What does your name taste like?

Julie McDowall (@JulieAMcDowall) usually writes about nuclear war, in fact she’s got a book on that subject coming out soon. But, a few days ago she mentioned on Twitter that she has synaesthesia (the condition where the senses are “mixed up”, so that a person with condition can smell music or see colours when they touch different textures). She said that to her different names conjure up different tastes. Needless to say, everyone who follows her on Twitter wants to know what their name tastes like. The thread has gone viral, she has had 6 million twitter interactions as of 29th January. She has been truly overwhelmed by the response and the requests, thousands of them, and is now only offering her synaesthetic insight if a person with a name she hasn’t already tweeted about comes along and offers a donation to a worthy cause (her podcast). Here’s a taste of the names and what they suggest tastewise to McDowall: Aaron is a stale chocolate bar Danielle is spaghetti hoops Sam – tuna Madison – earwax with chocolate Jesus – Maltesers Susan is a zip, but Susannah is a zippable banana Hannah is a tasteless banana Paddy is a fat, damp squishy notepad Ross tastes like sausage rolls and rubber gloves Simone is a slice of Spam Shane is a mouthful of furniture polish Nicky is a biscuit dipped in vinegar Violet is a perfumed cream John, is a leathery button on an old man’s cardigan Apparently, it works for abstract concepts too, as ...
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