{"id":31355,"date":"2018-05-18T10:57:51","date_gmt":"2018-05-18T14:57:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.genealogybank.com\/?p=31355"},"modified":"2018-05-18T10:58:06","modified_gmt":"2018-05-18T14:58:06","slug":"is-it-yanny-or-laurel-we-have-the-answer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/is-it-yanny-or-laurel-we-have-the-answer.html","title":{"rendered":"Is It Yanny or Laurel? We Have the Answer!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>You have heard the controversy: some people listening to this audio clip hear \u201cYanny,\u201d some people hear \u201cLaurel.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/SbjnIK6VEjc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/youtu.be\/SbjnIK6VEjc<\/a><\/p>\n<p>What do you say?<br \/>\nIs it Yanny or Laurel?<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_31359\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-31359\" style=\"width: 631px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/SbjnIK6VEjc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-31359\" src=\"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/photo-0518-2018-cbs-this-morning.png\" alt=\"A screenshot of &quot;CBS This Morning&quot; about the Yanny-Laurel challenge\" width=\"631\" height=\"355\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/photo-0518-2018-cbs-this-morning.png 631w, https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/photo-0518-2018-cbs-this-morning-300x169.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 631px) 100vw, 631px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-31359\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source: CBS This Morning<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>So, we went to our go-to source, GenealogyBank\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/explore\/newspapers\/all?utm_source=social&amp;utm_medium=blog&amp;utm_campaign=SM_Blog_txtlnk_2014_00&amp;s_referrer=social&amp;s_siteloc=blog&amp;s_trackval=SM_Blog_txtlnk_2014_00&amp;kbid=69919&amp;pq=1&amp;prebuy=no&amp;intver=&amp;CCPRODCODE=\">Historical Newspaper Archives<\/a>, for the answer.<\/p>\n<p>The results are in:<\/p>\n<p>Yanny = 2,506 search results.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_31365\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-31365\" style=\"width: 697px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/genealogybank-0518-2018-yanny-search.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-31365\" src=\"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/genealogybank-0518-2018-yanny-search.png\" alt=\"A screenshot of GenealogyBank's search results page showing the results of a search for &quot;Yanny&quot;\" width=\"697\" height=\"536\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/genealogybank-0518-2018-yanny-search.png 697w, https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/genealogybank-0518-2018-yanny-search-300x231.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 697px) 100vw, 697px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-31365\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source: GenealogyBank<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Laurel = 3,289,723 search results!<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_31369\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-31369\" style=\"width: 908px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/genealogybank-0518-2018-laurel-search.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-31369\" src=\"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/genealogybank-0518-2018-laurel-search.png\" alt=\"A screenshot of GenealogyBank's search results page showing the results of a search for &quot;Laurel&quot;\" width=\"908\" height=\"517\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/genealogybank-0518-2018-laurel-search.png 908w, https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/genealogybank-0518-2018-laurel-search-300x171.png 300w, https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/genealogybank-0518-2018-laurel-search-768x437.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 908px) 100vw, 908px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-31369\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source: GenealogyBank<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Laurel is the clear winner!<br \/>\nHmm \u2013 I don\u2019t know \u2013 I clearly hear \u201cYanny.\u201d What do you hear?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An article by Thomas Jay Kemp about the controversy over an Internet audio clip in which some people hear \u201cYanny\u201d while others hear 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