I taste words. ‘Bob’ is like a milk chocolate Easter egg on my tongue
Monique Todorovski, a clinical administrator, shares her experience of lexical-gustatory synaesthesia
TL;DR
- Monique Todorovski has lexical-gustatory synaesthesia, a condition causing words and sounds to trigger taste sensations.
- Names and words evoke specific tastes for her; for example, 'Bob' tastes like milk chocolate and 'Philip' like crunchy green pears.
- She discovered this phenomenon in adulthood and found community in online synaesthesia groups.
- She has yet to meet another person with lexical-gustatory synaesthesia in person.