This is scary!
Have you ever said something to someone and they understood something completely different? It happens, right?
The question is, how often does it happen?
After what happened to me this morning I'm really thinking about that question! The possible answer is both confusing and frightening!
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The Shocking Reality of Two People Hearing Completely Different Things!
This morning at the breakfast table my son was listening to CBC radio and they played a clip of an audio file which I've since learned has gone viral. The man's voice on the file repeated a name. The name was either Yanny or Laurel.
My son and I both clearly and without any doubt heard Laurel but my wife clearly and without any doubt heard Yanny! My son and I were shocked with my wife's conclusion and she with ours!
Today, when I got home from work we listened again with the same result!
Please watch this short video below to test it yourself and to hear a possible explanation for this phenomenon.
Question to Think About?
- Did you hear Yanny or Laurel?
- Does this mean that the same thing happens with many words?
- Are we being misunderstood more than we think?
I hope that you enjoyed this article about misunderstanding people or "That's Not What I Said at All!"
Until next time,
@kus-knee (The Old Dog)
That is scary!
And, to my great chagrin, it seems to prove that written agreements and lawyers are actually necessary after all. The starry eyed dreamer in me has always hoped that verbal agreements would suffice. Not a chance when people are actually and sincerely hearing different things.
Everything is going to have to be in writing! (or on the blockchain LOL)
For important matters it is always better to put things in writing.
I prefer to leave the lawyers out of it whenever possible.
They write in a way that only they can understand!
What did you hear by the way?
Well, I thought I preferred leaving putting things in writing out of it wherever possible. But I am now leaning towards the necessity of both in writing and reviewed by a lawyer :-)
I heard "Yammy", not "Yanny, and definitely not Laurel. So you and your son are obviously wrong :-)
However I did hear "Laurel" when the pitch was up 30% (Do you and your son go through life with your pitches up 30% ?)
LOL interstingly enough the correct answer is Laurel.
That's pretty presumptuous of you to assume that there is a "correct" answer. In my world, the "correct" answer would be what I heard. I would live my life according to what I heard, not what you say that you said. Therefore, its got to be in writing LOL
I totally agree (and that is pretty rare) 'the "correct" answer would be what I heard'. I teach business English to Chinese students and I am forever telling them that it is not what you say which ultimately matters, but what the other person hears. The message being - do not assume that the listeners understanding matches your desired message.
you think great sir
That doesn't even work- on most of my posts I get remarks that make me wonder if they even read that same post I wrote or got their comments mixed up!
I know what you mean!
Yeah you just gave me a nice idea. I think I will do that. I will send this to my friends and see what they come up with😊
Yanny! And my wife too.... (Luckily)
Amazing. I tried it in the office today. One man and one women herd Yanny and myself and another woman heard Laurel!
Well I definitely heard "Yanny." It didn't even sound anything like "Laurel."
It's quite shocking to me that 53% of people hear "Yanny" and I'm in the minority.
Well this should definitely form the basis of some kind of research. I'm trying it ASAP with my friends and if any one of them hears "Laurel," then this is some serious biz.
Yeah you just gave me a nice idea. I think I will do that. I will send this to my friends and see what they come up with😊
Check it out!
It's sooo weird!
That are two same sound words.
I know😁
I heard laurel
Yeah it does , basically everyday lol.
Yeah , I’ve had situations where I give instructions and the instructed does another thing claiming what right instructions sounded like the wrong .
This is quite interesting. Until next time Old dog
Thanks for your input!
"Yanny or Laurel" is viral on Twitter.
Already medical science explained it.But I think men are minorities Because women are different to listen in low voice and they are majorities in the world. This why "Yanny" are minorities.
What do you think @kus-knee??
It doesn't seem to be gender specific. Weird and wonderful!
I am a Laurel but my husband is a YAMMY (not even yanny. It is the weirdest thing, but it sent my mind down the same path as you. How often are people not actually hearing what another person says? Does this cause issues and we don’t know it. When I squabble with my spouse about me saying something to him and him saying I never said the thing are we both right?!
Weird stuff.
PS - “The Dress” was totally white and gold. 😄
We are all in a sort of shock! Just Bizarre! Had you already tested it before or just now?
