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    A Linguist Explains Why 'Laurel' Sounds Like 'Yanny'

    It’s the audio version of The Dress.
    by Rachel Gutman May 15, 2018 3 minutes
    Source: Yasser Al-Zayyat / AFP / Getty

    Listen to this recording. Before you go any further, just listen to it.

    Late Monday night, this tweet was posted by a 20-year-old Instagram “influencer” named Cloe Feldman. It appears to be a screengrab of a poll that also appears on Feldman’s Instagram account (although the Instagram version was posted after the Twitter one, but the poll design is clearly Instagram-original, ). On Feldman’s Instagram, was in the lead as of press time with 51 percent of the vote. (If you can’t hear) Another Instagram account, @KFCRadio, also added the poll to their Instagram story. As of press time, was winning that one with 53 percent.

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