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Maddalena :
Highly recommend going down a Kiki Bouba rabbit hole
2026-08-18 23:33:33
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Michał .Śledź :
Also hot water is bouba, cold water is kiki
2026-08-19 18:24:50
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Jeffrey Goducks :
I don’t know what this is, but I apparently know what this is?
2026-08-18 19:20:02
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𝘳𝘪𝘳𝘪 :
peppermint tea kiki chamomile tea bouba
2026-08-20 10:22:36
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Troy :
why do people pretend like this is some weird phenomenon? we associate rounder things with bouba bc the letters in bouba has more rounded edges. and the inverse is true with kiki
2026-08-18 20:55:59
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Jordyn :
The way she yells CORRECT scratches my head
2026-08-18 18:00:50
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Lost In Limes :
Also cold is Kiki and hot is Bouba until it’s burning and then it’s Kiki again
2026-08-19 15:54:27
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Not!B :
my very own kiki and bouba :)
2026-08-19 00:00:57
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literally not nice :
Kiki = sharp/edge. Bouba = round/soft
2026-08-20 01:07:09
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Carter :
Kiki has triangles in it Bouba has circles in it
2026-08-18 22:00:35
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Cameron :
Ok but… fish is Kiki. Bird, feathers, soft squishy - bouba. Fish, scaly, cold stiff scratchy - Kiki
2026-08-18 16:10:09
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Lins :
Kiki is Sharp, Bouba soft
2026-08-20 04:39:57
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Fei :
wait now I'm curious if other languages are following the same intuition
2026-08-18 22:05:29
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Pixi :
the fact this is a real linguistic or whatever phenomenon is so funny cause humans and our brains are just so weird i love us
2026-08-19 01:48:54
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petpetpark :
I love kiki and bouba
2026-08-18 18:45:10
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spineapples :
You can tell by the way it is
2026-08-19 02:12:07
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poly_outofpocket 🏳️🌈 :
"Is round cat 'kiki'?" "Yes! ...No" Ma'am, let's review the source material 😂
2026-08-19 02:29:56
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Storm Song :
Harsher sounds associates with sharper forms. I adore how our brain works.
2026-08-19 16:43:43
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greenweenie :
V.S. Ramachandran proposes that this effect is a low-level form of synesthesia that helped develop language and alphabets. The ability to attribute sensory data such as appearance or sounds to symbols is a critical step in cognition!
2026-08-18 23:05:51
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user274738329 :
I named my hedgehog Kiki bc she’s pointy but sometimes she serves bouba
2026-08-20 02:28:28
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Somber :
I have no idea why I know these are correct
2026-08-18 18:23:31
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bbqman101 :
Kiki and bouba depends on the fish or bird species
2026-08-18 21:29:13
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puffcap :
I know a kiki and shes very sweet so I always associate "bouba" things with kiki and I get to be the hipster thats like yeah this actually doesn't work on me
2026-08-18 17:24:33
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Beefy Stan :
I have 2 cats named Kiki and Bouba! They would both be Bouba's though 🤣
2026-08-18 17:58:34
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