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AIBU?

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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

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CaliforniaDream · 17/05/2018 19:36

How about this one!!

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PerfectlySymmetricalButtocks · 17/05/2018 19:40

I heard brainstorm then green needle.

GardenGeek · 17/05/2018 19:41

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CaliforniaDream · 17/05/2018 19:41

Yeah, I move between brainstorm and needle much more easily than I can between yanny and Laurel

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MaryShelley1818 · 17/05/2018 19:42

I hear both! Depending which one I listen for.

MarshaBradyo · 17/05/2018 19:44

I can only hear green needle : (

SaintJimmy · 17/05/2018 19:45

I must be weird, I hear Yalli lol

hazeyjane · 17/05/2018 19:46

I haven't listened to that one yet.

The odd thing about yanny/laurel is there is no way I can hear laurel. Also dh and dd2 heard a mans voice and dd1 and I a woman's!

underneaththeash · 17/05/2018 19:47

It is most definitely Yanny. There is no L sound at the start.

AckYourHole · 17/05/2018 19:47

Omg whichever word I think about I then hear it. How strange!

notacooldad · 17/05/2018 19:47

I hear different things on different devices.
It was Yanny on my iPad and laptop but definitely Laurel on my phone.

BexConnor · 17/05/2018 19:55

OK, I've just tried saying 'yanny' out loud to myself in a nasally voice in an attempt to make myself hear yanny instead of laurel, and now when I play the vid I can hear yanny!

How bizarre

riverpen · 17/05/2018 19:55

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hazeyjane · 17/05/2018 19:56

I thought the yanny thing was definitely reported to be a recording studio laurel (I hear yanny though!)

The Brainstorm thing is definitely Brainstorm (it's a toy from ben 10 m.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/brainstorm-and-green-needle-is-trying-to-be-the-new-laurel-and-yanny_uk_5afd9862e4b0a59b4e017820

fluffiny31 · 17/05/2018 20:13

I can only hear laurel I tried to hear yanny but can't.

paisleyblue · 17/05/2018 20:24

My 5 year old hears laurel. I played it to my 2 year old and he said 'yanny' without prompt.

I hear yanny.

diddl · 17/05/2018 20:30

I'm mid 50's with tinnitus & hear Yanny.

But with headphones I hear Laurel-in a deeper tone!

Mmmmdanone · 17/05/2018 20:39

It's so strange. I've was listening with my DD and head laurel. Then we listened to another and a heard yanny. But DD and DH still heard laurel! And I couldn't hear laurel at all anymore. The brain is so weird!

Sian1987 · 17/05/2018 20:39

It is apparently to do with the frequency with which you hear it. There are a few things that could affect this, but age is probably a factor. I am 31 and hear Yanny.

Sian1987 · 17/05/2018 20:40

Clearly people had already read this. That will teach me for not reading the full thread!

Petitino · 17/05/2018 20:41

On the brainstorm/green needle one I only ever hear brainstorm no matter how many times I listen to it

ALongHardWinter · 17/05/2018 20:43

What is this 'green needle' that a couple of posters have mentioned? Confused

PurplePenguins · 17/05/2018 20:45

If you had asked me this morning I would have said Laurel if you can hear any hint of yanny you're barking but this evening all I can her is yanny.

Gottagetmoving · 17/05/2018 20:47

I heard green needle not brainstorm.
The link is higher up this page @ALongHardWinter

ZeroFuchsGiven · 17/05/2018 20:52

I hear Laurel but all my dc hear Yanny, My youngest has just used his tablet to record from my pc and on the recording it is Yanny!