Yanny or Laurel

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The internet is feuding over what they're hearing ala the color of the dress.

Here's the clip:


Here's the science and what the guy is actually saying:


I heard Yanny, but I have really good hearing despite my advanced age.
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Yanny
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Leisher wrote: I heard Yanny, but I have really good hearing despite my advanced age.
I heard Laurel. My 7yo also heard Laurel. My 11yo heard "Yah eee" not knowing what word to hear.

We had some friends over. My wife heard Laurel, friend #1 heard Laurel, friend #2 heard Yanny.
Leisher wrote: I heard Yanny, but I have really good hearing despite my advanced age.
You're "really good hearing" heard the wrong word.
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"Be bold, and mighty forces will come to your aid."
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TheCatt wrote: You're "really good hearing" heard the wrong word.
First of all, your* :D (That's for Thib.)

Secondly, you didn't watch the scientific explanation did you? People with more range of hearing were far more likely to hear Yanny, while those with reduced hearing, like the elderly, so...you...were more likely to hear Laurel.

That video is hilarious Gordo.
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Leisher wrote: People with more range of hearing were far more likely to hear Yanny,
No, they said little girls were more likely to hear it, and eunuchs.
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It's not me, it's someone else.
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Laurel, loud and clear.
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Ditto.
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GORDON wrote: Laurel, loud and clear.
And if you go back to the original: https://www.vocabulary.com/dictionary/laurel ?
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That the correct link?
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GORDON wrote: That the correct link?
Yes, it is.

After hearing the enhanced version, my daughter who hear Yaa -eee or what not, now hears Laurel on that one.
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Well, it's a dictionary page. It isn't making noise.
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GORDON wrote: Well, it's a dictionary page. It isn't making noise.
Weird. That little speaker symbol next to the word is the original sound.
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Oh that. Sounds like Laurel.
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That one sounds like Laurel.

The questionable ones sound like Yanny.

I tried and I can't make myself hear it by repeating "Laurel" to myself before I hear it. Funky.
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I found that reading made it sound like that at first. But then, if I think of word A while reading word B, I hear word A.
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I only hear Green Needle.
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