Numbers

[4getmenot]

I thought long and hard about putting this question on here because I don't want any of you to think I'm totally screwed :-) But then I thought oh well some of you know I'm nuts anyway. So my question is does anybody else see numbers as being male or female. I don't know why but I see 1 as male, 2 as female, 3 as a tomboy, 4 as male, 5 a tomboy, 6 a female, 7 a male, 8 a male, 9 a male and 0 as a male. Have I completely lost it because I've always thought that way growing up has anybody else?

[aka pixi]

yep ya completely lost it 4getmenot. lol just joking. Im gonna ask my mate if she does this cos she gets strange images for peoples names. If she hears the name Peter for example she gets a mental image of courdaroy and when she says my name she gets an image of a pile of rocks :s

[Champagne]

I don't personally, but it is quite common for people to see numbers in terms of gender.

http://www.simplynumbers.com/html/tutor/sndisplay.asp?snfile=gender

[Champagne]

p.s. You loon!

[redcrx]

yep, youre a freak!

[caz21]

Yeah your not mad 4getmenot! my boss sees numbers as colours! there is a name for it just not sure what it is! might be a type of word association?

[Champagne]

p.p.s. Do you think it could be linked to synesthesia?

[aka pixi]

thats it champs !! thats what my mate calls it :)

[4getmenot]

wow so I'm not that mad champagne, I always wondered and now its got a name for it too. :-) Thanks and yes reccrx you know I'm a freak :-)

[Champagne]

No, you're not THAT mad. But mad just the same! ;o)

[redcrx]

actually 4getmenot I see colours as odds and evens lol.

Blue even

yellow odd

green odd

red even

oh and i count things in 3s. 3,6,9,12,15 etc etc etc. (dad does too)

[gessoo]

Well if you are totally screwed, then so am I 4getmenot. I am an avid music lover and when I hear favourite tunes or songs, I see a very vivid graph in my head with all the various ups and downs, etc. I find myself tracing it with my finger. Oh dear!!!

[ELVIS68]

And it really bugs me when people have numbers after their username

OOPS!!..I`ll get me coat

[spudqueen]

caz21 - I see numbers - and letters - as colours. It is some kind of syndrome (can't remember what it's called), some people see whole words as colours.

[4getmenot]

redcrx I see colours as male/female

[4getmenot]

Ha ha so now all the rest of you nuts show yourselfs :-)

[Pippa68]

Gets right on my wick too..idiots ;o)

That's interesting, 4getmenot I don't find it weird at all..just because I don't do it doesn't mean you are a dafty..I have this thing about not leaving a baked bean on it's own in the tin in case it gets lonely. And I am totally sane..

[aka pixi]

thinking about it, I do a strange thing with numbers. I really dont like odd numbers (no idea why) so when I turn up the volume on tv and the bar comes on screen, I have to have it on an even number, unless its on a five eg 15, 25. weird or what?

[fayelc123]

I see numbers as colours!!!

[Champagne]

http://web.mit.edu/synesthesia/www/

YOU'RE ALL MENTALISTS!!!

Actually I'm just jealous because I want to be creative enough to see fabric numbers, smell colours, and taste words. :'o(

[redcrx]

pippa my husband used to hate me leaving a lonely bean in the tin. It got to the point of me leaving 4 or 5 in there and telling him itd be fine cos it had friends with it and they were having a party :-)