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The weirdest design trick I know
- nickthemagicman 12y agoVery interesting. I would love to see more language studies about this. Sort of reminds me of how a minor chord invokes sadness.
- mathattack 12y agoLinguistics is a fascinating field. I suspect there is a lot behind which sounds are culturally biased, and which are universal. I recall a study that said "spit" is the least corrupted word across languages. (Because the sound is similar to the activity)
- eCa 12y agoWhich leads to: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Onomatopoeia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Onomatopoeia and more specifically (though spit is missing): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cross-linguistic_onomatopoeias http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cross-linguistic_onomatopoeias
- sheriff 12y agoThis was covered on The Office: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l8uCNOKODf4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l8uCNOKODf4
- _greim_ 12y agoThis reminds me of the orange/blue contrast thing in movie posters that went viral a few years back[1]. I wonder how much things like this are just industry fashion trends, as opposed to having a deeper, more timeless psychological basis. [1] https://www.google.com/#q=orange+blue+movie+posters https://www.google.com/#q=orange+blue+movie+posters