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    rah29: Do any of you feel different around different accents, even within English or your native tongue? I have Wandering Accent Syndrome as a result of bein... more »
    casi nadie: I've been studying Spanish for half my life, and portuguese for the last couple of years. I've never particularly analyzed how vowel sounds make me fe... more »
    missteenwordpower: American-ly (or U.S.ishly), I really only speak English, with six years of Spanish and one year of Italian classes rolling around in my head not doing... more »
    Everything MidnightBikeRide does is a balloon.: This isn't about the sounds themselves, but NPR had a great piece on how the grammar of your native language affects the way you see the world : [www.... more »
    IndigoCharm: Russian is my first language, and sometimes I do act slightly differently when speaking it, but this is generally because Russian culture and attitude... more »
    Ultraprison!: Some words in German always make me smile, like "lederhosen" and "Jagermeister." I recently discovered that the German word for warlock (video game ne... more »
    jbrecken: "If things go well I might be showing her my eeee-face." #languageandemotion more »
    badmutha: For some reason, I think because of the "caca" sound, I like "cacophony." #languageandemotion more »
    DrWorm: Hi, I'm european and speak three languages fluently (french, dutch and english) and am vaguely familiar with german, and took 4 years of latin in scho... more »
    Vivien Smith-Smythe-Smith: For me, German and Maori are the most enjoyable languages to speak. German is so exciting to read aloud, and Maori has no written language, so there i... more »
    J.D.Regent: I wonder how linked emotion and vibration or utterance of certain sounds is with why certain names seem to create certain personalities (as Jezebel ha... more »
    LaComtesse: I've never minded the "oi" noise. Moist, ointment, noise, oy vey: all fine words? Know what’s awful? The word "rump." That I even typed it makes me ... more »
    Casquivana: I do. Spanish is my native language, but I grew up in the border and learned to speak English since I was little and attended bilingual (oh, sorry, bi... more »
    fauxfruit: everyone knows R is the most aggressive sounding letter in the alphabet. That's why it's called muRdeR and not muKdeK. #languageandemotion more »
    quatrevingtquatre: Pamplemousse is my absolute favorite word in the whole word. Well I speak French and English. But still. It makes me giggle! Such a fun word for "grap... more »
    hfree: Is that German Scrabble pictured? Some of the letters have a different value then in the American version (O is 2 instead of 1, D is 1 instead of 2, ... more »
    morninggloria: "Drogas" is the best word ever. Droooo-gahhhs. Drogas drogas drogas. Thank you, Spanish language, for drogas. #languageandemotion more »
    Grim Reaper of the Forest: I definitely have a slightly different personality when speaking Spanish or Portuguese. I think it has less to do with the vowels than with the fact ... more »
    MalinaMango: Are there any other lexical gustatory synesthetes out there? [en.wikipedia.org] Not all words have flavours for me, but in general I decide whether o... more »
    netfe: well English is my ESL, and sometime when i'm taking to myself I use it instead of my first language. I never thought it's the sounds that make me p... more »
  • #crosswords

    A Rose By Any Other Name Might Make You Angry

    Do different languages evoke different emotions? That's the question posed by Times blogger Olivia Judson, inspired by research that shows just making a certain vowel sound can affect your mood. More »
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    Lisa Simpson Becomes A Crosswords Wiz