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Yanny or Laurel?!

697 replies

CaliforniaDream · 16/05/2018 07:22

AIBU to think that anyone who hears Laurel is playing a practical joke? It's definitely yanny!

twitter.com/cloecouture/status/996218489831473152?s=12

OP posts:
SnowWhitesRestingBitchFace · 16/05/2018 22:00

Played the clip about 10 times and I can only hear Yanny.

DH can only hear Laurel.

This is weird!

daisychainer · 16/05/2018 22:00

I thought this was going to be a “which of these two names should I call my baby” thread!

I can only hear Yanny. Tried listening on repeat, with head by speaker, with earphones in, still don’t get any hint of laurel.

kalapattar · 16/05/2018 22:03

If you want to see how the brain gets confused with what it hears vs what it sees, watch this:

Try eyes open and eyes closed.

BlondeB83 · 16/05/2018 22:04

It must be a joke! I’ve clearly heard both when playing them at different times.

fuglydumpling · 16/05/2018 22:05

Yanny. Every time. But I keep trying to force myself to hear Laurel and it doesn’t work.

SnowWhitesRestingBitchFace · 16/05/2018 22:07

Also just showed DH pics of the shoe and dress.

I see Grey and Blue/Turquoise for the shoe and white and gold for the dress.

He seems Pink and White for the shoe and black and blue for the dress.

This might end us.

Blankiefan · 16/05/2018 22:10

Laurel for me.

HemanOrSheRa · 16/05/2018 22:11

I've been listening to this on and off all day and can only hear Yanny. However, I just listened to ShackUp's sound clip with a different frequency, and almost shit myself as LAUREL boomed out of my phone Grin

Crispbutty · 16/05/2018 22:15

DP heard Gerry

Walkerbean16 · 16/05/2018 22:15

argh. now i hear Laurel. what is going on!!!

blaaake · 16/05/2018 22:15

Laurel

Zintox · 16/05/2018 22:18

I hear laurel. My three year old hears yeary. Not yanny.

Apparently it IS actually laurel though.
m.youtube.com/watch?v=yDiXQl7grPQ

lisalisa · 16/05/2018 22:20

I can hear “yaaaaary” with a long a

Cocolepew · 16/05/2018 22:20

All I heard today was yanny but just played it to DH and can only hear laurel Confused

Everexpandingwaistline · 16/05/2018 22:20

Me: yanny
Dh: laurel
Ds: yanny
Dd: yanny

There must be something wrong with dh's ears.

bruffin · 16/05/2018 22:22

Both dh and i hear Yenny
dd 20 hears Laurel

anothergreentomato · 16/05/2018 22:25

I don't hear either, I hear Eee-I. What on earth is wrong with me?!?!

DramaAtTheTurkeyCafe · 16/05/2018 22:25

I think it's more like Yanny but with a very drawn-out, American A - more like "ye-a-ny."

LittleRen · 16/05/2018 22:28

Yanny but my husband hears laurel. So odd!

marmitecrumpets · 16/05/2018 22:30

I can only hear Yanny. I was trying so hard to hear Laurel, but nope it wasn't there

LegallyBrunet · 16/05/2018 22:31

I can hear both

MarklahMarklah · 16/05/2018 22:32

Listened on my PC and on my phone and heard Yanny as described by Drama. Played it to DH on my phone and he heard the same. Whilst I was out, he played it on his PC and heard Laurel.
Since then, he's recorded it and played it back to me, shifting the frequencies and I then heard both. There's a point where the one (Yanny) eclipses the other, but if you cut out the high frequencies then you can only hear Laurel.

I didn't know my high frequency hearing was good as I used to be able to hear bats in the garden and now I can't.

Ironfloor269 · 16/05/2018 22:32

Definitely laurel. I tried making myself concentrate on a possible yannin but nope, it wasn’t there.

Passthecake30 · 16/05/2018 22:33

Laurel. Anyone who can hear Yanny is clearly bonkers...Wink

ElderflowerWaterIsDelish · 16/05/2018 22:36

I heard yanny this morning, listened again this evening and it was laurel Confused then I listened again and it was yanny yanny yanny and changed halfway through to laurel...Confused I'm now hearing laurel again but I've heard both,

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