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Dr. Bill asks re (I presume) my observation that our swan necked one was deficient in the art of synesthesia; How could you tell?
Because she knew not that the number one had a different odor nor the other numbers, or, indeed, that numbers had an odor at all.
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Dear Faldage: I'll bet a big stack of bills she knows the difference between the smell of number one, and the smell of number two.
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The smell of numbers. I dunno, Dr. Bill. She seems to have said that she doesn't. Or either that or she does but won't admit it, one.
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Dear Faldage: In the old country schools, if a pupil needed to void, he held up one finger to indicate he needed to leave the room for the little house out back. If he held up two fingers, that meant he would need to be gone a bit longer. The teacher knew number one was yellow, and number two was brown, but was glad she did not have to smell them The jocks still use the old terminology when they announce their intention to "do a number" on their opponents.
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Got synaesthesia in the OED when I tried synesthesia.
One interesting part of the prime definition is Psychol "a sensation produced in one part of the body by stimulation of another."
That should wake up the Gutter Police!
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In George Carlin's list number one is number two and number two is number one.
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Got synaesthesia in the OED when I tried synesthesia.wow, we all know how those Brits enjoy their extra vowels and extra syllables.  Anyway, to add to the list: there's a new book out on synesthesia called Blue Cats and Chartreuse Kittens by Patricia Duffy, a language instructor at the United Nations. I read the blurb and learned that among famous synesthetes were Nabokov and Rimbaud. I also learned, a long time ago, that many children are born with synesthetic abilities but have it 'categorized' out of them by puberty. I can remember numbers, days and months having specific colors when I was a child, but it no longer happens. Anyway, seems that some take this ability to be a disability. Here's a self-help site I stumbled upon, FWIW: http://www.dischord.net/synesthesia pointedly ignoring Dr Bill's crudeness
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George Carlin's listokay, let's get the suspense over with... http://staff.dstc.edu.au/bill/carlin.htmlWARNING: it's the seven-words-you-can't-say-on-television list
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So what would the teacher think if a kid held up three fingers, and then four?
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