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April 21st, 2017 | #1 |
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The Language of Boontling
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...12-people.html
The American language spoken by so few people you've likely never heard of it: Boontling, used by men in a remote California logging town, is being kept alive by just 12 speakers - 140 years after it was first devised Boontling is a language specific to Boonville, California and was first said to have been spoken in the 1870s It is a combination of English, Spanish, Scottish Gaelic and Pomoan Indian Rumored to have originated from efforts to keep adult business out of children's earshot - as well as the town's attempt to hide their disdain for a visiting pregnant woman The language supported the agrarian lifestyle of Anderson Valley Only 12 people speak the language today including Wes 'Deacon' Smoot and Rod 'Tubbs' Dewitt, aged 84 and 59 There are roughly 1600 words spoken in Boontling but anyone in the town can come up with a new word as long as it is vetted by other speakers |
April 22nd, 2017 | #2 |
Switching to glide
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Anderson Valley brews a beer that introduced me to Bootling. Hop Ottin' IPA.
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