Are you a yankee or a rebel-take the test.

46% (Yankee). Barely in the Yankee category.

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Flawed, flawed, flawed. I'm a native Californian with no ties whatsoever to Yankees or Southerners.

Which makes me a proud Western Rebel. :)

That test called me a Yankee Doodle Dandy, but I'm with you - I'm a proud Western Rebel! :shrug:

They just don't know what to do with us Californians, 'cause they can't categorize us. ;)

"Badges? We ain't got no badges. We don't need no badges. I don't have to show you any stinking badges!" - Gold Hat, as played by Alfonso Bedoya "The Treasure of the Sierra Madre" (1948)

We be renegades, through and through, and proud Western Rebels to boot.

:thumbsup:

native californian, also, third generation, but i've lived on the east coast and japan for a time too. still, i consider myself a solid cali person!

"pink" and not red. Thanks for posting.

I lived 19 years in WI, 5 months in virginia, 2 years in maryland, and now in DC. Damn those 5 months!

hahaha
:bounce:

:yoiks: I was born and raised in California and have lived in Texas since '93.

An Aussie gets: 40% (Yankee). You are definitely a Yankee.

I guess we pronounce a lot of words either the same or very similar!

...that "true" Southern accents originated from the British accents of the first (English) settlers, and if it hadn't been for the influence of the French, Spanish, etc., etc., Southerners would sound more like Brits than Brits do today.

I don't buy it -- I don't hear a bit of British among Southerners (and New Englanders are far more British-sounding; e.g., "Hahvard Yahd").

But if it were true, it might explain why you sound more like a Yankee than I do. (No, fercrimenysakes, you do NOT sound British! But there's no question Aussies sound more British than I do! LOL)

It also might explain why Ashley Wilkes sounded like Leslie Howard. ;)

But there's no question Aussies sound more British than I do! LOL

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Kiwis sound more pom than we do. LOL

Yes I know what you are saying, but I had to fun ya a little. :)

Kiwis sound exactly like Australians... that is, Australians who have completely confused all their vowels. ;)

Now, pess the fush 'n' chups, would yih, and thin wuh'll goo hev six.

They don't sound like we do. LOL

BTW, that's a pretty good kiwi accent you got going on. :)

Sound like you, that is. I didn't say you sounded like them! LOL

Oy, thinks a lut!

I live here in the south and never heard anyone speak close to British. :shrug: I agree it's more so up north (see Ted Kennedy).

That's the theory, anyway. I don't buy it either.

If I can dig up any writing on it, I'll holler. It was a long time ago I stumbled across it.

northern climes. When I was growing up Yankee and Damn were one word. (Well not in my house, we weren't allowed to cuss. Boy was that a long time ago in soo, soo many ways.)

Why isn't "all hallows eve" even an option? That's what I call it. I'm from the Mideast but live in California.

Years ago I did a study on local dialects in New Jersey. Small state, but there were quite a few local names for the night before Halloween.

- Goosie Night
- Gate Night
- Tic Tac Night

among others.

...with the majority of my responses coming up "Great Lakes " and "Western". I was born in Michigan to a family that had lived there for generations, and then raised in Arizona, and have lived all my adult life on the west coast. They had me pegged!

48% (Yankee). Barely in the Yankee category.

Yay! I love the south but my brain is like a Yankee. :) Just wondering: in high school a friend of mine said since I was born in North Carolina I'm a Yankee but my history book said it was apart of the south east. :shrug: I think it's mideast so what is it?

Grew up in Kentucky/Southern Indiana, so seems pretty accurate.

If, like, yanowatimean?

60 % Dixie.

Cute quiz.

Hmm. And my ancestors fought for the Confederacy. Oh well. At least I'm not a slave-owning secessionist. ;-)

I like the comparisons of word usage from region to region. I scored 58% Yankee.

Guilty as charged.

Lived in SoCal for quite a while. It seems Californians don't know this, but the major early settlement groups in the Valley and the initial waves (e.g. Fortyniners) of people that filled the cities of the West Coast were largely people from the Northern dialect region, covering from Portland to Philadelphia and west to Iowa and Nebraska/Wyoming.

Yes, the present Blue States are essentially the parts of the U.S. where Northern dialect is dominant or the convention.

Northern American dialect is descended from the mid-17th century speech of the southeastern third or so of England. (The 'Boston accent' is actually proven to derive from Kentish dialect.) Southern American dialect is iirc descended from Western and Midlands English dialects a bit later, e.g. Bristol dialect.

No, seriously, it is. I could listen to this sort of thing all night.

Maybe I'll go dig up Bill Bryson's Mother Tongue and re-read it for the umpteenth time. :)

about 80 some % dixie or so :shrug:

Maybe so being originally from Connecticut, but as a Red Sox fanatic, I resent being called a Yankee anything.

Of course, I was born and raised in Texas. Unlike our Carpetbagger-in-Chief. Not a redneck though. It's got a more brownish color...

Gonna get a slice of sweet potato pie now. ;-)

(Texas raised)

only 2nd generation born here, but family here since 1908, which is a long time compared to most here.

79% (Dixie). Your neck must be at least pink!

Texas. I came from Nebraska and Wisconsin. My accent is all messed up.

My wife is from London, England, also about 25 years in Texas. If you don't think this family has the strangest accents in the world I'll have you over for some bangers and mash cooked on the grill with sweet BBQ sauce - in December by the way.

It's not uncommon to hear, "Y'all bugger off."

(BTW, not that I really care, but isn't this kind of a lounge question?)

And I'll hang up and listen on my radio.

but not by much 39 percent..

They are missing many Southern terms and phrases used in the DEEP South.

"Col' drink" most common - "Coke" and "Soft Drink" less so.
"drive thru" (Louisiana drive thru liquor)
"an'tee" (ant-T) - this could be an African American/New Orleans thang. The "ain't" pronunciation is more to the North, not necessarily the deep South as they say.
"car-a-mel" IS said in the deep South - they got that one wrong.
Never used "rolling" in THIS deep South - "Toilet papering" used all the time.

What about "pecan" or "praline cookies?"

edit: We "make groceries" in New Orleans.

y'all.

What do I win?

I'm a native born Californian ...:shrug:

Weird. I spent more time in the north, but have been living down here in NC for 8 years now...
:shrug:

pronunciation of the word "creek" sounds like this: "Brook."

They obviously never listened to any New Englanders talk when they were making up the test.

Redstone