Laurel or Yanny

[Amethyst]

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/...el-debate.html

At the original frequency I consistently hear Yanny but one click to the Laurel side and I can pretty much alternate at will.

[SebC]

If any of you have a wife named Laurel, I need you to start calling her Yanny. For science.

[Tsawwassen]

Definitely Laurel.

[Lubicon]

On my work computer I hear Laurel clear as day.
On my iPad at home I hear Yanny.

[Hemi-Cuda]

Originally Posted by Amethyst

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/...el-debate.html

At the original frequency I consistently hear Yanny but one click to the Laurel side and I can pretty much alternate at will.

One detail may frustrate some and vindicate others: The original clip came from the vocabulary.com page for “laurel,” the word for a wreath worn on the head, “usually a symbol of victory.”

Laurel'ers unite and smite those incorrect Yanny heathens

[Hack&Lube]

This is super simple. Laurel dominates the lower frequencies and Yanny dominates the highs.

To demonstrate, just take your mobile phone and go to the lowest volume while playing the loop. Slowly increase the volume with the side buttons until you get to max volume.

I bet it goes from Yanny to Laurel because at low volumes, most phones don't reproduce the low frequencies or at least, don't produce them at a level you can hear properly.

If you hear it on one devices versus another, its probably because of the same issue, how different devices reproduce the highs or lows.

[flamesrule_kipper34]

You're all crazy, I clearly hear "Yannel".

[troutman]

Originally Posted by Hack&Lube

This is super simple. Laurel dominates the lower frequencies and Yanny dominates the highs.

To demonstrate, just take your mobile phone and go to the lowest volume while playing the loop. Slowly increase the volume with the side buttons until you get to max volume.

I bet it goes from Yanny to Laurel because at low volumes, most phones don't reproduce the low frequencies or at least, don't produce them at a level you can hear properly.

If you hear it on one devices versus another, its probably because of the same issue, how different devices reproduce the highs or lows.

Yup - on my desktop it is clearly Yanny, but as I turn up the volume it eventually goes to Laurel.

[Raekwon]

Its a life lesson, I hear Laurel and can't fatham that it actually says Yanny so anyone that hears that must be lying or something. We don't understand what the other person hears so we assume they are wrong for it.

On my phone: Laurel (but my kid hears Yanny)
On my computer: Yanny (actually more like Yairy)

[sworkhard]

Originally Posted by Amethyst

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/...el-debate.html

At the original frequency I consistently hear Yanny but one click to the Laurel side and I can pretty much alternate at will.

On that page, in the default position, with my headphones on, I can hear both at the same time. I need to slide it a few ticks either way to only hear one.

On my phone speaker I only hear Yanny.

[habernac]

Marlee Matlin‏Verified account @MarleeMatlin 17h17 hours ago


Yanni or Laurel? Don't ask me. I can't hear sh*t

[KootenayFlamesFan]

I'm trying to make myself hear Yanny but it ain't happening. All Laurel, all the time.

[Love]

I hear Yammi actually with “m’s” rather than “n’s”

I feel like most people are hearing Laurel though

[Ashasx]

this is unreal

https://twitter.com/user/status/997053631370162176

[BeltlineFan]

I tested 5 people individually at my office without telling them what the two sounds were. The 4 older people (60s, 2 women, 2 men) all heard yanni or yammi. The one younger person (30s, man) heard Laurel.

[Amethyst]

Originally Posted by Love

I hear Yammi actually with “m’s” rather than “n’s”

I feel like most people are hearing Laurel though

On the link I posted, when I adjust it all the way over to the Yanny side, I also hear it as Yammy.

We listened at work yesterday and everyone heard Yanny so it wasn't so shocking. Today, we listened to the adjusted one and some of us heard Yanny and some Laurel. That's when it is weird - when two people standing beside each other say they hear something totally different.

[Samonadreau]

Originally Posted by Ashasx

this is unreal

https://twitter.com/user/status/997053631370162176

All I hear is Brain needle.

[CroFlames]

Listened to it with a group of people at the same time and volumes.



Mixed reviews, but for me it's 100% Laurel.

[BurningYears]

Originally Posted by CroFlames

Listened to it with a group of people at the same time and volumes.



Mixed reviews, but for me it's 100% Laurel.

The only time I've heard Yanny was at 30 and 35% slowed down. otherwise its all Laurel all the time