<story><title>More than eighty cultures still speak in whistles</title><url>https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/studying-whistled-languages-180978484/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>Taylor_OD</author><text>Anyone learn to whistle, in any way or form, later in life? I&amp;#x27;ve always wanted to but never been able to. I&amp;#x27;ve tried a few types of whistles. The closest I&amp;#x27;ve gotten is some quasi duck calls using my hands and whistling with the help of an acorn.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>mypastself</author><text>I actually did, from a Reddit thread that guided me through the process step by step. I’m having trouble finding the exact link at the moment, but it starts with slowly breathing out the letter “Q”.&lt;p&gt;It’s not a loud, booming sound or anything, but I went from blowing soundless air for 20-odd years to actually whistling.</text></comment>
<story><title>More than eighty cultures still speak in whistles</title><url>https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/studying-whistled-languages-180978484/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>Taylor_OD</author><text>Anyone learn to whistle, in any way or form, later in life? I&amp;#x27;ve always wanted to but never been able to. I&amp;#x27;ve tried a few types of whistles. The closest I&amp;#x27;ve gotten is some quasi duck calls using my hands and whistling with the help of an acorn.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>bynkman</author><text>If you can&amp;#x27;t whistle, there&amp;#x27;s a way to use an acorn or a bottle cap to do so. I can whistle, but not that loud, and often use a bottle cap to whistle loudly at venues.
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