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Yanny vs laurel thing

#1 Post by Beebs52 » Thu May 17, 2018 6:00 pm

Had not seen/heard this til today. It's obviously laurel. But does that mean my old ears are tuning out yanny frequency?
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#2 Post by Bob78164 » Thu May 17, 2018 6:19 pm

Beebs52 wrote:Had not seen/heard this til today. It's obviously laurel. But does that mean my old ears are tuning out yanny frequency?
To me it was obviously yanny. Then the New York Times published a story about it with a slider that lets you adjust the frequencies. After a while, I could hear laurel. Then when I moved it back, I still heard laurel. When I moved it all the way I could hear yanny again, and when I finally put the slider back in the middle for the third time I could hear both simultaneously.

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Re: Yanny vs laurel thing

#3 Post by jarnon » Thu May 17, 2018 6:20 pm

My hearing isn’t as good as it once was either. I hear “laurel” at high volume and “yanni” at lower volume. Also, the voice that says “laurel” is deeper. Darnedest thing.
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#4 Post by Beebs52 » Thu May 17, 2018 6:27 pm

must try lower volume
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#5 Post by Beebs52 » Thu May 17, 2018 6:30 pm

omg. I turned volume way down and heard yanny
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#6 Post by Bob78164 » Thu May 17, 2018 6:30 pm

Beebs52 wrote:must try lower volume
The pitch is what matters. Yanny is prevalent at the higher frequencies, and laurel is prevalent at the lower frequencies. --Bob
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#7 Post by Beebs52 » Thu May 17, 2018 6:48 pm

Bob78164 wrote:
Beebs52 wrote:must try lower volume
The pitch is what matters. Yanny is prevalent at the higher frequencies, and laurel is prevalent at the lower frequencies. --Bob
Just telling whwt happened on my phone.

Turned volume way down. Heard Yanny. Volume up Laurel.
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#8 Post by Bob78164 » Thu May 17, 2018 7:47 pm

Beebs52 wrote:
Bob78164 wrote:
Beebs52 wrote:must try lower volume
The pitch is what matters. Yanny is prevalent at the higher frequencies, and laurel is prevalent at the lower frequencies. --Bob
Just telling whwt happened on my phone.

Turned volume way down. Heard Yanny. Volume up Laurel.
That could be because your phone's speaker has a different volume response at different frequencies. Or that your ears do. --Bob
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#9 Post by Spock » Thu May 17, 2018 8:05 pm

Heard "yanni" on the radio-then "Laurel" on Li'l Spock's phone.

So what color do you think the dress is?

https://www.google.com/search?q=dress+b ... v6KM6FOT5M:

I think it is white and gold.

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#10 Post by jarnon » Thu May 17, 2018 8:08 pm

Beebs52 wrote:
Bob78164 wrote:
Beebs52 wrote:must try lower volume
The pitch is what matters. Yanny is prevalent at the higher frequencies, and laurel is prevalent at the lower frequencies. --Bob
Just telling whwt happened on my phone.

Turned volume way down. Heard Yanny. Volume up Laurel.
Same thing on my TV.
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#11 Post by tlynn78 » Thu May 17, 2018 9:20 pm

That's the weirdest. When it was played for me by our Trivia Meister Tuesday night, I heard what sounded like "Yerry" multiple times. Yesterday on my laptop, I very clearly heard "Laurel" - have yet to hear Yanni.

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#12 Post by BackInTex » Thu May 17, 2018 9:22 pm

tlynn78 wrote:That's the weirdest. When it was played for me by our Trivia Meister Tuesday night, I heard what sounded like "Yerry" multiple times. Yesterday on my laptop, I very clearly heard "Laurel" - have yet to hear Yanni.

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All I, and my wife hear is Yerry. No "L" or "N" so neither Laurel or Yanny.
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#14 Post by BackInTex » Fri May 18, 2018 7:28 am

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#15 Post by Beebs52 » Fri May 18, 2018 7:36 am

Oh noooo, I see both. Dang calligraphy
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#16 Post by jaybee » Fri May 18, 2018 12:37 pm

No matter where I set the volume I still only see a black & blue dress.
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#17 Post by ghostjmf » Fri May 18, 2018 1:56 pm

All I hear is Laurel, but I haven't played with the volume. Yet.

I'm glad all my cat says is "meep" & "yowl". No names.

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#18 Post by jarnon » Fri May 18, 2018 7:45 pm

Thank you, White House, for settling this issue.

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#19 Post by Brit Canuck » Sat May 19, 2018 7:37 pm

Be careful, Mr. President; you hear 'covfefe', Mueller might hear 'guilty'. :lol:



Greek New Age musician Yanni (with an 'I') has joined Team Yanny, no surprise there considering this whole Laurel/Yanny thing has led to more Google search hits for him. 8)

http://www.time.com/5280632/yanni-on-yanny-vs-laurel
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#20 Post by ghostjmf » Sun May 20, 2018 7:52 am

Jay Aubrey Jones says its Laurel, & he should know. Its his voice. He's interviewed on NPR this morning.

Among his many credits are understudying for Old Deuteronomy in Cats on Broadway. He sung the segment out as Old Deut.

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#21 Post by bazodee » Sun May 20, 2018 5:19 pm

I hear "yanni" and really had a hard time understanding how anyone could hear "laurel".

Yanni is heard by those who have a greater sensitivity toward higher pitches. This makes sense to me as I am really easily annoyed by the high-pitched voices of children as well as sounds made by utensils clanging against glass or ceramic (and whining, in general). I can't remember a case where a low frequency sound got on my nerves.

I don't know if that means my hearing is deficient in the low pitched frequencies, or just that high-pitched wins out.

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#22 Post by mellytu74 » Tue May 22, 2018 8:08 pm

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#23 Post by Vandal » Wed May 23, 2018 5:56 am

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#24 Post by ghostjmf » Wed May 23, 2018 6:03 am

On wherever I was on the internet when I tested on this before, all I heard was Laurel. On the show Sunday Morning last Sunday, on my Sony Trinitron TV's speakers, all I heard was Yanny.

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#25 Post by T_Bone0806 » Thu May 24, 2018 11:03 am

I've heard Yanni on both my TV's when I've stumbled across a mention of it. I have tried to avoid the whole thing as much as possible. I've watched too many episodes of The Twilight Zone, Outer Limits, Black Mirror, etc. not to have it cross my mind that it is part of some nefarious mind control scheme.

I wouldn't be surprised if those "To Serve Man" aliens are behind it all :shock: :shock: :shock:
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