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A comment on Dogs Seem to Agree with Humans That 'Bouba' Is Round and 'Kiki' Is Spiky. Parent comment

Re:Dogs Seem to Agree with Humans That 'Bouba' Is Round and ... by SamBam on Sunday October 18, 2026 @06:21PM (#50146091)
Young kids follow our same expectations with kiki and bouba. They haven't seen wave traces.
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Re:Dogs Seem to Agree with Humans That 'Bouba' Is Round and ... by fwip on Sunday October 18, 2026 @07:27PM (#50146545)
No, but the person proposing "it might be due to the sounds that objects of those shapes make" has.
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