This goes beyond weird.

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/0...ce/yanny-laurel.html

I think it has to do with what device you're listening to it on.

They played it on the radio station on my way to work today and I heard "Yanny", clear as a bell. They played it repeatedly and I couldn't even imagine how someone could hear anything different.

Then, at lunch, someone played it on their smartphone. I heard "Laurel", clear as a bell.

I just wanted to find out if anyone else had heard/seen this. I only hear Yanny.

I'm moving-on to another thread.

I am just trying to figure out how there can be that much of a difference in how people hear things.

More so when the words are so different.

My hearing is horrible and I clearly hear "Laurel".

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My hearing is horrible and I clearly hear "Laurel".

It runs about 50/50 among people listening to it.

As wannabebwana said, many folks hear it one way on one device and completely different on another

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Originally posted by WannabeBwana:
I think it has to do with what device you're listening to it on.

They played it on the radio station on my way to work today and I heard "Yanny", clear as a bell. They played it repeatedly and I couldn't even imagine how someone could hear anything different.

Then, at lunch, someone played it on their smartphone. I heard "Laurel", clear as a bell.

So, last night I played it for my gf and her daughter. I heard Yanni again.

I have an autographed picture to me from Stan Laurel in 1964.

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I have an autographed picture to me from Stan Laurel in 1964.

That is really special. Laurel and Hardy were such neat characters.

To bad our society has became too sophisticated for their brand of humor.

During the 60's I went on a binge of collecting autographed pics by celebreties.Everything from Johnny Weissmueller to the cast of the 'Man from Uncle' + that from the 'Avengers'+ everything in between. I had a large photo album full of those signed pics. After my last divorce,the ex who thought she had not got enough(even though it was all my guns + money),stole the album. I can't prove it but it was gone after she came by to pick up a few things.That is pretty petty shit to steal someones memories. Fortunately my Stan Laurel pic was in another album.Thank God.

Even when I slide the scale all the way to the Yanny side I don’t hear Yanny...on any device I have tried. I do quit hearing Laurel about 3/4 the way over and hear ee-ah-ee.