#43

Look I don’t want to be harsh but that should bother you quite a bit. How much have you practiced? Has anyone actually showed you how to do it? Are you folding your tongue? Have you tried it with two fingers from each hand? Finger and thumb from one hand in a circle?

#44

Genuinely thought this was going to be in reply to something quite different than an innocent whistle

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#45

Grrrr. I just whistled, woke up the puppy and got a greater appreciation of the saying “Let sleeping dogs lie”

#46

Yeah I thought I couldn’t do it, then someone took the time to show me and I never looked back. Do the finger whistle once a month at least

#47

Couple of times

No

What?

Yes, both

#48

WELL BULLY FOR YOU

#49

whistles

#50

I can whistle, just not using the fingers-in-mouth technique. Thinking about it, this is the healthiest way to whistle during a pandemic, so nerrrrr.

#51

Fold your tongue back with the tip against the roof of your mouth and make an O with your thumb and forefinger with a slight gap and sort of push the bit with the gap along your tongue toward the roof of your mouth and blow.

#52

But not gonna be sufficient if you need to get a paramedic’s attention.

#53

I can burp at will and very loudly, I’ll be fine :slight_smile:

#55

It sounds like your disappointment is disproportionate to the amount of time and effort you are willing to put into this.

#56

Why don’t you arrange a meeting with every teacher and boss I’ve ever had and you can all have a nice time agreeing with each other?

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#57

I’d like that SP, but I doubt we’d have a nice time agreeing with each other. We’d probably just see it as a great opportunity to put our heads together and work out what we could do best to help you learn to whistle (with your fingers, once it is safe to do so).

#58

That’s actually quite sweet. Let me know what you come up with.

#59

decided i was finally going to learn how to do this. tried, got nowhere, felt like an idiot, rage quite after approx 30s

will repeat this exact cycle the next time anyone mentions taxi whistling

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#60

But its so easy once you get the knack. Keep trying.

#61

I can do the very loud whistle without using fingers, but I can’t really explain how I do it. Kind of a shh sound but with the tongue forming a small hole against the top lip, deep breath and the air forced out at high pressure gives a high pitched ear splitting whistle.

Used frequently at gigs. It would also be very handy for hailing taxis I guess.