R sounds are rough, and L sounds are smooth: Cross-cultural study finds these associations may be universal

People around the world associate a trilled R sound with a rough texture and a jagged shape, and an L sound with a smooth ...
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R sounds are rough, and L sounds are smooth, according to cross-cultural study

People around the world associate a trilled R sound with a rough texture and a jagged shape, and an L sound with smooth texture and a flat shape, according to the findings of a new study. Researchers ...
The Atlantic

More on Ls and Rs in Japanese

As mentioned yesterday, the risk in correcting others is that you get exposed to correction yourself. So it turns out to be -- sort of -- with my comments about the L and R sounds in Japanese. Major ...