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BOONTLING: THE LINGO OF BOONVILLE
STOREKEEPER, W.W. BOONE SETTLED IN SOUTHERN ANDERSON VALLEY AMONG FAMILIES THAT BROUGHT SCOTTISH AND MIDWESTERN PATTERNS OF SPEECH IN
THE MID 1890s. YOUNG MEN PICKED HOPS, SHEARED SHEEP, AND DISLPLAYED MARVELOUS WIT, CLEVERNESS, AND INTELLIGENCE TO CREATE A FORCEFUL
DESCRIPTIVE 1,500 – WORD LANGUAGE HARPED BY 500 RESIDENTS.
THE VERSATILITY OF BOONTLING IS APPARENT; “BUCKY WALTERED MY ABEQLED TO A TIDRICKS FOR BAKE CHIGGLE AND ZEESE”
DERIVATIONS: A PAY PHONE COST AN INDIAN “BUCKY” NICKEL AND WALTER LEVI OWNED THE FIRST “APPLEHEAD” BY UNUSUAL CIRCUMLOCATION IS
“GIRLFRIEND” AND SHORTENED “TEA-DRINKERS IS A PARTY. THE NEXT TWO WORDS ARE FROM SCOTTISH WHILE THAT FOR “COFFEE” COMMEMORATES CAMP
COOK C.Z. “ZEESE” BLIVENS RENOWN STRONG BREW.
TRANSLATION: I TELEPHONED MY GIRLFRIEND TO GO TO A PARTY FOR GOOD FOOD AND COFFEE.
USE DECLINED AFTER 1917, WHEN BOONTERS MARCHED INTO THE GREAT WAR BUT BOONTLING CONTINUES TO AMAZE LISTENERS AND BAFFLE OUTSIDERS.
KEEMWUN KEEMLE TO RAISE A SEEPHORN TO BAHLNESS AND BOONTLING WITH HIGGY HUGER HIGHPUCKET AND KINNIE OF E CLAMPSUS VITUS.
DEDICATED SEPTEMBER 30, 6011 (2006)
CAPITULUS REDIVIUS YERBA BUENA: THE MOTHER LODGE #1
ANCIENT AND HONORABLE ORDER OF E CLAMPSUS VITUS
CREDO QUIA ABSURDUM