Fragile Bird Posted May 16, 2018 Share Posted May 16, 2018 So this is the new blue dress/gold dress. I listened to CNN this morning and the two hosts were laughing because they could only hear Laurel, and I was shocked because I could only hear Yanny. I just saw this post on the internet and I could only hear Laurel! And right after the CBC news segment on You Tube there's a fellow discussing the same vocal clip and he says all he can hear is Yanny, and I can only hear Laurel, until at the end he changes the frequencies and I hear Yanny. What do you hear? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5g8fE_o1ASc&feature=youtu.be Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Chatywin et al. Posted May 16, 2018 Share Posted May 16, 2018 You went there Birdie!!! I knew someone would. I hear Yanny, but one time listening to it I heard Laurel. I'm guessing it had more to do with outside factors like different equipment and a different speaker (at least she sounded different). One thing I saw is that if you account for all the variables, people who hear Yanny can pick up on slightly higher frequencies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yukle Posted May 16, 2018 Share Posted May 16, 2018 This breaks my brain! I heard it as yanny in that YouTube clip. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fragile Bird Posted May 16, 2018 Author Share Posted May 16, 2018 Weird, right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leofric Posted May 16, 2018 Share Posted May 16, 2018 Very strange. I heard Laurel in the clip above. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The BlackBear Posted May 16, 2018 Share Posted May 16, 2018 Yanny. I mucked about turning the pitch up and down on my computer, but it's still just Yanny. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
williamjm Posted May 16, 2018 Share Posted May 16, 2018 46 minutes ago, Tywin et al. said: I hear Yanny, but one time listening to it I heard Laurel. Rewinding the clip a few times on the same speakers I usually hear Yanny but sometimes Laurel. Listening to it on headphones I hear Laurel more often but still sometimes Yanny. The way it can switch despite nothing obviously changing is very weird. I also found that if I'm listening to it on headphones saying Laurel and then life them slightly off my ears then it starts saying Yammy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lany Freelove Cassandra Posted May 16, 2018 Share Posted May 16, 2018 On the tv, I heard Laurel, but listening to the clip linked above, I heard Yanny. Weird Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yukle Posted May 17, 2018 Share Posted May 17, 2018 I keep hearing it as yellow and gold, but my workmates hear it as blue and black. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth Richard II Posted May 17, 2018 Share Posted May 17, 2018 DESTROY ALL HUMANS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A True Kaniggit Posted May 17, 2018 Share Posted May 17, 2018 5 minutes ago, Darth Richard II said: DESTROY ALL HUMANS That's a relief. I thought I was the only one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maarsen Posted May 17, 2018 Share Posted May 17, 2018 I heard "yerry". Go figure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drawkcabi Posted May 17, 2018 Share Posted May 17, 2018 I heard only "Laurel" . Maybe it's something similar to that annoying noise that only kids and teens and maybe some twenty-somethings can hear and older people can't. The noise that some areas play that don't want a lot of kids hanging around, but adults don't hear a thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martell Spy Posted May 17, 2018 Share Posted May 17, 2018 Why you hear “Laurel” or “Yanny” in that viral audio clip, explained It comes down to how our brains pick up on, and interpret, different frequencies. https://www.vox.com/2018/5/16/17358774/yanny-laurel-explained Quote Humans typically pay attention to three different frequencies when they’re listening to speech. Story said the lowest of the three frequencies is “absolutely essential” for the L’s and R’s — the consonants that make up “Laurel.” “So when you’re listening to ‘Laurel,’ the reason you get L, R, and L is because of the movement of that third frequency,” he said. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jace, Extat Posted May 17, 2018 Share Posted May 17, 2018 First word was Yanny, then I actually heard it change to Laurel and that's all I hear now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guy Kilmore Posted May 17, 2018 Share Posted May 17, 2018 It sounds like a weird morph between the two. It gave me a headache to listen too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheKitttenGuard Posted May 17, 2018 Share Posted May 17, 2018 I hear Yanny though I think I can understand how others can get Laurel but it not quite flipping for me. Ed- So a YouTube video later and I heard Laurel. I went back over again and back to Yanny. It is to depend the pitch you are trying to listen to. Link to the video https://youtu.be/yDiXQl7grPQ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buckwheat Posted May 17, 2018 Share Posted May 17, 2018 Laurel. Laurel. Laurel. These words are so different, I don't understand how one would hear anything else. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KiDisaster Posted May 17, 2018 Share Posted May 17, 2018 I heard yanny first, then it switched to laurel after a few loops. Now I can decide which one I hear. Senses are weird. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Chatywin et al. Posted May 17, 2018 Share Posted May 17, 2018 You Laurel hearers are villains. Rise up, Yannys! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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