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This is the latest thing to take over the internet. There is a (modified) audio clip of a person speaking. Some people hear the word "laurel", while others hear "yanny".
I know! They're not even close in pronunciation!
I played the video and I actually hear "yammy" (with Ms instead of Ns).
I've tried using different speakers, turning the volume up/down, but... it's quite clearly "yanny" or "yamny" and nothing like "laurel". Yet I asked a friend, and she hears "laurel" only. Then a fight broke out with her husband who hears "yanny", and everyone thought everyone else was going mad.
So which do you hear?! (And where are you from -- maybe accent has something to do with it... although not in the case where my friend has the same accent as me!)
Here's the link to the news article... Ohhhh, whaaat?! I listened to it again and I heard "laurel" quite clearly and distinctly... Then I adjusted the volume up, down, back to where it was, all over the place... and I can only hear "yammy"... quite clearly...
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-trending-44136799
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KM38OFDKU20
Witchcraft! Am I going mad?! What do you hear?! LAUREL or YANNY (or YAMMY)...? And can you mentally switch between them, like when you switch your perception when looking at an optical illusion?
I know! They're not even close in pronunciation!
I played the video and I actually hear "yammy" (with Ms instead of Ns).
I've tried using different speakers, turning the volume up/down, but... it's quite clearly "yanny" or "yamny" and nothing like "laurel". Yet I asked a friend, and she hears "laurel" only. Then a fight broke out with her husband who hears "yanny", and everyone thought everyone else was going mad.
So which do you hear?! (And where are you from -- maybe accent has something to do with it... although not in the case where my friend has the same accent as me!)
Here's the link to the news article... Ohhhh, whaaat?! I listened to it again and I heard "laurel" quite clearly and distinctly... Then I adjusted the volume up, down, back to where it was, all over the place... and I can only hear "yammy"... quite clearly...
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-trending-44136799
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KM38OFDKU20
Witchcraft! Am I going mad?! What do you hear?! LAUREL or YANNY (or YAMMY)...? And can you mentally switch between them, like when you switch your perception when looking at an optical illusion?