Revealed: the worst sounds in the world

London's Metro paper has listed the most offensive sounds to the human ear. They are based on a study by Prof Trevor Cox, of the acoustic research centre at Salford University.

"Vomiting topped a list of 34 horrible sounds voted on by more than 1.1million people in a worldwide online experiment.

It beat microphone feedback (second), violins (sixth), farting (seventh) and soap opera arguments (ninth) as the noises we hate most.

The one sound calculated to have more men than women running for cover was babies crying.

And here at Ringtonia we are totally offended, as ringtones are listed as the 12th most appaling sound, before creaky doors and after coughing.

emily | 8:56 AM | Fun |
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