Deebster@infosec.pub to Linguistics Humor@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 5 months agoPhase Change (xkcd)imgs.xkcd.comimagemessage-square13linkfedilinkarrow-up1222arrow-down17file-text
arrow-up1215arrow-down1imagePhase Change (xkcd)imgs.xkcd.comDeebster@infosec.pub to Linguistics Humor@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 5 months agomessage-square13linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squaresir_pronounlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up45·5 months 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-up1·5 months agoI thought about linking an explainer, but I lazily decided that this (and the wug) would be well-enough known here.
minus-squaresir_pronounlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·5 months 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-up2·5 months 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
Bouba-kiki
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.