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Experts weigh in on viral 'laurel-yanny' audio clip which has divided Net users
Experts have shed light on the mystery of the "laurel-yanny" recording, a four-second audio clip posted on Twitter on Tuesday, which has divided Internet users.
Twitter user Cloe Feldman posted the aural entry for the word "laurel" from the website vocabulary.com, asking listeners whether they hear the word "laurel" or "yanny".
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