Good point!
What about “Folk Whistle”
Could be something completely different, but I havent heard of it before.
Seems to me that a whistle is really a flute. Here is one definition for flute…
flute Pronunciation (flt)
n.
- Music
a. A high-pitched woodwind instrument consisting of a slender tube closed at one end with keys and finger holes on the side and an opening near the closed end across which the breath is blown. Also called transverse flute.
b. Any of various similar reedless woodwind instruments, such as the recorder.
c. An organ stop whose flue pipe produces a flutelike tone.
a. Architecture A long, usually rounded groove incised as a decorative motif on the shaft of a column, for example.
b. A similar groove or furrow, as in a pleated ruffle of cloth or on a piece of furniture.
3. A tall narrow wineglass, often used for champagne.
Could my lack of understanding of the “flute” community get me in trouble yet again…
WTA
I think that Generation has dubbed its green topped line as folk whistles.
To me a whistle is something to master, while a flute is something to aspire to. It has something to do with speach and the mouth.
Don’t actually have a problem saying “whistle”. I like the breathiness even in saying that word, more tenderly.
In german it’s mostly named “Pfeife” which is “pipe” in english. But all german whistlers name it just “whistle”.
And there is a word game in my native language: we germans name people who always have an answer for everything and always correct others “Besserwisser”, in english “wiseacres”. In a german whistle related message board (www.tinwhistle.de) there is a category for advanced whistlers, named “Besserwhistler”.
Ha! 
It would be the first time I ever looked forward to folks calling me a smart-arse!!
Interesting; in German pfeife looks like fife. Pipe or pipes would be another name in German…mmm I like it. What about other languages?
WTA
Mitch, you’re a riot. Next time I get to Austrailia and go to a pub I hope I can talk you into coming with…
Whoever it was (above) who said that everyone always calls it a flute anyway, so why worry (besides Alfred E.) is right on. I have corrected my friends for year but they persist in calling my whistles “flutes.”
I agree with the guy who posted right above me. I come from the snooty-est of classical musician families. I’ve played 10 different instruments that some people would be consider “real” and “impressive.” And, you know what? All I play now is the whistle, because no other instrument can even come close to being such a thrill, such a soul-fulfilling inspiration, such a window into the past and a straight joyride to the future.
Anyway, isn’t there something really zen perfect about the reality that the whistle is one of the very simplest in construction, fingering, tone production etc. and it’s SO AMAZINGLY COOL to play? As an ex-snooty, I find that to be a real, kick-in-the-keister. Just what everyone needs, every once in awhile. Me, especially…
So after much consideration I have come to a conclusion. I really don’t care what people say about the name of the instrument I"m playing and care more for the quality of sound it produces and how it blesses the listener. With this I resolve, I henceforth from this point until I change my mind will call my whistles…Pipes. Yes, that will do just nicely.
Thank you all for your insight and humor is this culturaly dangerous business.
WTA
Ask David O’Brien what to call your copper hootie things.
He made them after all. 
You forget the player my friend - and in your case, your spiritual father.
There’s more than one “praise” whistler here.
I speak “whistle” and at all I do not hesitate. Because English - not my language, and a pronunciation “whistle” not familiarly for ambient people
I agree.
And in the language of my forefathers it can be called atseluhisdi.
yeah thats it!!! resikan flute sounds cool and if pressed for details you can attribute its origins to a long extinct race of peoples lost when there sun went super nova
On the other hand - “Penny Whistle” sounds quite nice in my ears. Perhaps there are a lot of connotations to it - penny loafers, a penny for your thought, pennies from heaven… But there are a lot of things that sound nice that aren´t. Hooligans for instance, in penny loafers (We´re the hooligans…) - very non threatening, but make no misstake about them!
My thoughts goes to the late Bill Hicks - he was the greatest!
Very cool indeed! But then… what about the KRELL FLUTE? I dont´t know if the krell had flutes, but they sure had weird sounding electronic music. And they were perhaps the most advanced civilisation man has ever encounded.
Pronounced at – se – loo – hiss – de?
I just say “feadóg” or sometimes “feadóg bheag” (to distinguish it from “feadóg mhór,” which is one term that’s used for the transverse-blown flute. Makes people learn one little word of Irish, anyway!
Redwolf