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Which word do you hear? |
Yanny |
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Laurel |
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Jezza
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It's been dividing the internet, but which word do you hear in the recording?
I only hear "Laurel".
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Mugwump
Joined: 28 Jul 2007 Location: Between London and Melbourne
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They’re pulling a leg. It says Laurel. _________________ Two more flags before I die! |
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K
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Aaghh... Nickster GroupThink (GroupHear?)... |
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David
to wish impossible things
Joined: 27 Jul 2003 Location: the edge of the deep green sea
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Once you’ve heard each, I find it’s easy to switch between them in your head (for those struggling to hear ‘yanny’, imagine the word said in a high-pitched American accent, kind of like ‘yeah-knee’). It’s certainly a curious phonetic phenomenon! _________________ "Every time we witness an injustice and do not act, we train our character to be passive in its presence." – Julian Assange |
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K
Joined: 09 Sep 2011
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But is "Yanny" even a word? Still interesting, but inelegant if in order to make it work they had to use a made-up word. |
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David
to wish impossible things
Joined: 27 Jul 2003 Location: the edge of the deep green sea
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I think the fact that it ‘works’ at all is the most fascinating thing. I don’t know what other phonetic combinations would achieve this effect.
The thing that stumps me is this: is it something special about the recording, or if I go out myself and say ‘Yanny’ to people just the way I hear it, will some people actually hear ‘Laurel’? And how the hell does that work? _________________ "Every time we witness an injustice and do not act, we train our character to be passive in its presence." – Julian Assange |
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K
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Bucks5
Nicky D - Parting the red sea
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I have heard both depending on when and where.
I first heard it on the car radio as Laurel, on my ipad as both Yanny and Laurel (same source, different time), and I heard it as Yanny this time on my laptop. _________________ How would Siri know when to answer "Hey Siri" unless it is listening in to everything you say? |
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think positive
Side By Side
Joined: 30 Jun 2005 Location: somewhere
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My daughter googled it and apparently you hear Yanny if you have younger ears.
She played it to me on her phone and I can hear both, I was trying to work out which is correct, and well that’s how I hear! When I have a conversation with someone and they are fast talkers or lazy talkers, ie they drop letters or don’t speak each word clearly, my hearing lags while I try to work out what they are saying. So welcome to my world!
When I talk with Jezza at the footy, I guess by now he slows down for me without realising it, but he speaks well and clearly and I rarely have to say huh!
I still don’t know which is correct, and if it was played to me without knowing the word I’d be interested to see what I came up with.
Now try this one, it’s freaky and it works, play them in order then go back and play the first one again, there is no tricks here!
https://youtu.be/f_R9_xdhuNw
And the why
https://youtu.be/yDiXQl7grPQ
My hearing problem is a decibel level thing, I’ve lost normal speaking pitch, yes very handy! The first one I hear Yanny, and the second where apparently most people here Laurel, I was trying to decide which one it was. _________________ You cant fix stupid, turns out you cant quarantine it either! |
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David
to wish impossible things
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Another variant:
https://youtube.com/watch?v=76amLQK8N7E _________________ "Every time we witness an injustice and do not act, we train our character to be passive in its presence." – Julian Assange |
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Skids
Quitting drinking will be one of the best choices you make in your life.
Joined: 11 Sep 2007 Location: Joined 3/6/02 . Member #175
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I hear Yammy.
And it that one David, I hear; Brainstorm or Green storm. _________________ Don't count the days, make the days count. |
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Skids
Quitting drinking will be one of the best choices you make in your life.
Joined: 11 Sep 2007 Location: Joined 3/6/02 . Member #175
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I heard Laurel on the Ellen show _________________ Don't count the days, make the days count. |
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K
Joined: 09 Sep 2011
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Bucks5 wrote: | I have heard both depending on when and where.
I first heard it on the car radio as Laurel, on my ipad as both Yanny and Laurel (same source, different time), and I heard it as Yanny this time on my laptop. |
I think it may be the quality of the speakers. The really bad speakers (e.g. mobile phone) will presumably have bass attenuation.
If anyone has high-end speakers, what do you hear? Actually, if you have a sound system, you can play with the bass control and see what difference it makes. |
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think positive
Side By Side
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In the last link I posted they do something like that _________________ You cant fix stupid, turns out you cant quarantine it either! |
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K
Joined: 09 Sep 2011
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In that link, it seems they're shifting the frequency (by playing the tape faster or slower). With a normal sound system, we can only boost the volume of certain frequencies. But kids like really whacking up the bass (so the building shakes and all the neighbours are aggrieved), so a kid-centric sound system should do the trick.
Last edited by K on Sat May 19, 2018 4:49 pm; edited 1 time in total |
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