‘I taste McDonald’s chips every time I hear the word left!’ Student who can TASTE sounds is now a guinea pig for academics baffled by her condition

• Annie Bird, 19, from Edinburgh has lexical-gustatory synaesthesia
• The condition means she can taste different flavours as she hears or reads words
• University says many people are unaware they have it and have devised test
• Certain names cause Annie to taste stale bread, muffins, oranges and cheese
• She tastes mango juice every time she hears pop star Lana Del Rey sing 
• The threatre student’s senses can become overloaded causing her panic attacks

Source: Test to see if you have condition where you taste words | Daily Mail Online