I Hear 'Laurel,' but I can Imagine How You Might Hear 'Yanni'
@mythociate (21437)
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
May 19, 2018 7:48am CST
(and I know they might spell the second one "yanny," but ... you know everyone thinks of the musician, who spells it with an "i" 
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I hear 'Laurel'--being raised hearing lots about 'Jorel' and 'Kalel' and now various characters from 'the house of El' (no doubt patterned-after 'people's names using El as a syllable that meant "of God")
But National Geographic explains that some people hear 'what might be "LLL"' as 'what might be "YEE"' https://news.nationalgeographic.com/2018/05/yanny-laurel-hear-sound-audio-explained-science-spd/ and maybe 'why that is' (if you read the article a little more than I feel like doing now).
Which one do you hear (Yanni or Laurel)? And why do you think you hear that one instead of the other one?
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I hear 'Laurel'--being raised hearing lots about 'Jorel' and 'Kalel' and now various characters from 'the house of El' (no doubt patterned-after 'people's names using El as a syllable that meant "of God")
But National Geographic explains that some people hear 'what might be "LLL"' as 'what might be "YEE"' https://news.nationalgeographic.com/2018/05/yanny-laurel-hear-sound-audio-explained-science-spd/ and maybe 'why that is' (if you read the article a little more than I feel like doing now).
Which one do you hear (Yanni or Laurel)? And why do you think you hear that one instead of the other one?5 people like this
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@MashaVickina (2184)
• Russian Federation
19 May 18
I hear Lorel, I found the explanation here
What do you hear?? Yanny or Laurel? The Internet is getting split up over an audio clip with some users hearing the word spoken out in the audio clip as "lau...
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@mythociate (21437)
• Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
19 May 18
The link I put in the description of the picture said, "The New York Times tracked the meme back to Roland Szabo, an 18-year-old Georgia high school student. Szabo said he pulled the audio from a vocabulary website for a school project, and it immediately sparked a classroom debate. His friend eventually created an Instagram poll, which took off earlier this week.
The verdict: Szabo told the Times he recorded the original clip from vocabulary.com’s page for “Laurel.“"
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@MashaVickina (2184)
• Russian Federation
19 May 18
@mythociate Yes, I have read it
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@sabtraversa (13072)
• Italy
19 May 18
I can perceive the R, but I mainly hear yanny.
But it seems like Laurel was the correct answer, thought there's no real correct answer.
At least I got the black and blue dress right. 
First of all, I was told it was one or the other, it helped. Otherwise it would have been yarry/yarray. 
Then it seems like they mixed the frequencies of both words, or something along those lines.
First of all, I was told it was one or the other, it helped. Otherwise it would have been yarry/yarray.
Then it seems like they mixed the frequencies of both words, or something along those lines.1 person likes this
@mythociate (21437)
• Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
19 May 18
So which one do you hear? Or do you hear sort of a mix?
