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Can you whistle?
Yes 27%  27%  [ 33 ]
Yes 30%  30%  [ 37 ]
No 19%  19%  [ 23 ]
No 24%  24%  [ 29 ]
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02 Nov 2013, 9:59 am

I just thought I ask this because some people are able to whistle, while others can't. I cannot whistle.


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02 Nov 2013, 10:04 am

Me niether. Couldnt if my life depended on it.



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02 Nov 2013, 4:06 pm

Nope. I just can't seem to do it.


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02 Nov 2013, 6:54 pm

No. Can't snap fingers either. Was made fun of by teachers as they assumed everyone could do that, therefore i wasn't trying hard enough to them.



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02 Nov 2013, 6:58 pm

Yes, and I can whistle when breathing in as well as when breathing out. This means I can carry on whistling for a long time without having to stop for breaths. Sooner or later my lips get dry, though, and I have to stop.

Non-whistling people, do not feel sad that you can't whistle. Maybe you have other talents instead. Example: I can't curl my tongue. :(



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03 Nov 2013, 12:28 am

I can whistle.

ghoti wrote:
No. Can't snap fingers either. Was made fun of by teachers as they assumed everyone could do that, therefore i wasn't trying hard enough to them.

I couldn't snap my fingers when I was younger either. When we had to do so in school I would pretend to snap by flicking my index and middle fingers against each other. :lol:



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03 Nov 2013, 2:51 am

LogicalMolly wrote:
Yes, and I can whistle when breathing in as well as when breathing out. This means I can carry on whistling for a long time without having to stop for breaths. Sooner or later my lips get dry, though, and I have to stop.

Non-whistling people, do not feel sad that you can't whistle. Maybe you have other talents instead. Example: I can't curl my tongue. :(


^ I love this, me too.

However, my musical abilities are sub par, pitch, tone, whatever. I can't replicate any tune very well, despite having whistled SO much, from a very young age.


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06 Nov 2013, 4:51 pm

Yes.


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12 Nov 2013, 12:40 pm

LogicalMolly wrote:
Yes, and I can whistle when breathing in as well as when breathing out. This means I can carry on whistling for a long time without having to stop for breaths. Sooner or later my lips get dry, though, and I have to stop.


I can do this, too.


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13 Nov 2013, 8:50 pm

Yeah, I can whistle. Not very well, but I can. :lol:

Snapping my fingers was something I picked up on pretty quickly. I used to annoy the crap out of my mom from doing it so much. :P


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13 Nov 2013, 9:04 pm

While my uncle and my dad can, I can't. My sister, a few years back however, did teach me how to snap my fingers. XD


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15 Nov 2013, 4:31 pm

I can, but not very loudly.



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19 Nov 2013, 12:08 am

yes,I can



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19 Nov 2013, 4:04 pm

I couldn't for years, then suddenly hit upon it last year. I'm not much good at it, though. I'm away from home and have no musical instruments around, so it's all I can do. And I can snap (some of) my fingers now, too. Gotta get all that music out somehow.



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19 Nov 2013, 4:10 pm

LogicalMolly wrote:

Non-whistling people, do not feel sad that you can't whistle. Maybe you have other talents instead. Example: I can't curl my tongue. :(


That's genetic, though.



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09 Dec 2013, 8:24 pm

No, I have never been able to whistle.


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