But a yodel from the broad summit of Ebenalp into the steep narrow valley is the real deal.

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Thankfully, as time wore on, the yodel and the heartbreak of country music came back around.

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Then, at the door of their gingerbread-cute yet massive home, the entire clan greeted us with a Christmas yodel.

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"Everybody that had an instrument or knew how to yodel or dance would meet in people's homes, " Ockelmann says.

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Apparently, that inane but catchy yodel in Vonage's TV ads are working their magic, bringing Vonage's voice-over-Internet service to the masses.

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For more information, visit the pressroom (pressroom.yahoo.net) or the company's blog (yodel.yahoo.com).

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At different stages along each trail, the phones -- aided by the built-in GPS -- alert visitors to particular points of interest by sounding a yodel.

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Blackberry's four cheeses--Singing Brook, Violet, Trefoil and Blackberry Blue--are made by cheesemaker Kristian Holbrook and his assistants, who the day I visited included a fresh-faced young woman named Heidi, lacking only a dirndl and a yen to yodel to pass for a Swiss milkmaid.

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