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Linguistics 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 "s
by mathattack 12y ago
Linguistics 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