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Different ways of knowing - Daniel Tammet

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Daniel Tammet has linguistic, numerical and visual synesthesia -- meaning that his perception of words, numbers and colors are woven together into a new way of perceiving and understanding the world. The author of "Born on a Blue Day," Tammet shares his art and his passion for languages in this glimpse into his beautiful mind.

Explain the relationship (according to Daniel Tammet) between the way words sound and their meaning.

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