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minus-squaresir_pronoun@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up39·1 day agoFor those who didn’t know the background, like me: "The bouba–kiki effect or takete–maluma phenomenon is a non-arbitrary mental association between certain speech sounds and certain visual shapes. " So: bouba sounds round, kiki sounds spikey
minus-squareDeebster@infosec.pubOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·13 hours agoI thought about linking an explainer, but I lazily decided that this (and the wug) would be well-enough known here.
minus-squaresir_pronoun@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·27 minutes agoOh, I didn’t even notice this was in a linguistics community - I just saw it in the feed and thought it was an xkcd community 🥲
minus-squareDeebster@infosec.pubOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 minutes agoEven here it’s useful: there always will be people in the 10000 club, after all.
For those who didn’t know the background, like me:
"The bouba–kiki effect or takete–maluma phenomenon is a non-arbitrary mental association between certain speech sounds and certain visual shapes. "
So: bouba sounds round, kiki sounds spikey
I thought about linking an explainer, but I lazily decided that this (and the wug) would be well-enough known here.
Oh, I didn’t even notice this was in a linguistics community - I just saw it in the feed and thought it was an xkcd community 🥲
Even here it’s useful: there always will be people in the 10000 club, after all.
Bouba-kiki