Laurel or Yanny?

[Trey Strain Guardian of the Universe Find all posts View Profile Close Trey Strain]

I hear Laurel. When it's slowed down, I hear Yanny.

https://www.theatlantic.com/technolo...aurels/560483/

[Big Daddy Dave Skywalker Moisture Farmer Find all posts View Profile Close Big Daddy Dave Skywalker]

I hear Laurel.

[IonFan Forum Member Find all posts View Profile Close IonFan]

it's the god d@mn dress all over again, with everything going on in the world this is what important to people

[Space Cop The Dandy Find all posts View Profile Close Space Cop]

I don't even care about the differences and explanations, I still haven't heard what this comes from. What's the source? Is it from a speech, song, movie? Who noticed the different pronunciations and posted it?

[Ωmega Man Guardian of the Universe Find all posts View Profile Close Ωmega Man]

I hear Laurel.

+1. I don't get where anybody would hear Yanny unless they altered the recording.

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[Space Cop The Dandy Find all posts View Profile Close Space Cop]

+1. I don't get where anybody would hear Yanny unless they altered the recording.

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Yeah, I heard the supposed medical explanation for how that can be but it still seems like it would be an aberration. In the billions of people in the world, there's probably someone who hears Lincoln as turpentine, but it doesn't mean it's right.

[Trey Strain Guardian of the Universe Find all posts View Profile Close Trey Strain]

Wikipedia entry.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yanny_or_Laurel

[Space Cop The Dandy Find all posts View Profile Close Space Cop]

Wikipedia entry

That does answer it all. So, apparently "laurel" is correct. "Yanny" is just an auditory phenomenon of picking up on high-frequency background noise.

[markwood007788 Corps Recruit Find all posts View Profile Close markwood007788]

According to bit difference, Laurel lies with sound frequency. The sound waves that allow us to hear Yanny is at a higher frequency, whereas the sound waves that allow us to hear Laurel are at a lower frequency. As we age, it's common that we start losing our ability to hear the higher frequency sounds.