A speech scientist reveals why the viral 'laurel' versus 'yanny' argument has only one right answer
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- The internet is aflame about whether a robotic-sounding recording says "yanny" or "laurel."
- Speech scientists say there's a simple reason for the audio trickery that has to do with the way our brains learn to quickly decipher vowels and words.
- The recording seems to be a slightly altered version of vocabulary.com's pronunciation aide for the word laurel. (Sorry, team yanny.)
Yanny or laurel?
The internet exploded in argument this week as people debated which of those words a robot was saying in this recording, posted by YouTube vlog-er Chloe Feldman: See the rest of the story at Business Insider
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