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Yanny or Laurel? Dori weighs in

May 17, 2018, 4:30 AM | Updated: 11:01 am

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It was the sound clip that took the internet by storm.

So of course, the Dori Monson Show had to weigh in.

People around the world have been debating whether a recording originally from vocabulary.com states the word “Laurel” in a low-pitched male voice or “Yanny” in a higher-pitched voice.

The word that you hear depends on how sensitive your brain is to higher and lower frequencies. Dori had quite a lot of fun playing around with the different pitches of the recording to find out what he heard.

Which do you hear — “Yanny” or “Laurel?” Share in the comments below.

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