Crungus, Phonaesthetics, and Culture

[Man in Space]

For those who don't know, there's an AI called "DALL-E" that generates artwork based on user prompts. Well, a comedian searched "Crungus" after making up the term, and surprisingly got a coherent monster out of it. That made me think—what is the interplay between phonaesthetics/ideophones and culture?

[foxcatdog]

I find full (so not tense) vowels in most positions and simple syllable structure (maximally CjVC) with lots of sonorants (but not without stops) pretty. I also think voiceless stops are pretty then voiced stops in most cases. This is coincidentally the aesthetic of Quenya meant to be a beautiful language. However whenever i hear japanese spoken i dislike it. Also clicks are pretty.

[Moose-tache]

I went to a random word generator and made monster names:

Ociramma – A river creature with a taste for children’s toes.

Shously – A nocturnal monster that forms from any clump of dirty clothes on the floor of your bedroom, once it gets big enough.

Thodian – An ancient demigod that haunts ruins, and topples rocks and columns onto to the heads of the unwary.

I agree though, they sound too pretty. Where is the Brunder Bug? The Glorbon? The Glum Bumper?

[Travis B.]

My favorite monster name is the Wumpus.

[zompist]

To borrow ketsuban's example, what sort of monster is a [xɬpʼχʷɬtʰɬpʰɬːskʷʰt͡sʼ]?

[linguistcat]

To borrow ketsuban's example, what sort of monster is a [xɬpʼχʷɬtʰɬpʰɬːskʷʰt͡sʼ]?

Slithery and a bit lumpy, maybe one of those "eldritch" folks people are so fond of these days.

[Ares Land]

To borrow ketsuban's example, what sort of monster is a [xɬpʼχʷɬtʰɬpʰɬːskʷʰt͡sʼ]?

An alien monster in Calvin and Hobbes.