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Freyr
United States500 Posts
If not, ten minutes worth are contained in this video: It seems that most people hear this sound as "wololo" - I do not. Instead I hear it as more like "nyenyenyeh" or something similar, and I've come across only a few people that agree. I find this deeply disturbing. How do you hear this sound? Poll: Priest conversion sound? (Vote): Wololo (Vote): Other (Please specify)   | ||
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Dgtl
Canada889 Posts
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Pokebunny
United States10654 Posts
On September 12 2009 09:47 Dgtl wrote: this sounds like Wonono to me lol. I don't see how you could get "nyenyenyeh" Yeah, definitely like Wonolo/wonono/wololo/etc | ||
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Freyr
United States500 Posts
Someone on the youtube comments said it sounded like "een een eee" which is closer to mine, and a friend found someone on heavengames who thought it sounded like "nimeneh". All of my siblings also agree. I wonder if it's like 6-n-propylthiouracil where a small % of the population has the genes to taste it (it tastes really bitter) while the rest taste nothing - the small % are incidentally the broccoli haters. Haha. Thanks for the input.  | ||
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Starparty
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micronesia
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FoBuLouS
United States570 Posts
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excess1ve
United States359 Posts
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Freyr
United States500 Posts
On September 12 2009 09:52 micronesia wrote: This is what I hear in my head when I read threads in the Starcraft 2 forum. Hah. It is what I hear when I watch fox news or read aegwhatever's posts. But seriously NO ONE hears it that way? Not even sometimes? | ||
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uglymoose89
United States671 Posts
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SwEEt[TearS]
Canada1575 Posts
idk how you can hear something else t_t edit: actually kinda like the previous poster I hear like wololoohohoh, but more like if he said wololoooooo with some thumping behind or something | ||
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Freyr
United States500 Posts
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SwEEt[TearS]
Canada1575 Posts
On September 12 2009 10:03 Freyr wrote: Ugh, this is so upsetting. Thanks for the shin ramyun blog by the way, it inspired me to try your egg method today. haha glad you liked it ^^ more coming soon just pretty busy~ stupid work and college T_T | ||
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bahaa
Lebanon29 Posts
Both wololoo and nyenyenyeh are there. If I wanted to imagine the first one I can hear it as such and if I want to imagine the second I'll hear the second. My guess is that it all comes down to how you hear the first part. Culture and the sounds your family make around you as well as the life experiences you've gone through and the way you learned speech all play a part in how you hear this. I personally hear it wololoo if I don't try too much, but maybe that's because my cousin used to imitate the priest's sound like that. I think it the voiceactor had to say one thing and not the other so in the end there has to be one answer and most likely it is wolooloo, but the way it is recorded in confuses you into thinking that "ne" and "ye" exist, perhaps when saying wo and then lo, the transition between these two sounds creates the perception that there's ne and ye? Maybe because wo is broad while lo is narrow? Perhaps the contrast between w and l is similar to the one between n and y? I find this topic interesting! It made me think of something new! | ||
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Not_Computer
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Chuiu
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MooCow
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GTR
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RoieTRS
United States2569 Posts
I still hear wololo exactly the same. I recomend checking your speakers/headphones before your ears imo. occum's razor and all that wot. | ||
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fusionsdf
Canada15390 Posts
the rest of you smoke crack | ||
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nttea
Sweden4353 Posts
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KwarK
United States43665 Posts
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Nytefish
United Kingdom4282 Posts
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United States3897 Posts
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United States7395 Posts
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icystorage
Jollibee19350 Posts
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The_Australian
Australia458 Posts
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Freyr
United States500 Posts
