THE MAN WHO CAN TASTE NAMES

A British guy on TikTok claims he has a condition that makes him taste people’s names. Henry Gray has been diagnosed with lexical-gustatory synaesthesia after telling his parents and teachers he could “taste” his classmates names. Now 23-years-old, Henry is a bartender and regularly posts on TikTok where he shares his experience of the neurological disorder. He says that when he was in college, there was a Duncan, a Kirsty and an Elijah all in his dorm, and he had to change rooms. Henry claimed that Duncan tastes like “a burp after eating smoky bacon crisps.” “Kirsty is like murky urine smell,” and Elijah is like “licking an eyeball.” Then there’s Gertrude: “Gertrude is like when you swallow back sick.” On the upside, there Martin who, according to Henry, “tastes like Smarties.”
* In college, his favorite term paper was on Sir Francis Bacon.
* Is there a story behind how he knows what licking an eyeball tastes like?
* If that Kirsty has murky urine, she should see a doctor.
* Does somebody named Olive taste like martinis?
* I guess the last thing this guy wants to hear is, “Hi, I’m Dick.”