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Before the Royal Wedding, people were talking about whether they heard 'yanny' or 'laurel' in an online audio clip.

The debate was fierce. It was The Dress but for ears instead of eyes. Even Donald Trump took a break from playing golf to pipe up.

Now, the man who recorded the sound bite has revealed what he actually said.

It's Laurel. 100 per cent.

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Broadway actor and singer Jay Aubrey Jones, 64, recorded the word 'laurel' back in 2007.

Jay, who comes from New Jersey in he US, trained in pronunciation and produced the clip for Vocabulary.com.

He said he's been "amused to no end" by the debate.

"I recorded my batch of words and I thought that was that," he told Time.

"I thought, well, it couldn't be that huge. Then I heard the recording again online and I realised what a brouhaha this whole thing was."

Jay said 'laurel' as a 'wreath worn in victory'. But he did admit he can understand why some people heard something else.

He added: "More often than not, I hear laurel. I can hear a slight trace of yanny."

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The actor recorded around 36,000 words over six months for the vocab website. He did so while doing other acting jobs, so he must have a lot of lines swirling around in his head.

Jay has starred in the likes of Cats on Broadway, and also once appeared on the Michael J Fox show.

While 'yanny or laurel' divided the online world, the argument had already been settled as far as many were concerned.

Professor Brad Story, a speech and language expert at the University of Arizona, last week explained why 'laurel' is correct using scientific methods.

Still, now it's definitive beyond question.