On September 12 2009 10:10 bahaa wrote: My answer: Both wololoo and nyenyenyeh are there. If I wanted to imagine the first one I can hear it as such and if I want to imagine the second I'll hear the second. My guess is that it all comes down to how you hear the first part. Culture and the sounds your family make around you as well as the life experiences you've gone through and the way you learned speech all play a part in how you hear this. I personally hear it wololoo if I don't try too much, but maybe that's because my cousin used to imitate the priest's sound like that. I think it the voiceactor had to say one thing and not the other so in the end there has to be one answer and most likely it is wolooloo, but the way it is recorded in confuses you into thinking that "ne" and "ye" exist, perhaps when saying wo and then lo, the transition between these two sounds creates the perception that there's ne and ye? Maybe because wo is broad while lo is narrow? Perhaps the contrast between w and l is similar to the one between n and y? I find this topic interesting! It made me think of something new! Hey - yeah your explanation seems to be the most likely, as my siblings all hear it the same way. It is interesting though, that I have come across people (outside of family and friends) who seem to hear it in a similar manner. Were you the second that voted "other"? It does seem kind of silly, but I agree it would be really interesting to get to the bottom of this. To the poster who suggested a technical issue: I have heard this sound through a number of different computers over the years, all with different sound systems (both my own and those of others), so the issue may be psychological or neurological. Thanks for the input so far everyone. If nothing else I hope this has brought back some (hopefully positive) memories. | ||
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NrG.Bamboo
United States2756 Posts
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Freyr
United States500 Posts
On September 12 2009 10:55 Valentine wrote: wonyenye o__o Ah well you got 2/3 of it correct...you'll all come around eventually. :p | ||
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Sprite
United States1015 Posts
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MantaRay
United States20 Posts
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Freyr
United States500 Posts
I have never played empire earth. Are you saying the sound in the posted video contains the sound from empire earth? I am explaining that I hear this "wololo" as "nyenyenyeh" and I'm searching for an explanation as well as other people who hear it the same way. Could you post a link to the empire earth sound? Maybe I will hear that one as "wololo", haha. | ||
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nttea
Sweden4353 Posts
On September 12 2009 11:26 Freyr wrote: Hi, I have never played empire earth. Are you saying the sound in the posted video contains the sound from empire earth? I am explaining that I hear this "wololo" as "nyenyenyeh" and I'm searching for an explanation as well as other people who hear it the same way. Could you post a link to the empire earth sound? Maybe I will hear that one as "wololo", haha. this is totally sick, but i'm sure if you find someone saying "nyenyenyeh" you will hear wololo! can't you just try harder? lol i just can't understand this for shit since he's clearly saying wololo :p | ||
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Dasher
United States71 Posts
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Freyr
United States500 Posts
On September 12 2009 11:39 nttea wrote: this is totally sick, but i'm sure if you find someone saying "nyenyenyeh" you will hear wololo! can't you just try harder? lol i just can't understand this for shit since he's clearly saying wololo :p I'm trying pretty hard - I'm currently messing with the file in audacity too, just to see if I can find the wololo within... Also - I seem to hear the rest of the priest sounds like everyone else does, and all the rest of the game sounds that have come up. (You know, 'cause aoe sounds tend to come up in conversation) | ||
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ghostWriter
United States3302 Posts
On September 12 2009 10:35 Kwark wrote: wolono This is what I hear too. | ||
alffla
Hong Kong20321 Posts
and "nyeh' is so awkward to type lol | ||
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GreEny K
Germany7312 Posts
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alffla
Hong Kong20321 Posts
HOW??? i listned to it more times impossible how "Wo" can sound like "Nyeh" its like ...if "Wo" was english "Nyeh" would be russian. sadfADSFADS | ||
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Freyr
United States500 Posts
On September 12 2009 12:24 alffla wrote: how HOW??? i listned to it more times impossible how "Wo" can sound like "Nyeh" its like ...if "Wo" was english "Nyeh" would be russian. sadfADSFADS I am just as mystified as you. What I hear is NOTHING like wololo. It's nasal and not very distinct, "nyeh" is not the only way I'd describe it. Some guy on the youtube comments said it sounded like "een een eee" which I could imagine describing it as also, where everything is heavily nasal. Pitchwise it starts at about an E and drops the minor third to a G on the last syllable. | ||
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alffla
Hong Kong20321 Posts
thne post it here and everyone can listen to it too :D | ||
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SwEEt[TearS]
Canada1575 Posts
backwards it sounds like ayoyoyou wwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwtf | ||
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Sigi
United States243 Posts
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Freyr
