article_snippet.sent: Our almost constant use of mobile phones and the decline of working class jobs are contributing to the erosion of the whistle according to new research.
article_snippet.sent: Once heard constantly on the streets, in songs, on the stage and in the workplace it has nearly disappeared.
article_snippet.sent: However the rise of the mobile phone and music on the ipod means young people are less likely to whistle now.
article_snippet.sent: Cultural historian at Syracuse University, London, Chris Cook, told the Sunday Times that whistling has all but disappeared over the last few decades.
article_snippet.sent: A YouGov poll commissioned by the newspaper confirmed the trend illustrating that 70 percent of people were in agreement that 70 percent of people hear fewer people whistling compared with 20 or 30 years ago.
article_snippet.sent: Half of those asked said Half of those asked believed the decline was a result of  the demise of working class culture, while a third said Half of those asked were listening to ipods and personal music players instead of whistling.
article_snippet.sent: John Lucas said other jobs also normally associated with whistling were gone.
article_snippet.sent: The slow fizzle of whistling's popularity has also been linked to the decline of variety shows.
article_snippet.sent: However, while for some it was the sign of someone with an empty head it is now slightly more celebral.
highlights_snippet.sent: Once heard on stage, in the street and at work, whistling is on the decline .
  
highlights_snippet.sent: End of variety shows, working class jobs and rise of mobiles contributed .
  
highlights_snippet.sent: Poll shows 70 percent  heard more whistling twenty or thirty years ago .
  