FEATURE/Online Retailer Anyone Can Whistle Proclaims August National Whistling Appreciation Month.Business Editors FEATURE... SHOKAN, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE FEATURES)--July 30, 2001 Anyone Can Whistle: Company Names Professional Whistler whistler: see marmot. See Windows XP. as Spokesperson for the Campaign; Makes "The Whistler" Available for Performances Nationwide Anyone Can Whistle, an online retailer of musical and creative gifts at www.AnyoneCan.com, has declared the month of August "National Whistling Appreciation Month" in a cooperative effort with members of the International Association of Whistlers to encourage more Americans to whistle. According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. Anyone Can Whistle spokesperson Betsy Garthwaite, a New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of Times column dated February 1999, in which writer David Finkle lamented la·ment·ed adj. Mourned for: our late lamented president. la·ment  ed·ly adv. the disappearance of whistling from modern American society, spurred the idea to specify a timeframe to honor this pastime. In the New York Times piece, Finkle reported that during a seven-month period, he happened upon a whistler on only three occasions. He tried to influence his findings by whistling loudly in the presence of others, but to no avail. He finally concluded that whistling was not contagious. "I suspect that a planet full of whistlers has to be a sunnier place than a planet full of nonwhistlers," Finkle wrote. "So I have continued to whistle, even though by doing so I run the risk of dating myself." "Our philosophy is that everyone has untapped creative potential, but many people are afraid to pick up an instrument," Garthwaite said. "For those people, whistling is a wonderful means of musical expression." To celebrate National Whistling Appreciation Month, AnyoneCan.com has appointed professional whistler and IAW "In accordance with." See digispeak. (chat) IAW - inactive window. Used in talk systems to mean that that person will not be taking part in the conversation for a while. The sadly mispelled alternative, "unactive window" (UAW) has also been reported. Board Member Robert Stemmons spokesperson for the campaign. Stemmons, 44, a.k.a. "The Whistler," began his whistling career at age five. Today, his talents range from whistling in vibrato vi·bra·to n. pl. vi·bra·tos A tremulous or pulsating effect produced in an instrumental or vocal tone by minute and rapid variations in pitch. , staccato, tremolo tremolo (trem´  lō),n an irregular and exaggerated speech pattern that may be the symptom of an emotional disturbance or of various and warbling to harmony warbling, trilling Tril·ling , Lionel 1905-1975. American literary critic whose works include Beyond Culture (1965) and Sincerity and Authenticity (1972). Noun 1. and two-note harmony, among others. His broad repertoire includes a wide variety of bird imitations, blues numbers and many other songs. Stemmons has made himself available for professional performances during National Whistling Appreciation Month. Stemmons also indicated whistling may have some health benefits too. "Whistling has long been recognized as an excellent lung exercise and seems to be linked to mood elevation. In fact, many people think of happiness and whistling as somehow being connected," he commented. Why designate a month for the nation to appreciate whistling? According to Garthwaite, it's very simple: "Whistlers are optimists, and we want to show that whistling is, in fact, contagious. We're hopeful that we can prove Mr. Finkle wrong." Shokan, N.Y.-based, AnyoneCan.com, a family-owned business since 1991, sells an assortment of whistles, along with many other easily-played musical instruments. It also offers cassette tapes and CDs, wind chimes wind chimes pl.n. An arrangement of small suspended pieces, as of glass, metal, or ceramic, hung loosely together so that they tinkle pleasingly when blown by the wind. Also called wind-bells. , puppets, juggling sets and games. |
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