Why do a lot of English words sound like what they describe?

>>9922672
>What is this called?
Onamonapia

Onomatopeea

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>>9922679
im so fuking triggered

onomatopoeia you FUCKING mongrels

>>9922679
I thought that was more like sound effects, I.e. "BAM!" "Pow!", or "SMACK."

I think I worded the question poorly.

>>9922672
>Why does this occur?

imagine your a languageless caveman trying to communicate

It's purely cultural. If you were to ask Chinese/Indians/Arabs/etc they'd almost certainly disagree (in favor of words in their own language).

>>9922693

those are merely primitive onomatopoetics

most common usage words have an onomatopoetic element to them

the term literally means something like 'word-making'

>>9922672
>Fart
nigga if ur farts sound like the word fart then u fucked up

>>9922672

This pic has so much reaction image potential

>>9922679
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>>9922688
fun fact: the word "onomatopoeia" is also an onomatopoeia because it's derived from the sound you get when you say the word out loud.

Japs actually coin new words based on sounds things make

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_sound_symbolism

>>9923504
The japs truly are a meme

>>9923204
>cultural

indeed. i don't know if this is considered onomatopoeia but in english we process frog sounds as "ribbit" while the japanese hear it as "gero"

>>9923298
Squelched the impulse.

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>>9923882
"Kikiriki! Kikiriki!"

Partly it's confirmation bias. Your brain has learned to associate certain words with certain ideas, so they "feel" like that idea.

Other part of it is a more general human thing, where we can see certain cross-cultural trends in language, with i and ee sounds feeling pointy whilst o and ou sounds feeling big and blobby. Even so there are cultures where the inverse is true.

>>9923882
Kek, it's ''krekek krekek'' in Serbian.

>>9922672
They do vaguely but not really You're just brought up with the language and project it onto them, in part. Other languages have their own senses of description that can differ greatly.

>>9923273
If farts were brrts

>>9924646
Brekekekex, coax , coax.

>>9924646
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>>9923882
kväk

>>9923882
>>9923988
>>9924646
>>9924864
Krooks

>>9924009
>with i and ee sounds feeling pointy whilst o and ou sounds feeling big and blobby
That's because bigger things make deeper sounds and vice versa, a quirk of the natural laws.

>>9924864
That sounds more like a duck.

>>9922672
I don't know what most of those words mean (esl), and their sounds say nothing to me about their meaning...

>>9922672
>eviscerate
what the fuck?

>>9925211
>His guts don't make an "eviscerate" sound when they're ripped out
What a weirdo

>Thought
you're wrong

>>9923491
Kek.

My personal favourite: bubble.

>>9923204
As someone who speaks another language, I think each has a tendency to do what op is talking about.