I adore the scent from sweet peas ,but only growing ones ,the minute you cut them for a vase the scent changes totally……to me . It’s not only scent and colours that cause this strange difference , I also have trouble with sound of words . For instance the male names David and Michael sound the same to me ,although I can see that the spelling and pronunciation are different .I really love the smell of freesias, they smell like apricot ……..to me .
…, I also have trouble with sound of words . For instance the male names David and Michael sound the same to me ,although I can see that the spelling and pronunciation are different …,
In a similar way there are some names that, although I know and hear that they are different, my brain seems to regard them as interchangeable 🙃.
Also I experience a degree of synesthesia with colour and sounds … interestingly it was a much stronger experience before my thyroid packed up.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
I have no trouble remembering some people's names, but immense trouble remembering others. I don't know how someone can "look like a Susan" or not, but in my mind that seems to be the case. I worked for seven years with a Moira but had to think hard before I called her by her name, because she just didn't look Moira-ish, to my (strange) mind...
Since 2019 I've lived in east Clare, in the west of Ireland.
My ex BIL was Richard for four weeks until they decided he didn't look like a Richard, he looked like an Alan. 🤣 I have always thought he looked more like an ar$e.
I see days of the week in colour too but today isn’t white it’s sky blue ,tomorrow is green ,Tuesday is generally red , Thursday brown Friday yellow Saturday a sort of pinky brick colour . It’s always been so , it wasn’t till grammar school that I knew other folk couldn’t see what I see .
Fascinating isn’t it how different we all are ,with our scents and tastes etc .
Even the way we hear things is different. I've always been able to hear high frequency sounds very clearly, and find that notes with lots of harmonics often sound out of tune - pipe organ stops which add a tenth above the base note are particularly distressing. OH, who is also a singer, hears things differently. I'm often convinced someone is whistling something sharp (too high), but it sounds perfectly ok to him.
Differences are indeed fascinating.
Since 2019 I've lived in east Clare, in the west of Ireland.
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Not you @Liriodendron. I'm sure you smell delightful...as did the tree apparently.
as interchangeable 🙃.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
I have always thought he looked more like an ar$e.
Differences are indeed fascinating.