How to pronounce whistling in American English
“whistling” pronunciation by American speakers
Listen to whistling the way American speakers say it — in real sentences from public video clips that play here, on YouTongue.
Hear “whistling” in: all accents
“whistling” in real sentences — American speakers
28 clips in the index. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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Are you whistling past the graveyard here?
The Obama White House
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There's whistling type sounds and that frightens the wildlife to get off of the runway.
USDA
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a success when the audience comes out whistling the theme song okay well publishers like it
National Archives
Words that sound like “whistling”
Words one sound away from whistling — the pairs that are easy to mix up. Listen to them back to back.
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of whistling. Conversation gives you the stress, the vowel reduction and the speed that people actually use — and they differ between accents. YouTongue plays the surrounding sentence, so you hear the word in the rhythm it belongs to.