Yanny or Laurel?

FactualFrank · Post by **FactualFrank** » Wed May 16, 2018 6:50 pm

Laurel, here.

Right_winger · Post by **Right_winger** » Wed May 16, 2018 6:51 pm

I can hear both.

Bin Ont Turf · Post by **Bin Ont Turf** » Wed May 16, 2018 6:52 pm

Definitely Stan Laurel.

Just looking at him creases me up.

ClaretAndJew · Post by **ClaretAndJew** » Wed May 16, 2018 6:58 pm

I heard Yanny on my phone, Laurel on my PC and then Yanny again on my PC from a different recording.

FactualFrank · Post by **FactualFrank** » Wed May 16, 2018 7:03 pm

ClaretAndJew wrote:I heard Yanny on my phone, Laurel on my PC and then Yanny again on my PC from a different recording.

Yep, the place you hear it from can make a difference. It's all down to frequencies.

Jeffbfc · Post by **Jeffbfc** » Wed May 16, 2018 7:03 pm

Sorry am I missing something? Yanny ?

Culmclaret · Post by **Culmclaret** » Wed May 16, 2018 7:04 pm

Yanny

bfcjg · Post by **bfcjg** » Wed May 16, 2018 7:09 pm

Radio laurel pc yanny.

Wexford_Claret · Post by **Wexford_Claret** » Wed May 16, 2018 7:12 pm

Both. I played it on my phone 6 times, the first 3 I heard ‘Yanny’, the last 3 ‘Laurel’.

paulus the woodgnome · Post by **paulus the woodgnome** » Wed May 16, 2018 7:22 pm

Defo Laurel for me.

Clarets4me · Post by **Clarets4me** » Wed May 16, 2018 7:26 pm

Laurel

ElectroClaret · Post by **ElectroClaret** » Wed May 16, 2018 7:27 pm

Laurel

Wile E Coyote · Post by **Wile E Coyote** » Wed May 16, 2018 7:41 pm

Yanny for me, I couldn't believe anyone could possibly get Laurel from that .

spadesclaret · Post by **spadesclaret** » Wed May 16, 2018 7:43 pm

I hear a combination of both, something like 'Yaurel'. Mr. spades is adamant that it is Yanny.

FactualFrank · Post by **FactualFrank** » Wed May 16, 2018 7:53 pm

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Funkydrummer · Post by **Funkydrummer** » Wed May 16, 2018 7:59 pm

WTF are you all talking about ?

Zesty · Post by **Zesty** » Wed May 16, 2018 8:04 pm

Laurel

KLClaret · Post by **KLClaret** » Wed May 16, 2018 8:06 pm

Hardy

Zesty · Post by **Zesty** » Wed May 16, 2018 8:08 pm

https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/www.bbc. ... g-44136799" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

For everyone wondering ...

IndigoLake · Post by **IndigoLake** » Wed May 16, 2018 8:09 pm

Laurel.

Rick_Muller · Post by **Rick_Muller** » Wed May 16, 2018 8:10 pm

Funkydrummer wrote:WTF are you all talking about ?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-trending-44136799" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

For the record, I heard distinctly “laurel” on my PC using headphones but definitely heard “yanny” when playing it on my phone. It really can’t be just related to the equipment used to listen though, as my other half would swear that it was the other way round...!

spadesclaret · Post by **spadesclaret** » Wed May 16, 2018 8:12 pm

Funkydrummer wrote:WTF are you all talking about ?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KM38OFDKU20" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Zesty · Post by **Zesty** » Wed May 16, 2018 8:28 pm

Very strange just listened to it on another phone and it was saying yanny, went back to my phone it was saying yanny then turned to laurel haha

Funkydrummer · Post by **Funkydrummer** » Wed May 16, 2018 8:30 pm

Oh, how the nights must fly by !!!!!

Woonderbah · Post by **Woonderbah** » Wed May 16, 2018 8:32 pm

Yanny... in a white and gold dress for anyone who remembers that picture

Vegas Claret · Post by **Vegas Claret** » Wed May 16, 2018 8:39 pm

Zesty · Post by **Zesty** » Wed May 16, 2018 8:56 pm

Blue dress

Rick_Muller · Post by **Rick_Muller** » Wed May 16, 2018 9:10 pm

Explanation here...

https://www.vox.com/platform/amp/2018/5 ... -explained" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Looks like it was cooked up to be deceiving on purpose

Claret-On-A-T-Rex · Post by **Claret-On-A-T-Rex** » Wed May 16, 2018 9:46 pm

Laurel

piston broke · Post by **piston broke** » Wed May 16, 2018 9:49 pm

I’m with Spades. I got yaurel, laurel.

Pstotto · Post by **Pstotto** » Wed May 16, 2018 9:58 pm

This news story is one of a trend of stories about insanity. It is a collusion in making everyone else ill.

The dead pan way in which a nonsensical story is related, for example there may be a news story about a confusion of when to use 'and' and 'hand' in a sentence, as if there were a confusion. Obviously there is no audible connection between the words 'laurel' and 'yanny.'