United States500 Posts
On September 12 2009 12:35 SwEEt[TearS] wrote: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3upCQ4ED84o plays it backward (pretty freaking random video tbh) backwards it sounds like ayoyoyou wwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwtf The ayoyoyou is not the same sound backward - it is another sound the priest makes. I hear that one just like everyone else. These are both sounds the priest makes when 'converting' enemy units (when he has finished casting the unit becomes yours - exactly the same as the DAs mindcontrol). Thus the jokes about MJ "switching sides" and becoming white etc. Whether or not it is funny is another matter. I'll try to record the "wololo" in a minute. | ||
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nttea
Sweden4353 Posts
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Freyr
United States500 Posts
There you go. Doesn't sound exactly as I hear it, but pretty close. | ||
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nttea
Sweden4353 Posts
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SwEEt[TearS]
Canada1575 Posts
On September 12 2009 12:46 Freyr wrote: The ayoyoyou is not the same sound backward - it is another sound the priest makes. I hear that one just like everyone else. These are both sounds the priest makes when 'converting' enemy units (when he has finished casting the unit becomes yours - exactly the same as the DAs mindcontrol). Thus the jokes about MJ "switching sides" and becoming white etc. Whether or not it is funny is another matter. I'll try to record the "wololo" in a minute. ah kk mah bad :S | ||
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imDerek
United States1944 Posts
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alffla
Hong Kong20321 Posts
you say it like nyehnehnyeeeehhhhhh............ man i just dont understand -0-; | ||
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alffla
Hong Kong20321 Posts
however, the closest i've come to hearing wololo as nyeh is at the last "loooooooh" where theres some kind of weird sound distortion and it soudns a bit like erreeeeeeeeeeeeehh. like the 'ereeehhh/nyehhhhh' is kind of a raspy whispery noise that starts really showing from halfway through 'loohhh' | ||
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Freyr
United States500 Posts
It would also be cool to see a phonological interpretation of it, if there happen to be any linguist hanging about. I'm assuming Cunninglinguist did not choose his name for literal reasons... | ||
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GogoKodo
Canada1785 Posts
Further, once the 'n' and 'L' sound are filtered and blurred like in these recordings it's pretty easy to hear it either way. And for the 'yeh' part of nyeh, that's pretty easy to hear as just 'neh', and 'eh' and 'oh' are pretty close once blurred and altered like in these clips. | ||
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Freyr
United States500 Posts
I also still don't hear anything approaching a w or L :S | ||
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TheYango
United States47024 Posts
Though, I seem to remember the game having an alternate sound that also got played some of the time, so it could be that the "nyehnyehnyeh" comes from that. | ||
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Wuewdoodoo
Mexico127 Posts
People are actually talking about a sound. | ||
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madnessman
United States1581 Posts
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Vharox
United States1037 Posts
HOW do you hear nyehnyehnyeeh loool that's insane | ||
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iamho
United States3347 Posts
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Cambium
United States16368 Posts
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Cambium
United States16368 Posts
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snowbird
Germany2044 Posts
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OhThatDang
United States4685 Posts
On September 12 2009 17:51 snowbird wrote: 월럴러어 noi tieng nao do? =o! i hear walolo | ||
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Musoeun
United States4324 Posts
On September 12 2009 17:51 snowbird wrote: 월럴러어 I would have said more like 올럴로오, but whatever... "nyeh"? Seriously? | ||
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BottleAbuser
Korea (South)1888 Posts
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jello_biafra
United Kingdom6641 Posts
On September 12 2009 11:39 Dasher wrote: I sounds really awesome if you open up like 5 tabs... haha that's fucked up. and on another note this would be so awesome for ventrilo harass. | ||
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Draconizard
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Megalisk
United States6095 Posts
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PanN
United States2828 Posts
Something is wrong with your brain or ears. | ||
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pinenamu
United States770 Posts
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Freyr
United States500 Posts
