Yanny vs. Laurel

[Username]

I guess this is a thing?



I’ve already shot down the theory that this is device dependent.

[Wiganer]

I guess this is a thing?

https://www.facebook.com/ABC15/video...5828268036359/

I’ve already shot down the theory that this is device dependent.

Solid second post in 2 years.

[El Gallo]

Depends on how easily you hear higher and lower frequencies. No matter what I do I can’t hear Laurel, but if you remove the high frequencies from the sound I can only hear Laurel. Same thing will happen if you remove the low frequency, you’ll only here Yanny

[Dan Druff]

I only hear Laurel (very clearly).

Though maybe it's from many years of driving on this street:

[HoodedN]

I think you only hear Yanny if you have a brain deficiency.

[Kilgore Trout]

I think you only hear Yanny if you have a brain deficiency.

yanny in the streets.....
laurel in the sheets......































(I hear something different on iPad vs iPhone.)

[MrTickle]

Must be a slow news day because this was on BBC news this evening

[SPIT this]

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[ErickAA]

Yanny. Yanny. Yanny.

[Tellafriend]

This morning watching TV I only heard Laurel and thought anyone who heard Yanny was retarded. Now listening online I can only hear Yanny. WTF man?!

[MumblesBadly]

I’m listening online over my iPhone with airbuds that have decent midrange reproduction but not that great of bass, and hear “Yammy”, not “Yanny”. Definitely an “m” sound, not “n”.

P.S. Science, motherfuckers!

[michael]

I think you only hear Yanny if you have a brain deficiency.

yanny in the streets.....
laurel in the sheets......






























(I hear something different on iPad vs iPhone.)

I stole this and got a bunch of lol likes on fb

[Dan Druff]

I clearly heard Laurel earlier today.

Then tonight I played it and heard Yanny.

Then I played it for Benjamin and his mom, and they both also heard Yanny.

However, after several plays, I noticed it was Yanny with some low-end distortion. When I focused on the distortion and tried to only hear the lower-pitched sounds, it went back to Laurel for me. Then I couldn't get it to go back to Yanny.

Ben's mom couldn't hear Laurel until I imitated the "Laurel" word I was hearing. Then I played it for her again, and she only heard Laurel. Then she heard a combination of Yanny and Laurel.

Weird.

[duped_samaritan]

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[BCR]

Just Laurel here. Clear.

[Lord of the Fraud]

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[Tellafriend]

[simpdog]

:whocares

[Dan Druff]

You might wonder how this all got started.

Was it the result of deep auditory research?

Not exactly.

A high school freshman was trying to find out the definition of "laurel", so she went to vocabulary.com. She heard "yanny" when she played the sound, and didn't understand what was wrong.

She showed it to a friend who insisted he heard "laurel".

Then they shared it with other friends, and it seemed some heard yanny and some heard laurel.

Then they shared it on Reddit, and here we are.

https://nypost.com/2018/05/17/yanny-...dent-studying/

[MumblesBadly]

Kilgore Trout: Green Needle. How soon until this or the Yanny v Laurel thing becomes a case study for kids not listening to their parents or spouses arguing because they couldn’t understand instructions?

How about when studies of this effect are ised in ceiminal or civil trials to cast doubt on the testimony of a witness? The researchers who develop a reputation as experts in this area could develop a goldmine of expert testimony biz. #SciencePays