# Boontling **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [September 25, 2000, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boontling/34471 "2000-09-25T16:34:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![El-Dog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f04885/32.png) [@El-Dog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El-Dog)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2000, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boontling/34471/1 "2000-09-25T16:34:20Z")
OK, this is my first post, so if i’m doing it wrong let me know. I’ll cut off my fingers so I can never post again. what can anybody tell me about the language known as “Boontling” which I’m told originated in the town of Boonville, CA. Thanks ---
**Author:** ![Kimstu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ecd19e/32.png) [@Kimstu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimstu)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2000, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boontling/34471/2 "2000-09-25T17:23:23Z")
That you should try searching under “Boontling” in any good search engine: there’s scads of information on it on the web, including dictionaries. ---
**Author:** ![ricepad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b38774/32.png) [@ricepad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ricepad)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2000, 5:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boontling/34471/3 "2000-09-26T05:02:01Z")
Boonville is in the Anderson Valley in Northern California. Boontling isn’t as common as it once was, but locals there still sprinkle bits and pieces of it into their everyday language. Every now and then, they’ll start funnin’ with the tourists by shifting from English to Boontling and back. ---
**Author:** ![yosemite](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/3ab097/32.png) [@yosemite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yosemite)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2000, 7:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boontling/34471/4 "2000-09-26T07:35:01Z")
[http://www.avbc.com/visit/boontling.html](http://www.avbc.com/visit/boontling.html)