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Which is "Bouba", and which is "Kiki"?

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    mat
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    Tom Scott is always interesting but I think he's at his best when talking about linguistics. I really wish my life was more podcast-friendly because I'd love to listen to the lingthusiasm podcast.

    Tom Scott is always interesting but I think he's at his best when talking about linguistics.

    I really wish my life was more podcast-friendly because I'd love to listen to the lingthusiasm podcast.

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    1. onyxleopard
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      If you like reading good old books, Gretchen McCulloch’s Because Internet was quite good.

      If you like reading good old books, Gretchen McCulloch’s Because Internet was quite good.

      6 votes
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      teaearlgraycold
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      I believe linguistics is his actual degree, rather than something computer related.

      I believe linguistics is his actual degree, rather than something computer related.

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      1. jgb
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        Computational Linguistics, which splits the difference. There's more overlap than you might think - both are at some level about how we represent very abstract ideas in imperfect concrete forms -...

        Computational Linguistics, which splits the difference. There's more overlap than you might think - both are at some level about how we represent very abstract ideas in imperfect concrete forms - either such that we may communicate them to others, or execute them on a machine.

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  2. moshen
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    I guess that's where the names of the characters in Baba is You came from, though Baba and Kiki are both roundish... things.

    I guess that's where the names of the characters in Baba is You came from, though Baba and Kiki are both roundish... things.

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