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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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BexConnor · 17/05/2018 20:53

Love that Brainstorm/Green needle one, I can make myself hear them both interchangeably by thinking about one, then the other. Fascinating!

Although I'm starting to wonder how much of what I think I can see/hear in my daily life is actually real......!

MsJudgemental · 17/05/2018 20:54

I hear Yarry!

ilovesprouts · 17/05/2018 20:55

Yanny.☺️

mrsglowglow · 17/05/2018 21:00

Listening on my phone

Me - 48 yanny
Husband - 51 laurel
Daughter - 13 laurel
Son - 11 laurel but also hears yanny

They think I'm winding them up but I cannot hear anything remotely sounding like laurel!

MsJudgemental · 17/05/2018 21:01

DH hears Yarry also, DS and his girlfriend both hear Laurel.

Countrygirl38 · 17/05/2018 21:02

Definitely Laurel for me.

starlight13 · 17/05/2018 21:03

I can only hear Laurel. Not even a hint of a 'Y' sound!

Very interesting that we are quite divided - imagine what we must hear differently every day of our lives.

ModreB · 17/05/2018 21:03

Yanny.

Moonkissedlegs · 17/05/2018 21:04

There isn't enough syllables for 'Green Needle' is there? I hear more like 'green storm'.

Love how it's described as 'trying to be the new laurel and yanny'!

That page with the slider is fascinating - if I slid it down to the laurel end I heard Yanny for a few times and then suddenly laurel! And then it seemed to flit between. I had to stop as I'm pissing DH right off with it!

OverTheHedgeHammy · 17/05/2018 21:06

Yanny.

Donthugmeimscared · 17/05/2018 21:10

I can hear yanny but my dd can hear laurel

bluebellforest · 17/05/2018 21:12

I listened to a video on my phone and I heard Laurel, I thought, how the hell can anyone hear yanny 🙄
Then i heard another video on my tablet and I could clearly hear yanny 😮

Khara · 17/05/2018 21:28

First couple of times I heard yanny in a weird American accent. Now I only hear laurel.

FrillySpidersWillies · 17/05/2018 21:33

I can hear both Confused

Whisky2014 · 17/05/2018 21:39

I hear yanny. Fiaance hears laurel

People who can hear hear high frequencies hear yanny but they might also hear laurel. People who cannot hear high frequencies hear laurel.

healzam · 17/05/2018 21:44

Laurel

RoseWhiteTips · 17/05/2018 21:44

Yanny

Kaybush · 17/05/2018 22:01

We've tried it on our whole family and grandparents! DH & DD were the only ones to hear Laurel (the true word) and me, DS, his friend and both my parents hear Yanny. Bizarre!

Khaleesi0 · 17/05/2018 22:20

This morning I heard Yanny but now I hear Laurel!

underneaththeash · 17/05/2018 22:49

Okay its clearly dodgy as I hear Yanny on one Mac and Laurel (in a much lower tone) on the other.

EnthusiasmIsDisturbed · 17/05/2018 22:58

Laurel

Doesn’t sound like Yanny at all

Tidythatmess · 17/05/2018 23:10

I heard Yanny all day but after just covering my ears with my fingers as suggested earlier I heard Laurel clear as day. Actually jumped when I heard it Grin

Sissyjd · 17/05/2018 23:11

No laurel!! I only hear laurel it's as plain as to me.

RubyFlint · 17/05/2018 23:44

Yanny all day long! A

DH reckons it doesn’t sound like either.

Rumboogie · 18/05/2018 00:46

Laurel. Yanny has a completely different vowel sound