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?

[Pippa68]

LOL redcrx ~ it drives my hubby mad..I'm ok with sweetcorn but beans have this special quality to me..

Better stop now as I am sounding like a real mentalist!

[Supernick]

There was a great documentary about 6 months back regarding people who got specific taste sensations when they heard words. One poor guy was quite distressed by certian words as they tatsed like vommit to him. I'll see if I can find it anywhere.

[4getmenot]

pippa do you imagine the little Bean off the advert :-) Is that why sweetcorn doesnt matter :-)

[Supernick]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sn/tvradio/programmes/horizon/derek_prog_summary.shtml

This was it.

[redcrx]

green giant sweetcorn is tough enough to look after himself perhaps??

[Pippa68]

I have actually 'bean' like this for years 4getmenot ..but I do think that ad made it worse! lol.

[gessoo]

I don't like the number 9. I don't know why but it's green, which makes it worse!!!

Champagne, your link has a section about 'seeing' music and those graphs are rather like what I imagine!!!

[fayelc123]

i don't see number 9 as green, i see number 3 as green.

& after reading this question 4getmenot, i am starting to see numbers as male & female aswell!!

[Champagne]

gessoo, I watched the same documentary as Supernick and it was really interesting. Check out his weblink if you haven't already done so. After watching it I wanted to be a synesthete!!, but I don't want to taste vomit, so...

[gessoo]

Mmmm, interesting, Nickmo and Champagne. My son is a musician and sound tech. person. I shall go and ask him if he 'sees' his music!

[gessoo]

Sorry, I meant Supernick. I am always mixing up Nickmo and Supernick. Smacked wrist!

[alfiebrady]

Were you taught a second language at school, like French or German?

[4getmenot]

Yes I did German and I know where you're coming from as they see objects as genders but alot of people I know did German and they think I'm weird for thinking that way :-)

[alfiebrady]

I guess you're just weird, then. So what does 2 plus 2 make?

[4getmenot]

22 is female. But 2 + 2 is 4 and that is male :-)

[Champagne]

I see people as colours. 4getmenot is blue, Pinkfizz is a kind of pinky colour, redcrx is crimson, aka pixi is green, and stylinsam used to be green but is now black!

:oD

[4getmenot]

they are the exact colours I'd chose, although stylinsam is red to me. But the others are words associating them to the colours 4getmenots are blue, pink for pinkfizz, red for redcryx and pixies are green :-)

[redcrx]

lol Im certainly crimson after catching the sun on sunday! But not as bad as 4getmenot's poor feet

[4getmenot]

I dont know whether I like being seen as Blue :-(

[Backdrifter]

No, not screwed. Not because of that, anyway. I have a similar thing: as someone else said, I see colours associated with numbers, but also I find sounds trigger shapes (and to a lesser extent colours) in my mind. When listening to a piece of music, I can get a whole kaleidoscope of shapes and colours in my mind as a result.