The Origin of the Annoying Sound

The most annoying sound in every middle school hallway actually comes from a Turkish grandpa talking

to a bird. You have definitely heard kids screaming Six-seveeeen and assumed it was about

that Philly rapper or LaMelo Ball. That is the fake story. The real origin

is an elderly man named Şevket in Istanbul who spent his days chirping at goldfinches.

His voice traveled from a Turkish courtyard to a bird shop on Cape Cod before exploding on TikTok.

So when Gen Alpha screams numbers at you, they are literally just mimicking an

old man talking to his pet finch.