Originally published at: http://boingboing.net/2016/11/06/documentary-on-the-endangered.html
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gee, i’m a sixth grade teacher who takes kids out to recess two days a week. i’ve been doing this for 2 decades. i can tell you that the art of hollerin’ is not lost it’s just moved to the playgrounds of our public schools.
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You know about silent letters, right?
In Appalachia, the words, “hollow” and “halloa” both have invisible 'R’s.
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Little known fact: hollerin’ predates Thanksgiving.
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Since there’s so little hollerin’ in that trailer…
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Endangered hollerin’? I’m actually okay with that.
And let’s face it - if they were really any good at it, they wouldn’t need the microphones.
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I was shouting & a hollerin last night. With the help of whiskey of course.
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Wait, so… wait… what? The oldest form of human communication was developed by… white people in the US?
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Hey folks, here’s a link to the full film if you’re interested in watching more. Thanks!
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#Make America Loud Again!
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This seems plausible. You can easily trace the development from hollerin’ to Hollerith
and ultimately to hologram
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what this thread need is some eefin’ and hambone.
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oh what the hell–
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I HAD A REALLY TRENCHANT AND AMUSING COMMENT ABOUT THIS BUT BBS INSISTED THAT IF I WAS GOING TO SHOUT IT NEEDED TO BE LONGER. And somewhat less shouty.
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More eefin’ than I need in my day.
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I wondered about that phrasing, too. I assume they mean early hominids (in Africa) communicating/coordinating over long distances through loud vocalization even prior to the invention of spoken languages, to which we could probably easily answer “um, duh. How else?”
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Look, I personally hold Trump in extreme disdain and plan to vote for Clinton in a couple days here. But how does this image association help anything?
There aren’t enough divisions in our country that you need to lump together and alienate folks because of a shared pastime that’s not highbrow enough for your tastes?
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Wat.
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