the flashing light off the lapping waves on the splashing lake
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it's either a linguistic manifestation of our mouths instinctually licking, lapping, drinking for that sweet shiny water or it's our subconscious oral mimicry of the way light 'moves' small point then big blast velar stop (g/k) then lateral approximant (l)
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shiny, reflective things cause in the ancestral environment they meant Life Giving Water
in turn, our mouths reflect (ha!) water & shine through velar stop to lateral approximant gl- phonestheme words like glow, gleam, glimmer, glare, glisten, glitter, glacier, glide