People around world associate rolled R with a jagged line, study finds

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2024/nov/20/people-around-world-associate-rolled-r-jagged-line-linguistics-bouba-kiki

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ohwhatfollyisman@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 1y (2 replies)

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

gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 1y (1 reply)

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

intensely_human@lemm.ee · 1 pts · 1y

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.

intensely_human@lemm.ee · 3 pts · 1y

So rolled Rs have ridges?

contortions@lemm.ee · 2 pts · 1y (1 reply)

Sawtooth synaesthetic

intensely_human@lemm.ee · 1 pts · 1y

Collective subconscious-abiding artifact of a potato chip advertising campaign