Yanni or Laurel?

Here is the backstory:

https://www.wired.com/story/yanny-and-laurel-true-history/

👍@larryi +1👍

All I hear is "kill them, kill them all."

lol...I just watched that X-Files episode.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j-wBNxn23fk

I don’t hear either. If I assume the speaker is saying one of those two supposed words then it is just a really terrible pronounciation of either. If anything it is closer to Yanny with pitch going up slightly at the end which is how I would say it.

I think this just proves how social media like twitter is mostly a complete waste of time.

I don't hear either.  All I hear is "kill them, kill them all." But then again, I hear that all the time.

I hear only laurel. It never comes close to sounding like yanni. 

Just like with the dress that appeared to be two different color combinations, this it yet another stab at internet fame over nothing.

With the above link, I only hear Laurel.  But on NBC news this morning, it sounded like it alternated back and forth, regularly, between the two.  Need more info. on recording chain and provenance.

I have asked three folks at work today, and surprisingly two (one male and one female) hear a combination of each, while a third (male) only hears yanny.

Cleeds - "I think that raises significant questions about our hobby, how valid listening tests should be conducted and even whether a scientifically valid listening test is even possible."

Totally agree.  Really supports the advice I see all the time on this and other forums of "trust your own ears - if it sounds good to you and you like it, that's what counts."

Yes, cleeds, my initial statement was not correct. How about,

Our ability to hear differently can be misleading at times.

BTW, it was just a lead in for the joke.

I hear Yanni on the original clip, but can hear both on this clip with varing pitch shift. I would really worry if I couldn't hear both on it.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=LrWMFsz5VOg

SS OR TUBES? I HEAR TUBES

tls49

Yes, our ability to hear correctly can be misleading at times.

That’s not the issue here at all with the Laurel vs. Yanni question. In this instance, different people listening to the same thing hear consistently different results. Some hear "Laurel," others "Yanni." That there could be such discrepancy isn’t a question of our hearing being misled, but rather proves that two people exposed to the same sound can hear two very different things. I think that raises significant questions about our hobby, how valid listening tests should be conducted and even whether a scientifically valid listening test is even possible.

Listen for yourself.
https://www.cnet.com/news/yanny-or-laurel-the-internet-is-fighting-over-this-mysterious-word/
I hear Laurel, btw.

Yes, our ability to hear correctly can be misleading at times.

A man in the hospital had just come back from a procedure and was still under the effects of medication. Somewhat slurring his speech he asked the nurse, "Are my test results back?" She pulled back the top sheet and started moving his private parts in all different directions and said, "No, Mr. Jones, your testicles are not black."

I can only hear Laurel.  

At and watching it on TV I could only hear Yanny. But at work with $25 computer speakers I only hear Laurel.

I get more of a Yanmi.  For the life of me, I can't pick out Laurel though.  

You're only hearing laurel because laurel is more expensive and therefore you have the expectation bias that laurel is better. Pretty obvious...

Mow the lawn?  I thought you said "watch TV".