Speakers of 28 languages linked sound and shape at least 88% of the time, in ‘strongest case of sound symbolism to date’
  • @ohwhatfollyismanEnglish
    3•1 month ago

    huh. i visually associate the rrrrr sound with a row of ball bearings, personally.

    • @[email protected]English
      3•1 month ago

      Uh. If you’ve got bearing that sounds like a rolled “r”, you’re gonna want to buy a new bearing.

      • @[email protected]English
        1•1 month ago

        Unless that row of ball bearings is rolling off a little drop in a line. Like emptying a tube of pringles onto a charcuterie board by swiping the canister out from under the stack, except it’s a little tube of ball bearings you’re pouring onto an anvil.