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Laurel vs Yanny (Original Post) Miigwech May 2018 OP
Laurel Grassy Knoll May 2018 #1
Yanny. Polly Hennessey May 2018 #2
A veer, greyl May 2018 #3
That's ambiguous. SergeStorms May 2018 #9
The first time I heard Yanny and then I did it again and heard smirkymonkey May 2018 #4
Haha damn. I heard both Laurel and Tammy initially and then just Laurel... Drunken Irishman May 2018 #5
I heard yanni.nt. drray23 May 2018 #6
What color was the dress again? kn3wscr1pt May 2018 #7
Laurel for me. SergeStorms May 2018 #8
Yanny, then laurel, then yanny. I can't get back to laurel. Weird!! rainin May 2018 #10

SergeStorms

(19,201 posts)
9. That's ambiguous.
Sat May 19, 2018, 03:37 AM
May 2018

Because of the extra flourishes in the first and last letters, and the inconsistency in form of the middle letters, it could be either Laurel, Yanny, or gibberish. It's in the eye of the beholder.

That's my take on it anyway.

 

smirkymonkey

(63,221 posts)
4. The first time I heard Yanny and then I did it again and heard
Fri May 18, 2018, 11:35 PM
May 2018

Laurel. Very interesting. It's like that dress that people see as blue/black or white/black. I have seen it as different colors at different times. This all kind of freaks me out a little bit.

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