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Title: Yanny or Laurel?
Post by: Ben on May 16, 2018, 09:30:38 AM
Which do you hear, Yanny or Laurel?

I clearly heard "Yanny" in the original clip, but in the clip that changes semitones (sorry it's Mother Jones), from +5 semitones on, I hear "Laurel". I found it fascinating that just changing pitch would create a completely dissimilar word.


https://twitchy.com/gregp-3534/2018/05/16/listen-do-you-hear-yanny-or-laurel-in-this-maddening-clip/
Title: Re: Yanny or Laurel?
Post by: cordex on May 16, 2018, 09:39:03 AM
I clearly heard "Yanny" in the original clip, but in the clip that changes semitones (sorry it's Mother Jones), from +5 semitones on, I hear "Laurel".
Same.
Title: Re: Yanny or Laurel?
Post by: Perd Hapley on May 16, 2018, 09:44:58 AM
So why are people sharing this clip, anyway? Was it recorded and shared just for this purpose? Is it a secret, Russian plot to Trumpify our elections?
Title: Re: Yanny or Laurel?
Post by: Ben on May 16, 2018, 09:54:42 AM
So why are people sharing this clip, anyway? Was it recorded and shared just for this purpose? Is it a secret, Russian plot to Trumpify our elections?

It's a plan of Trump's secret police. If you heard "Laurel" in the original, it means you're a commie-nazi-hippie-pinko and you will be rounded up shortly. If you heard "Yanny", you'll be getting a tax break.
Title: Re: Yanny or Laurel?
Post by: Perd Hapley on May 16, 2018, 10:05:18 AM
It's a plan of Trump's secret police. If you heard "Laurel" in the original, it means you're a commie-nazi-hippie-pinko and you will be rounded up shortly. If you heard "Yanny", you'll be getting a tax break.

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And the Gileadites captured the fords of the Jordan against the Ephraimites. And when any of the fugitives of Ephraim said, “Let me go over,” the men of Gilead said to him, “Are you an Ephraimite?” When he said, “No,” they said to him, “Then say Shibboleth,” and he said, “Sibboleth,” for he could not pronounce it right. Then they seized him and slaughtered him at the fords of the Jordan.
Title: Re: Yanny or Laurel?
Post by: Brad Johnson on May 16, 2018, 10:45:45 AM
I hear "Laurel" on all. Muted in the mid tones, but still there. However, my high-frequency hearing loss is definitely dampening the harmonics that cause the "Yanni" audio ghosting. If I close my eyes and concentrate I can hear "Yanni" with reasonable clarity.

Brad
Title: Re: Yanny or Laurel?
Post by: TommyGunn on May 16, 2018, 11:10:55 AM
"Yanny or Laurel?"

Do I have to care? ??? ....  ;/
Title: Re: Yanny or Laurel?
Post by: Brad Johnson on May 16, 2018, 11:19:36 AM
"Yanny or Laurel?"

Do I have to care? ??? ....  ;/

Yes, yes you do.

Brad
Title: Re: Yanny or Laurel?
Post by: TommyGunn on May 16, 2018, 12:11:50 PM
Yes, yes you do.

Brad

I refuse to care.  Sue me. [tinfoil]
Title: Re: Yanny or Laurel?
Post by: Brad Johnson on May 16, 2018, 01:59:38 PM
I refuse to care.  Sue me. [tinfoil]

... but ... but ... but ...... THE CHIDDRENS!

Brad
Title: Re: Yanny or Laurel?
Post by: zxcvbob on May 16, 2018, 02:35:37 PM
"Jerry"

IMHO, if you hear Yanni or Laurel, it's because the title suggested you would hear one or the other.
Title: Re: Yanny or Laurel?
Post by: Ben on May 16, 2018, 03:15:51 PM
"Jerry"

IMHO, if you hear Yanni or Laurel, it's because the title suggested you would hear one or the other.

Except if you go to the clip with the tone change, unless they doctored it, there is a clear difference, and the word sounds are separately distinctive enough that I have a really hard time believing that I could mis-hear "Yanni" as "Laurel". "Yanni" vs "Jerry" I could chalk up as psychological. I'm willing to believe the former could be physiological on the auditory side.
Title: Re: Yanny or Laurel?
Post by: Perd Hapley on May 16, 2018, 03:26:15 PM
"Jerry"

IMHO, if you hear Yanni or Laurel, it's because the title suggested you would hear one or the other.

