Re: subconscious sound preferences

Tom Wier wrote:
> it's theorized, certain sounds tend to be associated with certain social
> constructs, like front high vowels (like /i/) seeming to represent smallness or
> femininity, with low back vowels just the opposite (the IE feminine
> forms in -a, like Latin "femina" and "ancilla" are a strange exception to
> the rule, which goes to show that it's just a tendency).
Not to mention the gross exceptions "big" (/bIg/) and "small" (/smal/)