Why do you have to wet your lips to whistle?

Subject: Why do you have to wet your lips to whistle?

Date: Wed Nov 3 01:41:20 1999
Posted by Anton
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Area of science: Physics
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Before I'm able to whistle, I have to wet my lips (I'm assuming most 
people have to) is it to do with effectively smoothing the imperfections 
in the lips by filling them with saliva, so that a more round oriface is 
created?  Does it have anything to do with the Reynolds number?

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