[AUDITORY] What word do you hear?

["Patel, Aniruddh D." <a.patel@xxxxxxxxx>]

Dear List,

 

Many thanks to those who responded to my query about consonance and dissonance ratings.

On a different topic, the note below is from a colleague in my department (Ari Goldberg, a psycholinguist).  I thought it might interest you.   Feel free to enter what word you hear on  the Google spreadsheet he provides. Any thoughts on what’s going on here are most welcome.

Ani Patel

 

 

From: Goldberg, Ariel M
Sent: Tuesday, May 15, 2018 8:45 PM

Hi Everyone,

 

There’s a new thing going around the internet that’s sort of like the blue/white/gold dress from a few year’s back except it’s auditory. 

 

If you have a moment, could you click on this link and think about what you hear? 

 

https://twitter.com/CloeCouture/status/996218489831473152?s=20

 

Then please go to the link below and write down what you heard.

 

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/12yUVvSxKnaq98y8Z23hmeTCnixnFk8y6pnj8BSoEMkE

I have no idea why people might hear different things for this word but it could be helpful to know what you all hear.

 

Btw, here’s an article about it if you’re interested (though I’m afraid it doesn’t really explain it):

https://mobile.nytimes.com/2018/05/15/science/yanny-laurel.html?action="">