However scholars have increasingly taken the view that the names do not refer to ears at all.
Well into the 20th century, scholars took the stories at face value.
The artist and scholar takes the boy under his wing.
Now scholars are taking a more historical approach to the strip.
Some scholars take the view that the two peoples are identical.
An unassuming scholar, he took a mild interest in politics.
Painting was the art by which a scholar could separate him or herself from the others and take a name.
Most scholars, as well as the German public, have taken this answer at face value.
In the past, advocates and scholars have taken pains to note there were more white families on welfare than black.
But one such scholar takes this debate of attribution a step further.