ClaretAndJew · Post by **ClaretAndJew** » Wed May 16, 2018 10:03 pm

Pstotto wrote:This news story is one of a trend of stories about insanity. It is a collusion in making everyone else ill.

The dead pan way in which a nonsensical story is related, for example there may be a news story about a confusion of when to use 'and' and 'hand' in a sentence, as if there were a confusion. Obviously there is no audible connection between the words 'laurel' and 'yanny.'

It's just a gimmick with differing pitches to see who can hear what, it's not a trick, conspiracy, ploy or scheme by the government.

Pstotto · Post by **Pstotto** » Wed May 16, 2018 10:13 pm

What makes you so convinced of your 'no conspiracy' theories? It's ALL a conspiracy.

If someone hears 'yanny' when someone says 'laurel' then they are ill and vice versa.

In art they have psychology tricks where opposing things are melded together and the brain gets confused. They fact that the story about 'yanny and laurel' is going around on the BBC website, is proof enough of a conspiracy. It is the equivalent of distracting a giant panda with sugared water, whilst they take away its infant to be weighed etc.

tim_noone · Post by **tim_noone** » Wed May 16, 2018 10:42 pm

A close shave but it's got to be "Fanny"

dsr · Post by **dsr** » Wed May 16, 2018 11:57 pm

Pstotto wrote:What makes you so convinced of your 'no conspiracy' theories? It's ALL a conspiracy.

If someone hears 'yanny' when someone says 'laurel' then they are ill and vice versa.

In art they have psychology tricks where opposing things are melded together and the brain gets confused. They fact that the story about 'yanny and laurel' is going around on the BBC website, is proof enough of a conspiracy. It is the equivalent of distracting a giant panda with sugared water, whilst they take away its infant to be weighed etc.

No, it's to do with hearing. You might as well say that hearing tests where some people can hear high pitched sounds and others can't, are a conspiracy.

People with good hearing (especially the young) can hear the high pitches and get the sound "Yanny". Or so they tell me. People like me who don't get the high pitches can hear "Laurel" so obviously that there seems no possible chance of confusion. It's an optical illusion for the ears, whatever that would be called - an otical illusion, perhaps?

NRC · Post by **NRC** » Thu May 17, 2018 1:08 am

made NPR (National Public Radio - USA's equivalent of BBC R4) over here today. I'm clueless as to how anyone can hear anything other than laurel

PaintYorkClaretnBlue · Post by **PaintYorkClaretnBlue** » Thu May 17, 2018 8:06 am

Yanny every time

Croydon Claret · Post by **Croydon Claret** » Thu May 17, 2018 8:09 am

Heard both now. Yesterday it could only 100% be Laurel in a deep male voice. Heard it from a few sources and it seemed crazy that anybody could hear anything different.I mean it was so obviously Laurel

Heard it this morning on a different site and it's 100% Yanny in a more robotic higher pitched voice.

Freaks you out when you hear something different

kentonclaret · Post by **kentonclaret** » Thu May 17, 2018 8:09 am

Strangely, I heard Laurel very clearly on Sky news and Yanny just as clearly when I listened to it again later on the BBC news HD channel.

Colburn_Claret · Post by **Colburn_Claret** » Thu May 17, 2018 11:59 am

Anyone ever wondered that they are playing two different clips, and only pretending they are the same.
When you hear Yanny, it's because it is, and the same with Laurel.

mattclaret83 · Post by **mattclaret83** » Thu May 17, 2018 12:25 pm

My right ear struggles with high frequency sounds due to a youthful heavy metal accident.

I hear "yanny" with my left ear that can hear high frequencies, "laurel" with my right (listening through headphones and swapping ears). I hear "laurel" when I use both.

ClaretEngineer · Post by **ClaretEngineer** » Thu May 17, 2018 12:26 pm

Listening to that Vox recording I can only hear Laurel

Say the two words to yourself in with your accent, they are both so different I’m at a loss at how they can be confused.

Unless it’s a different voice saying the same word in a different accent.

Resting on your laurel(s)

Resting on your yanny(s)

Different.

Rick_Muller · Post by **Rick_Muller** » Thu May 17, 2018 12:32 pm

Colburn_Claret wrote:Anyone ever wondered that they are playing two different clips, and only pretending they are the same.
When you hear Yanny, it's because it is, and the same with Laurel.

I had considered this until I played it to my other half who insisted it was Laurel when I could hear yanny - but that was after I could hear Laurel on a different device (but from the same link)

bob-the-scutter · Post by **bob-the-scutter** » Thu May 17, 2018 1:01 pm

I hear "Floral"

FactualFrank · Post by **FactualFrank** » Thu May 17, 2018 1:04 pm

ClaretEngineer wrote:Listening to that Vox recording I can only hear Laurel

Say the two words to yourself in with your accent, they are both so different I’m at a loss at how they can be confused.

Unless it’s a different voice saying the same word in a different accent.

Resting on your laurel(s)

Resting on your yanny(s)

Different.

I think it's both being said at the same time, and it's the frequency your brain picks up which decides which one you hear. Different devices can mean slightly different frequencies, which means you may hear one using your phone and another hearing it on your computer.