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Phase Change (xkcd) (imgs.xkcd.com)

submitted 2 months ago by Deebster@infosec.pub to c/linguistics_humor@sh.itjust.works

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[–] sir_pronoun@lemmy.world 44 points 2 months ago (2 children)

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

[–] GraniteM@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago

[–] Deebster@infosec.pub 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I thought about linking an explainer, but I lazily decided that this (and the wug) would be well-enough known here.

[–] sir_pronoun@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

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 🥲

[–] Deebster@infosec.pub 2 points 2 months ago

Even here it's useful: there always will be people in the 10000 club, after all.