A kiss is one of the most universal gestures in the world. It’s a wordless way to show affection that transcends language, ...

In English we have a few different ways to write the sound of a kiss: muah, smack, xxx. They get the idea across, but none of them imitate the actual sound of a kiss. Other languages have the same ...

As Joanna Fang of New York–based Alchemy Post Sound puts it, Foley art is “basically the human element of a soundtrack.” These are sounds too specific to an individual performance to be pulled from a ...

Giving your husband’s face a smack has a drastically different meaning in France than it does elsewhere. Instead of the ‘mwah’ sound Americans use to mimic kissing, French people opt for the sound of ...