Thread: Yanny vs Laurel

Originally Posted by fuego

My wife heard another word close to it too, but not yanny. When I did the slider thing Colonel posted I hear something similar but not yanny.

Yeah-ry or something like that.

I could hear Garry. But mostly Laurel.

Kind of a weird thing to go viral, IMHO.

Originally Posted by krystian

Did you mean Yanny? Because I keep hearing 'yarry' which isn't even an option.

Originally Posted by Lista

No, I was agreeing with you, that I kept hearing Yarry, like you did.

Wow...ok then...I'm not alone!

I got the "yarry" thing too.

Yarry....

I didn't hear Yanny but I did hear Yanni.

Originally Posted by fuego

I didn't hear Yanny but I did hear Yanni.

That's so 90s it hurts.

Was Yanni the pan flute guy?

Originally Posted by fuego

I didn't hear Yanny but I did hear Yanni.

Seriously, I thought of the Yanni bit on my own, hadn't seen anything about it, and then just saw this because I Googled him to see what he was up to these days after I posted the above.

Yanny or Laurel? Greek composer Yanni sees spike in popularity after viral audio debate

https://www.standard.co.uk/news/worl...-a3842441.html

Originally Posted by krystian

Did you mean Yanny? Because I keep hearing 'yarry' which isn't even an option.

Originally Posted by Lista

No, I was agreeing with you, that I kept hearing Yarry, like you did.

Originally Posted by John

I got the "yarry" thing too.

Originally Posted by Quest

Yarry....

Well alrighty then!

...and apparently its the folk with 'old' ears who are hearing 'laurel':