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10 June 2010

Appropriate usage of the term "baffling." →[More:] What's with the correlation between odds and consonants and evens and vowels? I see I'm not the only one who thinks this way, but I can't figure out any reason for having this as a preference.

post by: aniola at: 03:16 | 10 comments

Absolutely!! I couldn't do this task for the same reason. Vowels = Even.

posted by Firas 10 June | 03:37

Also, Right = Even

posted by Firas 10 June | 03:48

Curvy is even and angular is odd.

posted by Obscure Reference 10 June | 06:34

That comment made total sense to me too. Hmmm.

posted by mygothlaundry 10 June | 09:21

I can add a facet to this that I think is related: the bouba/kiki effect.

posted by Specklet 10 June | 09:33

Da Da

posted by danf 10 June | 09:43

Not only are vowels even, they are softer than consonants.

posted by youngergirl44 10 June | 11:49

The bouba/kiki effect makes me think of the Monthy Python "Woody" skit (transcript).

Sausage ... there's a good woody sort of word, 'sausage' ... gorn.

posted by filthy light thief 10 June | 12:36

That I always have 15 tabs open in Firefox is consonant with my coining the word, overtasking.

posted by Ardiril 10 June | 13:32

I think my prior comment belongs on the dark blue website rather than the light blue one.
One = odd number with two vowels and one consonant.
I think of musical chords as 8-bit binary numbers.
SQUIRREL

posted by Ardiril 10 June | 13:36

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