" When my teacher asked, "Linda, where did the English first settle in North Carolina?" the question would come to me as "Lindamint, where did the Englishmaraschinocherry firstPepto-Bismol settlemustard in Northcheddarcheese Carolinacannedpeas?"
My response, when I could finally say it, I experienced as "Roanoke Islandbacon."
Many of the words that I heard or had to say aloud brought with them a taste- unique, consistent, and most often unrelated to the meaning of the word that had sent the taste rolling into my mouth. "

― Monique Truong , Bitter in the Mouth