I wondered about that, when I first heard it on the news this morning. They said Yanny first.

On the Mother Jones clip, I heard Laurel pretty distinctly, depending on the pitch. It ain't just the power of suggestion.
Title: Re: Yanny or Laurel?
Post by: zxcvbob on May 16, 2018, 03:29:11 PM
I only listened to the clip in one article, and it didn't have tone or pitch controls.
Title: Re: Yanny or Laurel?
Post by: makattak on May 16, 2018, 03:31:55 PM
I just read that researchers have discovered a way to insert commands to Alexa and Siri in seemingly innocuous recordings that are inaudible to human ears, but can be picked up by your phone (or Dot).

And then this internet sensation to get everyone to click and listen to the same thing pops up...

(http://memecrunch.com/meme/1EV3D/i-m-not-saying-it-was-the-illuminati/image.png)
Title: Re: Yanny or Laurel?
Post by: Perd Hapley on May 16, 2018, 03:37:22 PM
I only listened to the clip in one article, and it didn't have tone or pitch controls.

1. Go to link in OP.

2. Scroll down to 3rd embedded video, the one with "Mother Jones" in the upper right corner.

3. Listen to said video.

4. Prepare to be dazzled!

5. ???

6. What, you thought there was profit? It's Mother Jones. Your profit will go to help struggling Palestinian protesters.
Title: Re: Yanny or Laurel?
Post by: Angel Eyes on May 16, 2018, 03:40:42 PM
6. What, you thought there was profit? It's Mother Jones. Your profit will go to help struggling Palestinian protesters   Planned Parenthood.

Some people have to bring abortion into everything.
Title: Re: Yanny or Laurel?
Post by: Hawkmoon on May 16, 2018, 03:45:54 PM
I hear "Yerry"
Title: Re: Yanny or Laurel?
Post by: makattak on May 16, 2018, 04:12:30 PM
I hear "Yerry"

Truth be told, I didn't hear either Yanni or Laurel.

What I heard sounded MORE like Yanni, but it wasn't yanni.
Title: Re: Yanny or Laurel?
Post by: Perd Hapley on May 16, 2018, 04:25:38 PM
As usual, Grand Marshall Klavan explains all.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8DJRQ4HJ7NM
Title: Re: Yanny or Laurel?
Post by: just Warren on May 16, 2018, 04:33:46 PM
I hear gold.
Title: Re: Yanny or Laurel?
Post by: MechAg94 on May 16, 2018, 07:52:32 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kuHKWzWtBzM

I heard Laurel.
Title: Re: Yanny or Laurel?
Post by: freakazoid on May 16, 2018, 08:39:47 PM
Is this like the dress picture thing? ???
Title: Re: Yanny or Laurel?
Post by: charby on May 16, 2018, 11:19:47 PM
I hear laurel and I have significant hearing loss.
Title: Re: Yanny or Laurel?
Post by: cordex on May 16, 2018, 11:27:37 PM
On some speakers I hear one and other speakers I hear the other.
Title: Re: Yanny or Laurel?
Post by: Perd Hapley on May 17, 2018, 12:45:28 AM
I heard Toussitch.
Title: Re: Yanny or Laurel?
Post by: freakazoid on May 17, 2018, 06:46:06 AM
On my computer and phone I hear Yammy
Title: Re: Yanny or Laurel?
Post by: K Frame on May 17, 2018, 07:15:36 AM
I keep hearing Taxation is Theft...
Title: Re: Yanny or Laurel?
Post by: Fly320s on May 17, 2018, 07:18:53 AM
I keep hearing Taxation is Theft...

I hear “Am I being detained?”
Title: Re: Yanny or Laurel?
Post by: K Frame on May 17, 2018, 07:25:31 AM
Anyone hear Soylent Green is People?
Title: Re: Yanny or Laurel?
Post by: Hawkmoon on May 17, 2018, 07:55:53 AM
I heard Toussitch.

