Can you whistle?

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I can't.

Neither can I.

I've never greatly missed the capability, though.

gave up trying in my mid/late teens. not even close to ever whistling.

Can I make a whistling sound? Yes. Cane I accurately whistle a tune? No.

Yes. I still remember when I finally learned how as a kid. Then I wouldn't stop whistling and drove everyone crazy.

Whistling at school was completely forbidden when I was a kid. That's just plain weird.

I can make a sound that I don't do when around other people .

Yeah. Various ways. Signalling and I can make music with such.

I still use it for signalling, as someone around here has hearing damage and wears ear muffs a lot, and I don't want to startle said someone because I tend to walk quietly without much in the way of weight.

I can whistle very quietly using my front teeth. I can’t whistle in the usual way. But whistling is something that irrationally irritates me anyway.

I never could whistle. I can occasionally wheeze due to bad allergies which can sound like a very soft whistle when I breath. I vaguely remember an ep of the old Dennis The Menace show where Mr. Wilson could not whistle & he ended up losing a tooth or two(I forget how) & then he could whistle. I'm wondering if my teeth could be the reason why I cant. I had to get braces for a few years & when the insurance ran out, the orthodontist said it was the best that could be done even thou my teeth were far from perfect. I didn't wear my retainer much after & my teeth shifted back some. I have a bit of a cross-bite but it doesn't really bother me.

Yes.
I can even do the type with fingers in my mouth, or a blade of grass.
I'm not great at it but it's necessary with a dog.

I'm bad at it, yet I STILL try.

I've never been able to whistle.

I can do the usual puckered lip tune whistle or wolf whistle.

And I can whistle by holding my tongue against my upper molars and curling it.

But I can't do the stick index finger and thumb in mouth loud hail a taxi whistle. I wish I could because it would have come in handy on several occasions.

I'm checking out some YouTube videos on how to do the loud "taxi whistle", and actually had some moderate success. So I might be able to master it. Practicing sure involves making myself dizzy though.

Only when sucking in instead of blowing out. I figure it's to do with my teeth, as I've got quite big front teeth.

Yes, my grandpa tried to teach me how to do it when I was a preteen girl but finally I discovered the way how to do it myself, on my own