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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!

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OP posts:
MrMeSeeks · 17/05/2018 16:50

Laurel

HmmGrey · 17/05/2018 17:33

I can hear both but not at be same time.

spacewitch99 · 17/05/2018 17:35

Neither! I hear ‘eerie’....

iMombie · 17/05/2018 17:41

I hear Yammy!!!

JavaJava · 17/05/2018 17:45

Yawell....

Gottagetmoving · 17/05/2018 17:46

I hear 'jeery'

Gottagetmoving · 17/05/2018 17:48

Just did it again and it was Laurel. Weird.

Bearhunter09 · 17/05/2018 17:51

Laurel for me

purplebunny2012 · 17/05/2018 17:52

Laurel. But slowed right down it's yearly

Pradaqueen · 17/05/2018 17:53

Ooh weird. Laurel for me. Clear as a bell. How are people hearing Yanny?

daffodillament · 17/05/2018 17:55

How funny. But it is Yanni/Yammi for sure.

Cindie943811A · 17/05/2018 17:58

I heard Laurel first time I listened on my tablet. An hour later on BBC Radio 4 I heard Yally — not Yanny.

HildaZelda · 17/05/2018 17:59

100% Laurel. I can't figure out how anyone can hear Yanny?

Violetparis · 17/05/2018 18:02

Try mouthing the words Yanny or Laurel while listening to it, I hear whatever I'm mouthing.

sarcasmisnotthelowestformofwit · 17/05/2018 18:02

Laurel. Can clearly hear the two Ls.

Namechanger230 · 17/05/2018 18:03

I heard Laurel, and according to OnePulse, that's the correct answer.
My DP heard Yanny and still refuses to accept it's Laurel Grin

Ginburee · 17/05/2018 18:03

Myself and my 4&5 year olds hear 'Yanny' it my friends daughter who is 8 hears 'Laurel.

Gottagetmoving · 17/05/2018 18:05

I heard Laurel, and according to OnePulse, that's the correct answer.My DP heard Yanny and still refuses to accept it's Laurel

Both answers are correct. Both names are recorded one on top of the other. Which you hear depends on whether you hear high or low frequencies.

goodmombadvillain · 17/05/2018 18:05

I don't hear either. Even knowing the two options, I hear something else entirely.

PinkBassoon · 17/05/2018 18:06

Yesterday morning I heard Laurel.
In the evening I heard Yanny, but dh heard Laurel.
This morning I heard Laurel again, while two dc heard Yanny, one dc heard Laurel and Dh heard Yanny!

Craziness!

OrangePeels · 17/05/2018 18:06

I could only hear Laurel then I tried it on a different device and heard “yammy” rather than yanny.

Shiftymake · 17/05/2018 18:08
for those that want to use youtube Smile
supersop60 · 17/05/2018 18:12

I hears Laurel on my pc yesterday, but on Tv it was definitely yanny. They sound quite different.

Obie4 · 17/05/2018 18:12

My dd7 thinks we are all crazy, as she only hears 'Lenny'???