.

    Archive 2009-03-01 Kylopod 2009

  • Wolfish faces flowed directly toward us and then around Rics low-slung car, which still rocked and rolled at their passage.

    Dancing with Werewolves Carole Nelson Douglas 2009

  • Wolfish faces flowed directly toward us and then around Rics low-slung car, which still rocked and rolled at their passage.

    Dancing with Werewolves Carole Nelson Douglas 2009

  • Blogger Wolfish Musings recently wished for a Jewish version of Snopes, the premier site for investigating urban legends.

    Urban bubbe meises Kylopod 2009

  • Wolfish sophisticated discourse employed for seeking legitimacy is even abandoned at a point.

    Archive 2009-02-01 Tusar N Mohapatra 2009

  • Wolfish faces flowed directly toward us and then around Rics low-slung car, which still rocked and rolled at their passage.

    Dancing with Werewolves Carole Nelson Douglas 2009

  • For a dog who speaks a less Wolfish dialect, such social signals may simply not be as easily read, or they may be interpreted as having only a momentary importance, without the long-term nuance of submission which the Airedale needed to feel safe.

    How to Speak Dog Stanley Coren 2000

  • They may have some receptive language ability in Wolfish, but their productive vocabulary is limited because neoteny has stalled them before they achieved the full set of adult linguistic capabilities.

    How to Speak Dog Stanley Coren 2000

  • Those closest to the adult wolves in their characteristics are most likely to use many elements of Wolfish in their language, while those with a greater degree of neoteny may be relatively illiterate in Wolfish and speak only Puppyish versions of the canine tongue.

    How to Speak Dog Stanley Coren 2000

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