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  2. Whistling - Wikipedia

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    Whistling can be used to control trained animals such as dogs. A shepherd's whistle is often used instead. Whistling has long been used as a specialized communication between laborers. For example, whistling in theatre, particularly on-stage, is used by flymen (members of a fly crew) to cue the lowering or raising of a batten pipe or flat. This ...

  3. Physics of whistles - Wikipedia

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    A trailing edge tone occurs when an exterior flow passes over a trailing edge. There is a whistle that is a combination of an edge tone and a trailing-edge tone and might be called a wake-edge tone. It occurs in rotating circular saws under idling conditions and may be called the circular-saw whistle. Under load conditions, blade vibration ...

  4. Shepherd's whistle - Wikipedia

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    The whistle position is not at all like that of a standard whistle . The whistle is pushed into the mouth fold-first. The curved open side of the U is the mouth of the whistle ‍ — where the air exits. The lips seal against the outside of the curved edges, such that the inside of the fold can be seen between the lips.

  5. Steam whistle - Wikipedia

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    This whistle is the reason for the typical "long high - short low - short high" signal sound of steam locomotives in Germany. [18] Chime whistle – two or more resonant bells or chambers that sound simultaneously. In America, railway steam whistles were typically compact chime whistles with more than one whistle contained within, creating a chord.

  6. Whistled language - Wikipedia

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    Whistled languages are linguistic systems that use whistling as a form of speech and facilitate communication between individuals. More than 80 languages have been found to practice various degrees of whistling, most of them in rugged topography or dense forests, where whistling expands the area of communication while movement to carry messages is challenging. [1]

  7. Tax season surprise: Layoffs at the IRS [Video] - AOL

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    The Trump administration is reportedly laying off thousands of IRS employees right in the middle of tax filing season.

  8. Woman Doesn’t Regret Proposing to Her Boyfriend - AOL

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    In her caption, she added, “I didn’t do it the traditional way and we are so happy 💍 ️,” along with the hashtags “#proposal” and “#marriage.” ...

  9. Aztec death whistle - Wikipedia

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    The whistle's sounds, analyzed through its functioning mechanism, have been noted to resemble the sound of wind and fall within the human hearing sensitivity range. Experimental models of death whistles have been constructed and tested to explore hypotheses and for use in conferences and demonstrations, given that the original ancient ...