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mensetmanusman on Aug 24, 2021 | parent | context | favorite | on: More than eighty cultures still speak in whistles

I was just thinking about the 2-3 whistle communications common in the U.S. and I have no idea how one goes about transcribing them in text.

How would one even generate a language to show whistle modes, you would almost have to use sheets of music :)

etskinner on Aug 24, 2021 [–]

Elsewhere in the thread, someone used 'high low high' to mean the whistle you use to get someone's attention, and 'low high low' meaning "I'm over here".

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