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Tone, intended or otherwise, is a pretty important part of communication!

• nerpderp82 3y ago
  There is this idea that the shape of a word, how it makes your mouth and face move when you say it connotes meaning on its own. This is called "phonosemantics", just saying "ilk" makes one feel like they are flinging off some sticky aggressive slime. Ilk almost always has a negative connotation regardless of what the dictionary says.