(CBS) Is gaydar for real? New research suggests it's possible to tell whether a man is straight or gay simply by listening to the way he pronounces individual syllables. To reach this conclusion, ...

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Would you drive a SUV called a Himmer? Phonetic symbolism refers to the notion that the sounds of words, apart from their assigned definition, convey meaning. A new article applies this theory to ...