Yes, this yesterday’s obsession around the office and home. ☺️
Honestly I think I heard yanny not laurel, how then does 53% of people hear laurel?🤔🤔🤔
I'm really confused! :)
It could be that maybe another supersonic sound was embedded inside?
It's shocking, I heard yanny and my friend sitting beside me heard laurel, I'm not sure what's the science behind it but it's surely something mind blasting.
Just so so strange!
i heard yanny i don't understand who other people may sound 'Laurel'
That It's really Shocking !
Unbelievable!
I heard "Yanny" 🤔
Wow! Not sure what this means but it's so strange!
I think it's related to our hearing frequency because i read somewhere that a younger person can hear a sound differently as compared to a a aged person because of their different hearing frequencies.
Very interesting!
More than the age, it could also be used to conduct a gender test ..if you hear Yanny, you're a fairer sex otherwise you're a male LOL!
On a serious note, I think the study concluding 47%-53% ratio is a bit skewed. It probably gave the listeners 2 clear choices to pick from. If I don't know any of those two words, I'd most likely hear something else (yes, there are more than 2 genders 😜). But 100% of the audience in this survey heard one of those two words sounds strange to me. IMHO, our brain tries to reconcile the gaps in our hearing with what fits best and meaningful according to our existing knowledge and interprets the missing gap accordingly.
Some people hear both. Some people hear jerry
Lots of food for thought!
Hi kis-knee. I am a LAUREL 😬 BUTTTTT with for kids I am starting to wonder REALLY wonder what do My kids ..... 4 off them !! Hear When I tell or ask them something! Its an issue in Our household
Going to be inpector Gadget to fogure things out
Very interesting!
Its going to be very interesting. Although When I call for icecream they hear icecream so I am hopefull😉
LOL good one!
Well for me I definitely heard "Yanny" however I've listened to the video and it's amazing how our brain interacts to sound.
I guess this proves one point, we are wonderfully created!
You heard Yanny! Mamma mia!
What is everyone talking about?? I heard covfefe!!!!
Seriously though, I must have young ears because I most certainly heard "yanny" .....for the life of me I could not hear "laurel" until the pitch was changed then it most definitely was "laurel" at the higher pitch.
Part of me doesn't want to believe that was the same sound at different pitches. It couldn't be otherwise, my ears failed me lol
My husband heard both at the beginning and was confused that there wasn't an explanation for that case.
This reminds me of the blue vs white dress phenomenon. I only saw a white dress. Coo coo.
Very interesting find you've gotten ..... loved this.
The funny thing is that the man IS actually saying Laurel.
riiiiiight...that's what HE says :)
Do you know that man and woman hear in a different way?
That makes sense and I immagine that it's true. With this experiment though it seems to have nothing to do with gender.
This experiment not, but they made other experiments with frequencies and decovered that we hear a little bit different, can be 'cause the woman had to hear her baby and the man had to hear the danger before.... the man and the woman had a really different role for so many years.... :-)))
Hi Kus-knee
Both my son and I heard Laurel. He's 8 and so it is not an age thing or a male/female thing. I heard it had something to do with pitch and you can change the frequency so that everyone hears laurel. Maybe it is the speed the brain processes sound that determines what is heard.
On another front, you were listening to CBC ... where are you from. I am in Vancouver:)
Yes it doesn't seem to be connected to gender. I'm originally from Ontario, have lived for many years in Switzerland and I have family in Vancouver, Victoria and the BC interior!
Switzerland ... that sound lovely. I have a never been but imagine parts are very similar to our rockies:) You must miss the ocean ... though ... from time to time:)
Songs' lyrics can often and easily be misunderstood. I had many and very funny examples about that. For example - "Sending out an SOS" - some Hungarians mean that "Szentmihályon Tesco lesz!" ("A Tesco store will be built in Szentmihály" - where Szentmihály is a Hungarian village). I was laughing at this for weeks! 😃
Once i also had a big-big misunderstanding. I had to call paypal (of course in English), and they asked me "When did you last use paypal?" The last two words i heard as "newspaper" and i replied: i never read newspapers!" then he asked me again and at last i understood the question and replied: "long ago", struggling with laughing.
By the way! I got the trade cards and i'm going to make a post today!
Thanks for your comment! I'm so happy that the cards arrived. I'm always a little nervous!
Sorry pal, but the wife is right... It's as plain as the ear on your head!
