People around world associate rolled R with a jagged line, study finds
People around world associate rolled R with a jagged line, study finds
www.theguardian.com People around world associate rolled R with a jagged line, study finds
Speakers of 28 languages linked sound and shape at least 88% of the time, in ‘strongest case of sound symbolism to date’
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huh. i visually associate the rrrrr sound with a row of ball bearings, personally.
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Uh. If you’ve got bearing that sounds like a rolled “r”, you’re gonna want to buy a new bearing.
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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.
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So rolled Rs have ridges?
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Sawtooth synaesthetic
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Collective subconscious-abiding artifact of a potato chip advertising campaign
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