Are you Irish?
Title: Re: Yanny or Laurel?
Post by: Perd Hapley on May 17, 2018, 08:06:13 AM
Are you Irish?

https://ricochet.com/513411/the-beast/
Title: Re: Yanny or Laurel?
Post by: Ben on May 17, 2018, 09:12:04 AM
Fox News did a story on this, and at the Fox link I clearly heard "Laurel". It did sound like a low, deep pitch, unlike my first link where I distinctly heard "Yanny".
Title: Re: Yanny or Laurel?
Post by: cordex on May 17, 2018, 09:18:17 AM
Fox News did a story on this, and at the Fox link I clearly heard "Laurel". It did sound like a low, deep pitch, unlike my first link where I distinctly heard "Yanny".
From my phone speaker and one pair of earbuds I hear laurel.  From my laptop speaker and another pair of earbuds I hear yanny.  I think there are combined issues of what tones various speakers produce combined with what tones various people hear.
Title: Re: Yanny or Laurel?
Post by: Hawkmoon on May 17, 2018, 11:41:26 AM
https://ricochet.com/513411/the-beast/

But you misspelled the name. The way you spelled it, it sounds like the proper Irish name for their Prime Minister: Taoseach.

By the way, since we haven't been formally introduced, my name is Tr...
Title: Re: Yanny or Laurel?
Post by: HeroHog on May 17, 2018, 12:25:39 PM
"Covfefe"
Title: Re: Yanny or Laurel?
Post by: TommyGunn on May 17, 2018, 02:04:12 PM
HeroHog wins the thread! :rofl:
Title: Re: Yanny or Laurel?
Post by: just Warren on May 17, 2018, 03:35:17 PM
Hero Hog is a winner! I've talked to a lot of people and they all say Hero Hog knows how to win. The best!
Title: Re: Yanny or Laurel?
Post by: Perd Hapley on May 17, 2018, 04:35:37 PM
Hero Hog is a winner! I've talked to a lot of people and they all say Hero Hog knows how to win. The best!

He's a great guy. Very special guy.
Title: Re: Yanny or Laurel?
Post by: HeroHog on May 17, 2018, 06:38:38 PM
Being special is why I wear my helmet!

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Title: Re: Yanny or Laurel?
Post by: Ben on May 17, 2018, 08:43:25 PM
"Covfefe"

https://twitchy.com/jacobb-38/2018/05/17/ha-trumps-part-in-the-white-houses-yanny-vs-laurel-video-will-make-you-lol/
Title: Re: Yanny or Laurel?
Post by: HeroHog on May 17, 2018, 09:08:05 PM
I promise I came up with it independently...
Title: Re: Yanny or Laurel?
Post by: freakazoid on May 17, 2018, 09:45:02 PM
I promise I came up with it independently...

(http://i0.kym-cdn.com/entries/icons/facebook/000/014/471/You_Sit_On_A_Throne_Of_Lies.jpg)
Title: Re: Yanny or Laurel?
Post by: Ben on May 17, 2018, 09:52:33 PM
I promise I came up with it independently...

I believe you. I just thought it was pretty comical of Trump to say it himself.
Title: Re: Yanny or Laurel?
Post by: zxcvbob on May 17, 2018, 10:08:04 PM
I promise I came up with it independently...

You should claim that you sold him the joke for, I dunno, $20.   ;)
Title: Re: Yanny or Laurel?
Post by: HeroHog on May 18, 2018, 07:12:41 AM
Naw, I stole it from him in that he invented it. I had no Idea he came out and used it like I did as I very seldom have the news on these days. It keeps my BP lower that way.
Title: Re: Yanny or Laurel?
Post by: brimic on May 18, 2018, 01:47:58 PM
I can only hear Laurel.
This one kind of creeps me out though...

https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/news/brainstorm-green-needle-video-sound-explained-laurel-yanny-ben-10-youtube-a8357116.html
Title: Re: Yanny or Laurel?
Post by: MechAg94 on May 18, 2018, 10:21:43 PM
I was listening to a podcast earlier where they played this 4 or 5 times in a row.  From the other room where I could barely hear it, I heard Yanny.  Once I walked back in the room with the speaker, I heard laurel.  Of course, they said someone spliced both words in at different frequencies which means different people hear it different. 
Title: Re: Yanny or Laurel?
Post by: freakazoid on May 19, 2018, 04:38:26 AM
I can only hear Laurel.
This one kind of creeps me out though...

https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/news/brainstorm-green-needle-video-sound-explained-laurel-yanny-ben-10-youtube-a8357116.html

Grey needo, brey me do. Just crappy sound coming out of a cheap toy. It's the same as in the past when people said they could here something bad coming out of a teletubbies, I think, toy.
Title: Re: Yanny or Laurel?
Post by: Perd Hapley on May 21, 2018, 09:36:52 AM
(https://i.imgur.com/oTVKKdJ.jpg)