Laurel or Yanni which do you hear?
Laurel or Yanni which do you hear?

Poll: Laurel or Yanni which do you hear?

Total Members Polled: 208

Laurel: 36%
Yanny: 46%
Both: 19%
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Silverbullet767

Original Poster:

11,314 posts

236 months

Thursday 17th May 2018
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Seems to be dividing everyone.

https://www.today.com/popculture/it-laurel-or-yann...

I can clearly hear Laurel and I can't understand how anyone could possibly hear Yanny, however my OH hears Yanny and can't comprehend Laurel!

TooMany2cvs

29,008 posts

156 months

Thursday 17th May 2018
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When I heard it on R4 yesterday, it was very clearly Yanni.
When I heard it on FB last night, it was very clearly Laurel.

Shakermaker

11,317 posts

130 months

Thursday 17th May 2018
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I can hear both. The first time I heard it was definitely "yanny"

The two words are being played at the same time, and it depends whether or not you have better perception of high or low frequency as to which one you hear. the "laurel" sounds like a kind of frog croak or burp to me but repeated listens make it much clearer as "laurel"

Your ears and eyes can very much deceive you!

syko89

373 posts

188 months

Thursday 17th May 2018
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I heard Yanny the first 4-5 times it was played on the radio, now I can only hear Laurel, weird!

Cold

16,723 posts

120 months

Thursday 17th May 2018
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Blue and gold.

Nom de ploom

4,890 posts

204 months

Thursday 17th May 2018
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deffo Laurel and yanny has never entered my thoughts.

my OH hears Yearly




yoni on the other hand....heard that loads hehe

Djtemeka

1,982 posts

222 months

Thursday 17th May 2018
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I heard laurel on the radio yesterday but Yanny on the telly today but when I got out of bed to get changed I was standing by the cupboards partially blocking the telly and I heard yaurel.
It must be more to do with how the sound gets to you rather than age etc. Gotta be! Or maybe I’m on the cusp of turning old biggrin

J8 SVG

1,470 posts

160 months

Thursday 17th May 2018
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weird noise. I hear yemmy


SAS Tom

3,754 posts

204 months

Thursday 17th May 2018
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anonymous said:
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I had this, I heard it on the radio in the car and it said Yanny. Watched a video on my phone and it say Laurel several times then at the end said Yanny 3 times.

Laurel Green

31,146 posts

262 months

Thursday 17th May 2018
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I heard both on the above clip; yet on LBC earlier, I only heard Laurel.

Mr-B

5,072 posts

224 months

Thursday 17th May 2018
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Heard on TV and on laptop and heard laurel on both. Anyone who hears anything different is mental. Fact.

easytiger123

2,711 posts

239 months

Thursday 17th May 2018
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Yanni. I can't hear Laurel at all. Listened about a dozen times.

Laurel Green

31,146 posts

262 months

Thursday 17th May 2018
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Can't hear me, I was shouting loud enough for the next village to hear.

Shakermaker

11,317 posts

130 months

Thursday 17th May 2018
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easytiger123 said:
Yanni. I can't hear Laurel at all. Listened about a dozen times.
Try putting your fingers in your ears (or some earplugs) and have another listen, or play it through a different set of speakers, or put something in between the speakers and your ears.

cuprabob

19,724 posts

244 months

Thursday 17th May 2018
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Laurel...

The Moose

23,679 posts

239 months

Thursday 17th May 2018
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Yanny for me!

Moonhawk

10,730 posts

249 months

Thursday 17th May 2018
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Played it a few times.

The first time I heard Yanni - with one Laurel thrown in in the middle. Every subsequent time I listened to it, I have only heard Laurel.

Driller

8,310 posts

308 months

Thursday 17th May 2018
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I played it a few times and came to the conclusion that I really don't give a fk what it sounds like.

Puggit

49,813 posts

278 months

Thursday 17th May 2018
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easytiger123 said:
Yanni. I can't hear Laurel at all. Listened about a dozen times.
And what's the difference between 'yanny' and 'yanni'?

Last Visit

3,691 posts

218 months

Thursday 17th May 2018
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easytiger123 said:
Yanni. I can't hear Laurel at all. Listened about a dozen times.
+1

Can't hear anything even slightly Laurel related.