You've done it, and I've done it: you've heard something over and over again until it has a sort of rhythm or melody that repeats over and over to you.
Researcher Diana Deutsch agrees, and on her page of musical illusions, has an audio file that demonstrates this fact nicely. Check out her illusion on repetitive words here.
Make you think of anything?
Internet vagabonds have taken this phenomenon and made it hilarious. My personal favorite:
But, the most famous example is the ever-famous Auto Tune the News, who produces ever-ubiquitous examples like:
If you haven't already, you can check out Autotune the News' Youtube Channel here.
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