Are you also on the Yanny side?
Nope... I heard Laurel very clearly. By the way- check my post from yesterday, it shows the shutters I painted.
well, that's interesting, but yeah different pitches sounds different words.
I too have heard Yanny.
it doesn't know what the logic behind it but it's quite interesting.
Indeed!
Whoa..
That happens sometimes
So you and your kid have older ears lol
Maybe so but what do you hear?
I heard Yanny. Younger ears
Yuhoo
You’re freaking me out! I definitely heard Laurel... this is so weird!
Try it with some others and let me know the results.
Damn this is freakin' stranger than I thought. The first time I listened to it, I clearly heard yanny and when I replayed it so I could learn what my wife heard, I sudenly and cleary heard laurel.
I blame the German Autobahn!
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Haha, life is strange!
That is really weird but I defnitely heard Laurel @kus-knee. It didn't even remotely sound like Yanny until they played it at a lower pitch.
Regarding the miscommunication thing, it's bad enough with my partner and I when we're hearing the same words since we often seem to mean different things by them. Add that we might be hearing different words and it's a wonder we're still together at all! 😂
I hear you! Or do I?
Yanny for me - but when the pitch shift makes my ears hear 'Laurel' instead...what a total headf**k! Hahaha!
It is truly strange!
I clearly heard both Yanni and Laurel. Sometimes the songwriters play with consonant words, thereby driving us into guesswork. Here we have, for example, "The Screech of the Wheel" sounds like "Violin fox" or "Under the rain" - "Let's wait." And such options are the sea. But the scientists went further and in their own way decided to explain this problem.
Я ясно слышала и Янни и Лорел. Иногда авторы песен играют с созвучными словами, тем самым вгоняя нас в догадки. Вот у нас например "Скрип колеса" звучит как "Скрипка лиса" или "Под дождем" - "Подождем". И таких вариантов море. Но ученые пошли дальше и по-своему решили объяснить эту проблему.
You heard both! Wow!
I don't understand how people can hear Yanny! I definitely hear Laurel 😀😁😂😂. These are two completely different names and i can't understand why people hear differently. That's really strange. I see here only one explanation: there are people with the left side of the brain domination and the right side domination.
It reminded me of an example with a dress, when some people saw a blue color, while others were white.
( photo from Google)
It is very confusing.
In my case, I heard Laurel
I think so, we have all had those cases in which we said something and the person hears something else.
I don't think this is that common for us to worry.
Interesting!
I once asked a woman if she'd like to dance; she thought I said, "You look fat in those pants."
Ooooh dangerous!!!!!
it happens with me millions of time but that's how life rolls sometimes
Yes that's for sure!
I heared Laurel its so confused loll thanks you for sharing this experience
definitly its good,its very good idea,dress is gold
Interesting ......I Like it.
excellent post ..loving to your blog.thanks for sharing
wow very excellent post Thanks for sharing i will done upvote..
One of the most beautiful
it's a great theme ..great to share..
wow really nice post..
fabulous one.
Thanks for sharing a good post bro.
Nun, dies sollte definitiv die Grundlage für eine Art von Forschung bilden. Ich versuche so schnell wie möglich mit meinen Freunden und wenn einer von ihnen "Laurel" hört, dann ist das eine ernste Angelegenheit.
We'll wht,s the simple logic behind this sir
Many times faced those situations during clg hours......
First of all nice to meet i am your new yes it happen with me one of my friend i tell something he understood something completely different. I am worry about this what i do.
Glad you brought this up. I first heard this on a local radio show. I always heard Laurel. Now I know it is further proof that I am indeed an Old Guy with Old ears. Makes ya feel good about getting old eh Old Dog?
This is constantly happening in my life and we understand what is said differently! It often hurts and we say that we need a third person to say how it really is!
Yes my kids got this video to me and all of us heard Laurel but my daughter Binny heard Yanny.
I think it has to do with frequency of the ears and pitch of the words!!
yeah you just gave me a nice idea. I think I will do that. it seems to prove that written agreements and lawyers are actually necessary after all. The starry eyed dreamer in me has always hoped that verbal agreements would suffice. Not a chance when people are actually and sincerely hearing different things.
If you use my words, taken from my comment - the top one on this post, you must attribute them to me. Otherwise it is plagiarism, and not condoned in steemit.