>>11381503How do autists struggle with this? You could easily do some autist-tier linguistic analysis of which geometric entity in the image is named what. The
phoneme is a voiced phoneme, which implies you say it by vibrating your vocal chords. P is just a B without vibrating the vocal chords. Compare the B to the unvoiced consonant K, which you don’t vibrate your vocal chords to say. Which one of these is more instant and less wavey? The K. Therefore the K is a more sharp sound. Which one is more gradual and wavey? the B. Therefore the B is a more round sound. The OU A vowels in Bouba also require more airflow and vibration than the I vowel in Kika. Therefore ”Bouba” is objectively more pleasing to the ears and more soft and round, therefore ”Kiki” is less pleasing to the ears and is sharper and more instant. 
