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“Yanny” or “Laurel”

Interesting slider on the NYT page.

When I move the slider from left to right, I hear Laurel from the middle tick until the second tick.

But when I move the slider from right to left, I hear Yanny from the second tick to just before I reach the middle tick.

Which gives me about a centimeter on the sliding scale where I could hear either Yanny/Laurel but which one exactly depends on what I had just previously heard.
 
All day yesterday I heard 'Yanny', now I hear both when I concentrate.:mrgreen:

Of course, when you record voice overs with POS audio equipment, you're going to get results like this.
 
brothern said:
Interesting slider on the NYT page.

When I move the slider from left to right, I hear Laurel from the middle tick until the second tick.

But when I move the slider from right to left, I hear Yanny from the second tick to just before I reach the middle tick.

Which gives me about a centimeter on the sliding scale where I could hear either Yanny/Laurel but which one exactly depends on what I had just previously heard.
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Weird, that's exactly how I'm hearing it.
 
On the original recording (center) I hear “Yanny.”

If you move the slide to the left it's Laurel.
Move to the right it's Yanny
 
Amelia said:
That's basically what I hear. I spelled it "Yerry" when I have described it elsewhere.
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I head laurel when i first heard it on radio and had earphones on. But when i heard it on tv later that night it was yanny.
 
That's pretty weird.
 
MovingPictures said:
~ Of course, when you record voice overs with POS audio equipment, you're going to get results like this.
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I think the recording has been deliberately engineered. It worked as the internet is raging over it.


Personally I heard "Nearly" all day yesterday - had arguments with students and fellow staff. My whole family heard "Nearly" when I played it to them.


I think age and the condition of your ears will affect what you hear - it's an interesting experiment though.
 
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