Or the edges of the shapes visually suggest the shapes of the initial letters of each word (or vice versa). That's what did it for me, anyway.
But I'm sure there were plenty of underlying, subconscious associates also involved, e.g., "crash" also has the hard K-sound and frequently is represented by a sharp, pointy burst in comics and cartoons. "Bouba" recalls "blob" and "bubble," with obvious shape associations. Et cetera.
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Or the edges of the shapes visually suggest the shapes of the initial letters of each word (or vice versa). That's what did it for me, anyway.
ReplyDeleteBut I'm sure there were plenty of underlying, subconscious associates also involved, e.g., "crash" also has the hard K-sound and frequently is represented by a sharp, pointy burst in comics and cartoons. "Bouba" recalls "blob" and "bubble," with obvious shape associations. Et cetera.