The art of whistling?

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[pvrhye]

Originally Posted by MikeDT

Can Chinese people whistle? TBH I've never heard anyone whistling here. Perhaps they're just physically incapable of whistling, lips are wrong shape?

Many Koreans I know can't whistle, but I can understand that. I was shocked to learn how very few could successfully perform "the raspberry". I had no idea that was a cultural skill.

 

[Navi]

Originally Posted by Journeyman

+1. One of the all-time great "whistle-along" songs.



Neither can I - I've been able to whistle since I was very young, as my father was an inveterate whistler, but he couldn't do the "fingers in the mouth" whistle and neither can I. Curiously, one of my friends can whistle with his fingers loud enough to wake the dead, but he can't whistle "normally".

Had a friend once (ended up stealing from me multiple times, great friend) who could basically make you go deaf with his finger-whistle. At half capacity. I heard his 75% percent loudness once and it pierced my ears like crazy, could hear that **** from a mile away. Wish I could do it, really handy. No matter how much I try it's just impossible! Can whistle a tune easy tho.

 

[Pantisocrat]

I don't know about whistling tunes but most Asians can do bird sounds and gurgle water. That said, white people seem to excel at making tunes from various bodily ejections...like that one tall guy who can fart a tune on Britain's Got Talent...called himself Mr. Methane IIRC.

Originally Posted by pvrhye

Many Koreans I know can't whistle, but I can understand that. I was shocked to learn how very few could successfully perform "the raspberry". I had no idea that was a cultural skill.