| User | Comment |
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| mrmarm | | posted 10-Jan-2008 9:40am |
Oh I don't have a clue |
cloudhugger    | | posted 10-Jan-2008 9:55am |
I'm going with the soft fowwing roundish shape with the booba and the sharp tacky harsh kiki.
Do I win a cookie? |
| Enheduanna | | posted 10-Jan-2008 12:18pm |
I think 1 is a kiki and 2 is a bouba. Kiki sounds to me like it should have sharp points, while boubas should be rounded. Are these real names that are assigned to these shapes, or just something you made up? |
FauxLo   | | posted 10-Jan-2008 1:11pm |
FoxTurtle thinks that 1 is kiki and 2 is bouba, so... |
| ausfox | | posted 10-Jan-2008 4:07pm |
I think 1 is kiki and 2 is bouba |
| thecomic22 | | posted 10-Jan-2008 4:19pm |
What? |
| icurok |
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| bill | | posted 11-Jan-2008 7:38am |
kiki is the pointy shape because the letters in kiki are pointy and it sounds pointy too
bouba is the rounded shape for similar reasons |
| Enheduanna | | (reply to icurok) posted 11-Jan-2008 11:03am |
It seems to be a pretty effective experiment! |
Melf  | | (reply to bill) posted 11-Jan-2008 11:21am |
I thought that it's more to do with words we associate with those kind of shapes; 'kiki' is similar to 'spikey' (spiky?). The syllables and the 'k' sound are quite short and harsh, whereas bouba sounds longer, the 'b' more muted. It's a soft noise. Also, the way the 'a' fades out instead of just being the same syllable twice sounds more smooth. But, I like your idea too. |
| bill | | (reply to Melf) posted 11-Jan-2008 12:28pm |
What you said is pretty close to how I feel about it too... it's kind of a deep feeling, so when I went to express it I was kind of straining to put words to how I felt and it wasn't quite right. I'm not sure if the shapes of the letters is as important as the sounds, but since both seemed to fit, I mentioned it. |
| JessicaWoman99 | | posted 11-Jan-2008 3:36pm |
I do not have any idea |
| kcthedog | | posted 12-Jan-2008 8:49pm |
1 is kiki and 2 is bouba.
A kiki has sharp points and bouba has round ones, right? |
| Jody | | posted 16-Jan-2008 9:12am |
kiki sounds more angular, and bouba sounds more rounded.... |
| they | | posted 19-Jan-2008 11:30pm |
The pointy object (1) should be the kiki.
The blobby thing (2) looks more like a bouba. |
| RGirl | | posted 25-Jan-2008 10:21pm |
1 kiki and 2 bouba, that's a guess. |
