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Why do humans across every spoken language uniformly associate the nonsense word 'Kiki' with sharp, jagged shapes?

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Why do humans across every spoken language uniformly associate the nonsense word 'Kiki' with sharp, jagged shapes?

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Why do humans across every spoken language uniformly associate the nonsense word 'Kiki' with sharp, jagged shapes?
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