The Boontling Challenge — Test your knowledge of Boontling
As some of you may know, the town of Boonville is known for its dialect as well as its beer. Both Good Morning America and The Today Show on NBC have featured segments on Boontling, and a local man, known as Chipmonk, has appeared on the Carson show several times to harp a wee slib. Now here’s your chance to try your hand at the language that’s got people all over the country intrigued. Match the following Boontling sentences with their correct English counterparts.
Questions
- A) _____ Deek on a bahl mink.
- B) _____ The brightlighters treeked to the dom-gormin’ tidrick
- C) _____ The dehigged kimmie gormed boos ‘n weel bomtooks.
- D) _____ The grannyhatchet was a bahler.
- E) _____ The tweeds pike to the heese.
- F) _____ He piked to the dusties.
- G) _____ He really brinied her.
- H) _____ We had a log-lifter teedee.
- I) _____ It’s not just shy sluggin’ gorms neemer.
- J) _____ Thribs kimmies piked to the green-teesle region.
Answers
- 1. He died.
- 2. Look at the good-looking girl.
- 3. Three men traveled to the moon.
- 4. We had a heavy storm today.
- 5. It’s not just for breakfast anymore.
- 6. The children walk to the high school.
- 7. The big antelered deer was a dandy.
- 8. The city folks walked to the picnic.
- 9. He hit a home run.
- 10. The poor man ate potatoes and wild grapes.
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