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Re: Synaesthesia

From:Mike Ellis <nihilsum@...>
Date:Monday, December 30, 2002, 2:58
James Landau <Neurotico@...> wrote:

> Here are some Kankonian words for colors, some in the rainbow, some >neutrals, and some a little more complex. Does each one sound like the
color
>it is? (Vowels are pronounced by the Are-bEta-ravIolI-gO-crUde system of >Spanish and Italian.)
>blan
overcreamed coffee colour
>gudum
shiny brown, like stained and laquered wood
>hilis
yellow
>karak
"dry" red
>kiul
white like paper, but not luminous, as that would need some kind of s sound.
>kran
orange, with a dry rough surface like cement
>kratsh
matte black
>likt
pea-soup light green
>pluz
deep candy-apple red
>rahat
purple; gets bluer as the a's approach A, redder as they approach &
>viriz
dark green if "viriz, lighter if vi"riz
>wowum
dark navy blue
>zilkas
grey-blue and reflective, like a cellphone cover M