Lilo & Stitch Arnold Zwicky's Blog

Today's morning name. I really have no idea why. I haven't even seen the movie and was only vaguely aware of its theme. Maybe the sound-symbolic values of the names, the contrast between the /l/s of Lilo, voiced liquids, symbolically flowing; and the /s t č/ of Stitch, all voiceless obstruents, symbolically spiky and aggressive.…

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