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As [[beauty]] is about simplicity, brevity is key. Autists often bore with their overly detailed ramblings. | |||
=== Phonaesthetics === | === Phonaesthetics === | ||
Elegant, high status, fancy words like luminescence are more attractive than words like guttural. With the most attractive word in the English language being selador.<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phonaesthetics</ref> A study done in 1995 by David Crystal, determined exactly what type of words sound attractive to the ear. | |||
*Words with three or more syllables (e.g., goss·a·mer and mel·o·dy) | * Words with three or more syllables (e.g., goss·a·mer and mel·o·dy) | ||
*Stress on the first syllable e.g., góssamer (GO-ssamer) and mélody (ME-lody) | * Stress on the first syllable e.g., góssamer (GO-ssamer) and mélody (ME-lody) | ||
*/l/ is the most common consonant phoneme, followed by /m, s, n, k, t, d/, then a huge drop-off before others consonants (e.g., luminous contains the first four) | * /l/ is the most common consonant phoneme, followed by /m, s, n, k, t, d/, then a huge drop-off before others consonants (e.g., luminous contains the first four) | ||
*Short vowels (e.g., the schwa, followed in order by the vowels in bid, bed, and bad) are favored over long vowels and diphthongs (e.g., as in bide, bode, bowed) | * Short vowels (e.g., the schwa, followed in order by the vowels in bid, bed, and bad) are favored over long vowels and diphthongs (e.g., as in bide, bode, bowed) | ||
Three or more manners of articulation (with approximant consonants the most common, followed by stop consonants, and so on) | Three or more manners of articulation (with approximant consonants the most common, followed by stop consonants, and so on) | ||
A perfect example word, according to these findings, is tremulous. Crystal also suggests the invented words ramelon /ˈræməlɒn/ and drematol /ˈdrɛmətɒl/, which he notes are similar to the types of names often employed in the marketing of pharmaceutical drugs.<ref>http://www.davidcrystal.com/?fileid=-4009</ref> | A perfect example word, according to these findings, is tremulous. Crystal also suggests the invented words ramelon /ˈræməlɒn/ and drematol /ˈdrɛmətɒl/, which he notes are similar to the types of names often employed in the marketing of pharmaceutical drugs.<ref>http://www.davidcrystal.com/?fileid=-4009</ref> | ||