Re: Aesthetic Language Sense

Ed Heil wrote:
>
> Boudewijn Rempt wrote:
> > Well... I'm getting quite wary of the word _all_, used in connection
> > to language. Of course, there is iconicism in sound, with is why I'm
> > not entirely happy with the Denden _kela_ for 'mouse'.
>
> Yes, Magnus's claim is pretty extreme.  Still, it's rather
> interesting to undertake her "experiment" which she claims will
> convince any observer with an hour or two to kill that she is right.
I do think there is at least 1 "phonestheme", if that's the right word,
in most English words, though much of this works by eye rather than ear:
K/C and S/Z for instance; a *cluts is not impressive as a klutz.