I am not a synaesthete
But I can think of no way to describe the flavor of okra other than to say that it tastes dark green. This description isn't even the result of a searching-about for the apt word or phrase; it seems, to me, to be the most natural way to describe it. (I have also long had the very strong sense that four plus five is purple, and that two, four, five, and seven are green, orange, red, and yellow respectively (which is convenient since it makes my colorful arithmetic correct at least sometimes), but I am otherwise completely free of number-color links.)
Comments
on 2009-09-04 14:19:51.0, Daniel commented:
Is this related to today's Penny Arcade, or is it just a coincidence? (Blue is totally a flavor.)
and, further, on 2009-09-04 15:01:33.0, ben commented:
It's a coincidence: I actually wrote this post yesterday.
and, further, on 2009-09-05 23:56:42.0, germanidealist commented:
Dienstage sind rot. Only in German, though.
and, further, on 2009-10-03 17:11:41.0, Jeffrey Daniel Rubard commented:
Conversation I've "haven", never meaning to send:
"This is something. Nabokov's Camera Obscura was translated by an American translator, and it was unwieldy. The translator wrote 'had it not in me', and Nabokov personally crossed it out and wrote 'lacked'. Elegant." "Huh, Granddad."
And now it's time for "something completely different", just for you, Benjamin of gear Disraeli:
pošól ná Nabokov