[–] nickthemagicman 12y ago ↗ Very interesting. I would love to see more language studies about this.Sort of reminds me of how a minor chord invokes sadness. [–] mathattack 12y ago ↗ Linguistics is a fascinating field. I suspect there is a lot behind which sounds are culturally biased, and which are universal.I recall a study that said "spit" is the least corrupted word across languages. (Because the sound is similar to the activity) [–] eCa 12y ago ↗ Which leads to: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Onomatopoeiaand more specifically (though spit is missing): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cross-linguistic_onomatopoeias
[–] mathattack 12y ago ↗ Linguistics is a fascinating field. I suspect there is a lot behind which sounds are culturally biased, and which are universal.I recall a study that said "spit" is the least corrupted word across languages. (Because the sound is similar to the activity) [–] eCa 12y ago ↗ Which leads to: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Onomatopoeiaand more specifically (though spit is missing): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cross-linguistic_onomatopoeias
[–] eCa 12y ago ↗ Which leads to: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Onomatopoeiaand more specifically (though spit is missing): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cross-linguistic_onomatopoeias
[–] _greim_ 12y ago ↗ This reminds me of the orange/blue contrast thing in movie posters that went viral a few years back[1]. I wonder how much things like this are just industry fashion trends, as opposed to having a deeper, more timeless psychological basis.[1] https://www.google.com/#q=orange+blue+movie+posters
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[ 3.7 ms ] story [ 24.3 ms ] threadSort of reminds me of how a minor chord invokes sadness.
I recall a study that said "spit" is the least corrupted word across languages. (Because the sound is similar to the activity)
and more specifically (though spit is missing): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cross-linguistic_onomatopoeias
[1] https://www.google.com/#q=orange+blue+movie+posters