Synesthesia

Word Up · **Posted:** Sun Jun 29, 2008 11:32 pm

As a test for synesthesia, a disorder where objects, shapes, numbers, and letters, are recognized by more abstract things, such as personalities and colors, patients will often be asked which of these is Kiki and which is Booba:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/e ... a-Kiki.svg
I say the one on the left is Kiki and the one on the right is Booba, because Kiki sounds more orderly and in shape than Booba, and the pointy object is more in shape and orderly.
What do you say?

The Noid · **Posted:** Sun Jun 29, 2008 11:34 pm

Same.

Kiki = all straight lines.

Booba = round letters, round lines.

Einoo T. Spork · **Posted:** Sun Jun 29, 2008 11:45 pm

The Noid wrote:

Same.

Kiki = all straight lines.

Booba = round letters, round lines.

DS_Kid · **Posted:** Sun Jun 29, 2008 11:49 pm

The object with the straight lines is KiKi, and the object with round lines is Booba.

Biscuithead · **Posted:** Mon Jun 30, 2008 1:07 am

They're both blobs....

But yeah, the pointy one is Kiki, because Kiki is a more harsh-sounding name, and that's a harsh-looking shape.

Ju Ju Master · **Joined:** Wed Jul 06, 2005 1:01 am **Posts:** 6245

Kiki is a sharp, "rigid" name ('cause of the k's) so he's the pointy one.

AbuGrape45 · **Posted:** Mon Jun 30, 2008 2:33 am

Ju Ju Master wrote:

Kiki is a sharp, "rigid" name ('cause of the k's) so he's the pointy one.

Si, senor.

HHFOV · **Posted:** Mon Jun 30, 2008 3:12 am

The one person who voted for the other one is a social outcast.

Jitka · **Posted:** Mon Jun 30, 2008 8:32 am

Einoo T. Spork wrote:

The Noid wrote:

Same.

Kiki = all straight lines.

Booba = round letters, round lines.

Word Up · **Posted:** Mon Jun 30, 2008 5:05 pm

Here's something interesting about this test.
90 to 95 percent of most people tested said Kiki was the pointed one.
People with autism were asked, and a majority of those people asked said Booba was the pointed one.

Ingiald · **Joined:** Thu Dec 27, 2007 12:39 am **Posts:** 307

First one. Unvoiced sounds like k, p, and t sound more abrupt and harsh, while voiced ones like b, d, and g sound smooth and flow with the rest of the word.

Capt. Ido Nos · **Posted:** Mon Jun 30, 2008 5:29 pm

^This is pretty much why. A lot of words were made for reasons like that (the sounds they imply, the facial expressions they invoke).

Biscuithead · **Posted:** Mon Jun 30, 2008 11:49 pm

I'd like to hear from that 1 person who voted for the second option.

What's your reasoning, that person?

iand93 · **Posted:** Tue Jul 01, 2008 4:20 am

They're a rebel cop on the edge who plays by their own rules.

Pop_tire1 · **Posted:** Tue Jul 01, 2008 9:50 am

Jitka wrote:

Einoo T. Spork wrote:

The Noid wrote:

Same.

Kiki = all straight lines.

Booba = round letters, round lines.

Iandy wrote:

They're a rebel cop on the edge who plays by their own rules.

w00t for FOP references.

SnowyFox · **Posted:** Tue Jul 01, 2008 7:27 pm

Synesthesia: "The pointy one is Kiki, the round one is Booba."
Asynesthesia: "The pointy one is Booba, the round one is Kiki." (Also that's probably not a real word.)
Stupidity: "Haha, 'Booba' sounds like 'boobs.'"

Inverse Tiger · **Posted:** Tue Jul 01, 2008 7:40 pm

Nah, real synesthesia is much more complicated than all this. Kiki = pointy for almost everyone because of the shape of the letters and popular associations of the sounds in the word. Actual synesthetes would be able to say that Kiki is purple or Beethoven's 9th tastes like burning or something.

There's actually a real synesthesia thread somewhere in here...

SnowyFox · **Posted:** Tue Jul 01, 2008 7:41 pm

Well, it's said the same correlation happens even on people too young to read or who know different alphabets.

The Noid · **Posted:** Tue Jul 01, 2008 8:15 pm

Inverse Tiger wrote:

Nah, real synesthesia is much more complicated than all this. Kiki = pointy for almost everyone because of the shape of the letters and popular associations of the sounds in the word. Actual synesthetes would be able to say that Kiki is purple or Beethoven's 9th tastes like burning or something.

There's actually a real synesthesia thread somewhere in here...

It's in OT. Might have been purged.

I took a synesthesia quiz once. Let me find it.

http://www.oneplusyou.com/bb/synesthesia

Ninti · **Joined:** Sat Nov 12, 2005 5:35 pm **Posts:** 3094

I got 70%.
Am I special now?

By the way, I see sounds as colors all the time.

Acekirby · **Posted:** Tue Jul 01, 2008 8:58 pm

I got 60% =/

Anyway, Kiki is pointy, Booba is round

HHFOV · **Posted:** Wed Jul 02, 2008 1:33 am

57%.

I'm a musician, though, so apparently I'm supposed to be more likely to be a synaesthete.

Odd.

Ninti · **Joined:** Sat Nov 12, 2005 5:35 pm **Posts:** 3094

HHFOV wrote:

57%.

I'm a musician, though, so apparently I'm supposed to be more likely to be a synaesthete.

Odd.

I guess you're just not a good musician!

Biscuithead · **Posted:** Wed Jul 02, 2008 1:41 am

I got 57 too, but I feel like I should have got lower. I just never associate senses with other senses.

Especially the numbers with colours part, numbers are just numbers.

HHFOV · **Posted:** Wed Jul 02, 2008 1:43 am

Ninti wrote:

HHFOV wrote:

57%.

I'm a musician, though, so apparently I'm supposed to be more likely to be a synaesthete.

Odd.

I guess you're just not a good musician!

Quite possibly.

The Noid · **Posted:** Wed Jul 02, 2008 2:50 am

I got 57 too.

Homeschool Winner · **Posted:** Wed Jul 02, 2008 2:55 am

I got a 0%.

;_;

The Noid · **Posted:** Wed Jul 02, 2008 2:55 am

SO YOU'RE THE FREAK THAT VOTED FOR OPTION 2

HHFOV · **Posted:** Wed Jul 02, 2008 2:56 am

I got a 57 prolly 'cause I didn't associate colors with numbers.

I DO have some kinds of synaesthesia, but color/number just isn't one of them. I associate personalities with numbers and letters, though.

Homeschool Winner · **Posted:** Wed Jul 02, 2008 2:58 am

The Noid wrote:

SO YOU'RE THE FREAK THAT VOTED FOR OPTION 2

AM NOT.

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