YANNY OR LAUREL?--or--Words Are In The Ear Of The Beholder

[LostLassie]

What do you hear in this audio recording?



And if it's bugging you, here is a pretty good explanation of what's going on in the clip.

 

[Jaxbuck]

I heard "fuck *ichigan"

 

[Buckeneye]

The correct answer would be, 'who gives a fuck'?

 

[LostLassie]

I heard "fuck *ichigan"

You always do.

 

[scarletmike]

When my wife made me listen to it all I heard was "Larry."

Fuck this stupid thing and that damn blue dress.

 

[Zurp]

I first heard it this morning in the car. Very clearly a high-pitched "Yanny", with a low-pitched "Laurel" kinda in the background.
I played it on my computer at work, and I couldn't hear "Yanny" at all. Very clear "Laurel".
I played the above link, and now I can't hear "Laurel" at all. Just an annoying voice saying "Yanny".

 

[jwinslow]

Yammi (and that middle consonant clearly doesn't truly exist)

I'm thankful for the tweet with the sped up and slowed down versions to help people hear it the other way. The dress took a long time to work through with the Mrs

 

[LostLassie]

Yammi (and that middle consonant clearly doesn't truly exist)

I'm thankful for the tweet with the sped up and slowed down versions to help people hear it the other way. The dress took a long time to work through with the Mrs

Since you're a photographer, you might (or probably NOT) but maybe will...appreciate the discussion in this article, ranging from chromatic axis to RGB values.

Or, I'm just dredging up a traumatic perceptual experience you'd rather forget.

The Science of Why No One Agrees on the Color of This Dress

"I initially thought it was white and gold," says Neil Harris, our senior photo editor. "When I attempted to white-balance the image based on that idea, though, it didn't make any sense." He saw blue in the highlights, telling him that the white he was seeing was blue, and the gold was black. And when Harris reversed the process, balancing to the darkest pixel in the image, the dress popped blue and black. "It became clear that the appropriate point in the image to balance from is the black point,"

https://www.wired.com/2015/02/science-one-agrees-color-dress/

 

[LostLassie]

 

[CFPBuckeye]

Phew. I’m on Bugs’ side. Now I feel better.