Lanny or Laurel

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17 May 18

lemon lime

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17 May 18

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Oops, that was supposed to be Yanny or Laurel.

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17 May 18

Originally posted by @lemon-lime
Oops, that was supposed to be [b]Yanny or Laurel.[/b]

Yanny, all the way. You?

apathist

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17 May 18

Yanni?

lemon lime

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17 May 18

Originally posted by @great-big-stees
Yanny, all the way. You?

I listened to it several times and tried to hear "Laurel", but I heard "Yanny" every time.

lemon lime

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17 May 18

Originally posted by @apathist
Yanni?

Yanni says he heard "Yanny"...

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17 May 18

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/05/16/upshot/audio-clip-yanny-laurel-debate.html

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18 May 18

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Originally posted by @handyandy
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/05/16/upshot/audio-clip-yanny-laurel-debate.html

I think the gist is they added some high frequency components to the word to illustrate those who lack the higher frequency response. Presumably that happening mainly to old folks so the perception of the higher frequencies changes the perception of the actual word spoken.