On September 13 2009 00:36 Draconizard wrote: How do you communicate on a daily basis if you can hear neither a "W" nor an "L" in that? Plenty of people seem to be hearing wonono so I guess it's not as clear cut as you seem to think. This is the only example of this phenomenon, which is why it is so interesting to me - especially since there are others who also hear it like I do. Unfortunately no one on this forum either hears it like I do or has the expertise to be able to offer a technical explanation. Maybe you guys are just all against me. Incidentally, I heard a recording of someone (who heard it as wololo) imitating it - it sounded like wololo. It's only the original that sounds nothing like wololo to me. | ||
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Snet
United States3573 Posts
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alffla
Hong Kong20321 Posts
but nyehyenhyenhye...... O_O | ||
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MC9876
Netherlands82 Posts
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KurtistheTurtle
United States1966 Posts
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netino
Brazil1 Post
here is a baby learning to talk and waying nenene, it sounds different then what i hear, but the words shes saying is what i hear, just a grown up teasing voice, not the thick WOLOLO wrestler voice that i imagine it should be and here is another of an older kid.............. PS: i just realized both videos are in brazil, i grew up as a kid in brazil and went to US at the age of 10 for 20 years User was banned for this post. | ||
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Djeez
543 Posts
Another example would be a long, fast palm muted notes sequence. Since the notes are muted, and most likely pretty low in frequency, your brain will have a hard time hearing the note pattern. It's very easy to convince yourself that what you hear is correct, even if it is wrong, and vice versa. I guess what I'm trying to say is, you can make your brain hear what it wants, to a certain extent. PS: personally I consider myself to have exceptional hearing (sooo relative, but whatever!), and I hear wololo  PS2: why did the poster above me get banned? Over-enthusiasm gets you banned now? Or i'm missing something... PS3: ah, didn't notice the necromancy. | ||
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SchOOl_VicTIm
Greece2394 Posts
So very weird though. Could the cause be sound card and/or speakers?? | ||
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ricardo bolgeg
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ricardo bolgeg
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I have heard wololo increasing the playback speed of the sound in Audacity. | ||
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catplanetcatplanet
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BigFan
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DuckloadBlackra
225 Posts
No matter how much I listen to it the only thing I can hear is "nee nee neeeeeeee" or "mee mee meeeeeee" I have always heard it like this ever since I played the game when I was like 8 years old. The full sound (vid in OP is only the "nee nee neeeee" part) being "aiiiyoyoyoyo nee nee neeeeeeee" Everyone does hear the other part as aiiyoyoyoyo at least...... right?! This is mystical... | ||
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OtherWorld
France17333 Posts
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BLinD-RawR
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ricardo bolgeg
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But it is in Spanish, because I'm Spanish. www.encuestasanonimas.16mb.com | ||
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Plautus
3 Posts
There is no "Wololo" There is no L sound at all. Also there is no 3x O sound, but clearly there is a dominant E/A sound. It's Nenene. It always annoyed me seing "wololo" on youtube and I asked me where the hell is "wololo". he clearly says "NENENOA"or as the poster says nyenyenyeh U people just say "wololo" because that was the first thing you read, lmao. I also find it "deeply disturbing" as the poster says, how so many people can be that stupid. People who cannot judge sound, should not have the right to vote here. User was warned for this post | ||
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Plautus
3 Posts
I repeat,there is no O and no L sound as in (wOLOLo) It's a high nasal nenene sound or nenenoa. Though I find turning the E to an O sound more disturbing than turning the N into an L, lol. Yes this gets me mad, but not irritated, as the poster. I have great confidence in my senses and views. The whole world could disagree with me and I still know I am right, lol. How did I find my way here? I found it so "deeply disturbing" that I googled if someone else heard it similar like me. I don't know what is more disturbing though the incompetence of people hearing something so wrong or the administration here who gave me a warning for nothing. I wish some of these fools who claim it's a "wololo" sound, upload their own spoken version of "wololo". Then I at least have something to laugh at =D | ||
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Plautus
3 Posts
https://www.reddit.com/r/aoe2/comments/5jzbt5/why_do_we_say_wololo_and_not_nenenay/ | ||
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Aiur
Sweden139 Posts
I have no clue either how some people can hear "w" or an "O" in there other then transcribing the blurred noice/distortion as an w or o. I bet we would have to get a straight answer from the once who recorded it before this is settled haha. | ||
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