What do you hear?

[mia]

https://mobile.twitter.com/CloeCouture/status/996218489831473152/video/1

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	Laurel
	7 (58%)
	Yanny
	4 (33%)
	Other
	1 (8%)
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[populistdriven]

1. I DESPISE stuff like this being misused by the MSM implying its an example of how divided we are and

ignoring that facts are facts and lies are lies and if you'd rather believe lies then you choose to be ignorant NOT that you just see things differently.

Even CNN pushes this line.

Other than that its great.

Example:

MOST republican voters think they are voting for lowering the debt when in fact it is the opposite. This is an indisputable FACT NOT a difference of opinion or how people "see" things:

[mia]

3. It's the audio version of "The Dress".

A Linguist Explains Why 'Laurel' Sounds Like 'Yanny'
It’s the audio version of The Dress.

Late Monday night, this tweet was posted by a 20-year-old Instagram “influencer” named Cloe Feldman. It appears to be a screengrab of a poll that also appears on Feldman’s Instagram account (although the Instagram version was posted after the Twitter one, but the poll design is clearly Instagram-original, don’t ask me). On Feldman’s Instagram, yanny was in the lead as of press time with 51 percent of the vote. (If you can’t hear it, it sounds like yeah knee.) Another Instagram account, @KFCRadio, also added the poll to their Instagram story. As of press time, laurel was winning that one with 53 percent.

Having read this far, you may be outraged, and/or concerned about hearing loss. Because neither @CloeCouture nor @KFCRadio has responded to my request for comment yet (and neither has @Yanni), I can’t say anything about how or why the clip was made. But I do have a degree in linguistics, so I can hazard a guess about why this two-syllable recording is driving everyone bonkers.


When you speak, you’re producing sound waves that are shaped by the length and shape of your vocal tract, which includes your larynx, throat, vocal folds (vocal cords is a misnomer), mouth, and nose. Linguists can study these sound waves and separate them out into their component frequencies, and display them in something called a spectrogram. Here’s the spectrogram for the yanny/laurel recording....

https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2018/05/dont-rest-on-your-laurels/560483/

[populistdriven]

4. Yes, and like the DRESS it is subject to interpretation BUT it is not an example of

why we are divided over facts as CNN says.

We are divided because some choose to believe lies over facts, as my example showed.

[mia]

6. Never knew that that "the dress" was used to show how Americans are divided.

Thanks for your posts.

[populistdriven]

7. they said verbatim that the yanny was an example of this on CNN this morning

at 5:50 EST they played the "yanny" and after laughing about it said it is an example of why this country is so divided.

Facts are NOT subject to interpretation, only to filtering.

[mia]

8. Reminds me of this.

[populistdriven]

9. Which for some strange reason reminds me of this (why is the grass green?)

https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/7SQ7JOS0KTo?start=16

[underpants]

2. Starts with a Y clearly but sounds like YeRRy to me

[no_hypocrisy]

5. Can you be sure that it isn't BOTH and the words have been superimposed?

[Exotica]

10. I hear both, but not at same time, I have to concentrate and then

it switches.

I think I am going mad

[NightWatcher]

11. I hear Yanny at first but can hear the end of Laurel in a lower tone.

I know, I'm amazing.

[Iggo]

12. I tried to switch it, but I couldn't.

I can switch the dress.

I can switch the spinning silhouette.

But I couldn't switch from Yanny to Laurel.

[Phentex]

13. I hear Laurel only...

[frogmarch]

14. Yanny. I can't even

make myself hear Laurel.

[Ron Obvious]

15. Laurel and only Laurel.

I just saw this somewhere else and it appears I'm in the minority. Even thinking "Yanni", I hear Laurel.

[Laffy Kat]

17. Boy, me too.

I don't even understand how someone could hear yanni out of that. It's very clearly laurel to me.

[dhol82]

27. I keep trying to think Laurel and

only hear Yanni.
Can’t force myself to hear Laurel.
Truly odd.

[Donkees]

16. This morning heard the higher-pitched Yanny, and now only hearing the lower-pitched Laurel

[underpants]

18. I just heard it on the radio on NPR and it was clearly Laurel

The example on this thread is clearly Yanny or actually YeRRy

[Donkees]

19. I just listened again, and it's back to Yanny, Yanny, Yanny :)

[mia]

20. Do You Hear "Yanny" or "Laurel"? (SOLVED with SCIENCE)

[demmiblue]

21. I heard Yanny at a low volume, and Laurel at a high volume.

Now I only hear Yanny.

[LostOne4Ever]

22. It was bound to happen

http://reductress.com/post/man-calls-girlfriend-yanny-during-sex-swears-he-said-laurel/

[mia]

23. It's going to be fun times for those named Laurel.

Thanks for the laugh!

[Iggo]

24. That's my new favorite website.

Von Trapp article, best.

[demmiblue]

25. Yanny, but I heard Laurel once when I turned up the volume.

Tried to replicate... only Yanny now.

Edit: totally forgot that I already replied!

[ashling]

26. I would have voted, but you failed to include

Laurel and Hardy

[LeftInTX]

28. Yesterday I only heard, "Yammy" and today I only hear Laurel

I wonder if this is some hoax.

I heard Yammy as clear as day yesterday and now I only hear Laurel.

I've got very good hearing. These words are so different.

[sl8]

29. What do you see?

[mia]

30. Good one!

I see both!