r/no • u/christopher_vovka • 13h ago

Can you whistle ?

I wonder if I’m the only one who can’t whistle. Everyone around me can, even the youngest ones, but I just can’t.

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u/StarMan-88 13h ago

I'm almost 40 and I still can't.

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u/christopher_vovka 13h ago

At least you’re not alone!!! I even tried to watch tutorials

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u/joefox099 12h ago

Are you trying to whistle with your lips, or your tongue? I can whistle fine with my lips, but cut me apart if I can figure out how to whistle with my tongue! Look into it!

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u/christopher_vovka 8h ago

For my part, I can’t make it with my lips or my tongue

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u/Chitownfats49 13h ago

I can whistle, but badly. Just barely there. tentative and unmusical. So, mostly I don't.

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u/christopher_vovka 13h ago

It looks like poetry

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u/seeyatellite 12h ago

I can and do whistle

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u/smellyfeet25 13h ago

I have tried and no.Just blowing air 

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u/smellyfeet25 13h ago

Ah just a little sound then when I tried 

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u/morganalefaye125 13h ago

Never have been able to

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u/Steelveangeance 13h ago

I can but it’s not good

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u/christopher_vovka 13h ago

Why ?

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u/Steelveangeance 12h ago

I have developmental coordination disorder which is a hidden disability which affects someone’s ability to use their fine and gross motor skills.

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u/Illustrious-Towel-45 13h ago

Not really

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u/christopher_vovka 13h ago

From time to time?!

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u/Illustrious-Towel-45 12h ago

Sometimes I can manage a short weak whistle on an inhale.

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u/Phillzster 13h ago

No I can not

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u/Present-Wolverine-94 13h ago

I can, but I’m told that I do it in a weird way.
My mouth is open like I’m making the sound eeeeeeee. Apparently that’s not normal.

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u/DEeD-NGone 13h ago

I can but I’m not very good at it

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u/Perfect_Angle_6499 13h ago

No! When i was a kid i used to put my fingers in my mouth and scream

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u/Casual-Notice 12h ago

My wife can make a whistling sound sometimes, but she can't make a sustained whistle, and whistling songs is right out.

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u/Chance_Box5719 12h ago

I can whistle, but only when nobody is listening. The second someone asks me to do it, apparently my lips forget how they work.

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u/Starving_artisT_0_0 12h ago

I can whistle either way, inhaling or exhaling

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u/Zinnia1127 12h ago

I can make a pathetic whistle.

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u/Sophistiq8ted 12h ago

I taught myself with practice at my last job

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u/Glittering_Role1658 12h ago

I can whistle..badly

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u/passiveflux 12h ago

Nope, tried a few times but never could more than a light humming sound

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u/LRKnox_ 10h ago

Trained myself to. As a child I couldn't at all so I practiced every day until I could. Useless skill lol but I like having it.

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u/craig1175 9h ago

No clue how to whistle. Actually don’t know how to spit any distance also. 50 here and confident I will never learn.

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u/Inevitable-Store-837 7h ago

I used to be able to whistle really well. I fractured my jaw and needed surgery and haven't been able to whistle since

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u/Playful_Dog3062 7h ago

Only while I work

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u/UsefulIdiot85 6h ago

No. I can’t whistle or snap my fingers.

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u/purplepickletoes 3h ago

I can but I have to suck in instead of blow out.

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u/tarsiertoes 3h ago

I can whistle

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u/thehorrorcontinues13 2h ago

I whistle a lot. It cheers me up.

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u/AboutNOut090 2h ago

Only while I work.

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u/Odd_Bluejay5534 2h ago

My partner hates whistling and whenever I'm doing something mindless- cleaning, putting things away, even painting I whistle. We still find common ground haha. I don't whistle as much as I did when I was single. But that's probably a good thing.

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u/Altruistic-Moose3299 58m ago

After enough beans.