Are You A Yankee or Dixie Quiz

http://www.angelfire.com/ak2/intelligencerreport/yankee_dixie_quiz.html :hi:

I live in upstate NY :shrug:

"Barely into the dixie category"

I guess the midwestern responses are from a Montana mom, dixie from growing up in VA (although northern VA) but my dad is from FL.

I thought that Ohio influence might lessen that..but no. Well, we are south of the Mason-Dixon line, but I would never have thought Maryland as being so dixified!!

:P

"55% (Dixie). Barely into the Dixie category."

Picked up more than I realized!

it says I'm 44% yankee..... WTF? I'm about as northern as they get. I grew up 3 hours from Canada for Chris'ake.

I've lived in the South most of my life

but then again, there weren't that many questions

43% (Yankee). Barely into the Yankee category.

I grew up in NY. Went to college in NY. Moved to California.

The only place in the south I've ever even VISITED is New Orleans. For 4 days.

Ok.

...and glad of it! The other 26% is the part of the city (NYC) that one can't take out of the boy, even after 18 years away.

-app

Interesting quiz.

because i'm from the WEST!

a week here and a week there on vacation in the South. Go figure. :shrug:

Which is strange, because I live in NH.

It's a Hero dammit!

I'm from Texas originally, as is my sister, my mother is from Alabama, and my dad is from Oklahoma, so it was sort of unavoidable. Nearly thirty years of living in the Pacific Northwest hasn't ground it out of me yet.

should have been 100%

Carly

The South shall rise again!!!! LOL

yee haw yall (spit)

... 68%. Solid.

I bet our guy would score a 99% at least.

- Dave

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Odd, 'cuz everyone here swears I'm pure Californian, even after 30+ years of living in the South. "Oh, you're originally from Berkeley? Well, that explains it!"

Actually had a Zen moment the other day. I went to the library to change my address on my voter's registration. The guy filled out the forms, and then handed them to me to sign, advising me to check and make sure the new information was correct. I looked them over, and just before signing, noted "That all looks okay. By the way, how did you know I was a Democrat?" He remarked "It was on your previous registration". Then he looked at me, and burst into a fit of laughter. It was at that point that I realized I was wearing lavender cotton yoga pants with an "Om" embroidered on them, a lavender and green patchwork jacket, and a pair of green Birkenstocks. Furthermore I was carrying a canvas grocery bag with "Support your local organic farmer" and a copy of The Assault on Reason.

Hmm. I wonder what gave away that I wasn't a Republican....?

Grew up in Southeast and Northeast. Parents from Ohio. That'll generify anyone.

Canuck. :)

:rofl:

Of course.

who woulda thunk?

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All this Ohio living is messing with me. :P

Since I moved to Maryland from SW Ohio, I figured the Ohio part would make me more of Yank, but I came back 67% Dixie. I guess Ohio has more of Dixie jargon than I thought.

Since I moved to Maryland from SW Ohio, I figured the Ohio part would make me more of Yank, but I came back 67% Dixie. I guess Ohio has more of Dixie jargon than I thought.

TP'ing?
Toilet papering?
Rolling?
Papering?

I never called it ANY of these things. We called it "wrapping". Anybody else?

Mos' likely, suh...

Hi y'all! :hi:

has influenced me to some extent. I grew up in SoCal; much of my answers, according to the quiz, were typical of "western Great Lakes area" - so I guess my language usage was formed by my mom, who grew up in the western Great Lakes area --- makes sense. But I have picked up a few Dixie-isms in the last 10 years.

:hi: Parche!

Well, I grew up in Mass. My ancestors came over on the Mayflower. The letter "R" does not exist in my family. My Dad used to call soda "tonic." I say "wicked good." Yet somehow my talking isn't Yankee enough.

No surprise there, I suppose.

Now go get me a pahhpp to drink!

And I haven't lived in Texas since 1981.

WTF: Okay, so I was born in Baltimore, Md, but only spent the first four years of my life there before moving to San Francisco. The only other places I've spent a significant amount of time are in London, England, Rome, Italy and Montego Bay, Jamaica! Now, how do any of those influences factor into SouthernSpeak??

Something not quite right with that test, I'd say.

I was raised all around, being the daughter of a Navy man, but I lived in Florida for 21 years as an adult and have lived in Texas for the last 3 years.

I really would have thought I would be more Dixie than that.