• Nefara@lemmy.world
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    5 months ago

    I can whistle in three different ways. The classic pursed lip whistle, a whistle using just the tip of my tongue and the roof of my mouth, not using my lips at all, and then another using the tops of my bottom teeth. I can make decent bird sounds using my bottom teeth, but I can do pretty much any tune I can think of with the pursed lip method. It has been relevant to my life exactly zero times, except to entertain myself.

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      5 months ago

      I’ve got a tooth gap through which I can whistle. And it’s working so well, that I can also audibly whistle while breathing in. So, I can actually whistle pretty much continuously for like 10+ minutes, until my cheeks start hurting. Only really useful getting on someone’s nerves…

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        5 months ago

        That’s how I learned the bottom tooth whistle! One of my bottom front teeth was a bit crooked and created a tiny gap at the top, and I learned to whistle through it. When I got my teeth straightened I lost the ability to do the invert whistle and some of my control but I can still do it well enough with the pursed lip method.

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      5 months ago

      Ah! I have another whistling method! I can use my throat. It’s like a heavily modified sigh? It’s the best way I can describe how to even try to do it.

      With practice I think I could get it loud enough to be disorientating to the unsuspecting though. Lol

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        5 months ago

        Ha! I haven’t heard of that, but maybe I should try to learn it just to know more ways. Not that I’m doing much with the ones I do know at the moment, lol