Which do you hear?

[quip]

Yanny or Laurel?

 

[quip]

I first heard Yanny...now I hear Laurel.
Weird, give it a listen.

 

[glorydaz]

I only hear Laurel. I was wondering what this was about.

 

[Town Heretic]

Yanny or Laurel?

I heard the opening line from Arctic Monkeys' I Bet You Look Good on the Dance Floor...but then I hear Laurel. lain:

 

[Town Heretic]

I'm also wondering if Southerners might not have an advantage in hearing the original information package and not being misled by higher frequencies given that unlike our cousins to the north we have to regularly unpack fairly muddy speech patterns and accents.

 

[quip]

I'm also wondering if Southerners might not have an advantage in hearing the original information package and not being misled by higher frequencies given that unlike our cousins to the north we have to regularly unpack fairly muddy speech patterns and accents.

Yes, but at least your grits are to die for.lain:

 

[Town Heretic]

Yes, but at least your grits are to die for.lain:

And when it comes to the sugar vs salt on them debate, that can get literal.

 

[quip]

I just meditated with this on a loop recording. You can switch between the two names if you calm the mind.
'Yanny' has a nasally sound while 'Laurel' a deep resonate one.

 

[annabenedetti]

I first heard Yanny...now I hear Laurel.
Weird, give it a listen.

Same here.

A couple days ago it was clearly Yanny, and then I listened again just now expecting to hear Yanny again but it was definitely Laurel. :chuckle:

 

[Arthur Brain]

It's Laurel. Seems so clearly Laurel as well that I don't get how it can be confused with Yanny. Still...

 

[Arthur Brain]

Same here.

A couple days ago it was clearly Yanny, and then I listened again just now expecting to hear Yanny again but it was definitely Laurel. :chuckle:

Okay, I've just tried this again, on loop, rewinding randomly and it still so blatantly starts and begins with an 'l' to me each time. I don't get how "Yanny" can even be heard on this. "Yanny" would effectively end with an "E" sound.

Bemusing stuff.

 

[Arthur Brain]

I reckon they've changed the recording and it's all a scam...

:noid:

 

[annabenedetti]

Okay, I've just tried this again, on loop, rewinding randomly and it still so blatantly starts and begins with an 'l' to me each time. I don't get how "Yanny" can even be heard on this. "Yanny" would effectively end with an "E" sound.

Bemusing stuff.

I realized the first time I'd listened on my phone so I went back to the phone and it was Yanny. On the laptop, it's Laurel. :liberals:

Must have something to do with frequencies, device speakers, and our auditory system? All those are outside my knowledge base.

 

[Arthur Brain]

I figured this was going to be about pitch, speed and frequency and the original word is actually "laurel".

 

[Arthur Brain]

I realized the first time I'd listened on my phone so I went back to the phone and it was Yanny. On the laptop, it's Laurel. :liberals:

Must have something to do with frequencies, device speakers, and our auditory system? All those are outside my knowledge base.

Yes, it's entirely to do with all of those and what a load of blackberries...or should I say, souffle? They sound one and the same when put in a mixer...

:liberals:

 

[annabenedetti]

Yes, it's entirely to do with all of those and what a load of blackberries...or should I say, souffle? They sound one and the same when put in a mixer...

:liberals:

Except... I heard something on your sound clip that wasn't Yanny or Laurel.

 

[Town Heretic]

I figured this was going to be about pitch, speed and frequency and the original word is actually "laurel".

It's Laurel until the -33% at which point it sounds like Yaley to me and continues at every slower speed. Once we're back to normal and at every faster speed Laurel returns.

 

[Arthur Brain]

Except... I heard something on your sound clip that wasn't Yanny or Laurel.

Yep, plenty say the same although it's more for the "yanny" sound than "laurel".

 

[Arthur Brain]

It's Laurel until the -33% at which point it sounds like Yaley to me and continues at every slower speed. Once we're back to normal and at every faster speed Laurel returns.

And the same here.

Hardy/Strudel must feel left out...

lain:

 

[quip]

I realized the first time I'd listened on my phone so I went back to the phone and it was Yanny. On the laptop, it's Laurel. :liberals:

Must have something to do with frequencies, device speakers, and our auditory system? All those are outside my knowledge base.

It's all in the mind of the perceiver. It says Yanny if you expect it to....says Laurel for the same reason.

Listen to the loop until the name becomes simple noise, like saying a word over and over until it loses its conceptual meaning. Then repeat to yourself the opposite name you initially heard, in its place each time, rythmically..until the name suddenly changes, seeminly out of the blue.

Don't try too hard, relax yet be insistent. It may take a few minutes.