Boontling, America's other language for (mostly) white people is dying.... [View all]

[Bennyboy]

Boonville, Mendocino County --

Wes Smoot was bahl harpin' the other day with some kimmies at a gormin' region - i.e., chatting with pals at a restaurant - and nobody more than 4 feet away could understand what he was saying.

Soon, in all likelihood, nobody will understand any of the words he was using.

That's because the 80-year-old Smoot was speaking Boontling, one of just two homegrown languages in the United States - and it is close to becoming extinct.

Read more: http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Boonville-s-quirky-dialect-fading-away-4308006.php#ixzz2MJpo514h


I love going to AV Brewing where the whole deal is based on the language. maybe the beer and thebeer drinkers will keep it going.....