Dixie or Yankee?

[Stefan Antwarg]

I'm 55% (Dixie). Barely into the Dixie category.

Several of my answers were not typical of where I live. Be sure to not check the other answers, because the result will be different if you do.

http://mywebpages.comcast.net/lgrob/southern_dialect_quiz.htm

[Darren Ford]

I took this here while back and got 97% Dixie. I personally think the question that caused me to not be 100% was flat dab wrong. But I can't remember what it was.

[Ron Jones near Indy]

50% yankee--barely made it :confused:

[Dennis Peacock]

I'm 91% Dixie...!!! :D Go figure.!! ;)

[Keith Starosta]

Shoot!! I guess this Detroit Boy has been in Virginia too long now. It says 49% (Yankee). Barely into the Yankee category.

:eek: :confused:

Keith

[John Hart]

60% Dixie....Well, I've lived everywhere so I guess that figgers.

[Ernie Hobbs]

I'm a little depressed now- I only scored 52% Dixie! I've lived all my life in NC and now in Alabama. Maybe working for Yankee companies for the last ten years has rubbed off too much. I work in sales and I guess I've become so neutral to be able to relate to all my customers around the country. But I had no idea. I have always considered myself very Southern.

[Rob Russell]

"40% (Yankee). A definitive Yankee." That's what the test said. Some of the terms I've never heard - a "poke" as a thing to put groceries in, for example.

[Ken Fitzgerald]

52% Dixie :confused: ...go figure.....I guess the 6 years I lived in Mississippi, Georgia, south Texas and South Carolina had an effect!

[Jerry Olexa]

63% Dixie, Go figure. We've moved 8 times all over US!

[Jason Roehl]

"40% (Yankee). A definitive Yankee." That's what the test said. Some of the terms I've never heard - a "poke" as a thing to put groceries in, for example. You've never heard the expression "pigs in a poke"?

For the record, I scored 38% Yankee, though many of the explanations pegged me to the Great Lakes area (hmmm...I'm from Michigan...) Of course, I've tried to watch my accent ever since I was 11. My uncle was visiting us in Madison, IN (on the Ohio River, practically in KY) from WI, and after I had only been there a year, he thought I had a Southern accent. Never mind his goofy Norwegisconsin accent...:D

I must say that every time I go to my sister's in Alabama, I have to stop for gas in TN--and I have a heck of a time understanding the cashiers at the gas stations. I never was very good at marbles...:D

Jason

[James Mahoney]

50%Yankee Says the Quiz, I have to tell my Son-in-law Steven Frame of West Virginia. He's 90% Yankee, Me I don't think so, Fun Quiz though.....Seeya...

[Ian Barley]

Ok - so apparently I'm 64% dixie!

[Joe Mioux]

Im 52% Dixie, but just barely.

I guess that means I'm from the Midwest.

For those of you questioning your score, just remember this test is a "HAA-vaard" computer dialect test. That should say something.;)

[Ken Salisbury]

I SCORED 112% DIXIE
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[Rich Konopka]

"40% (Yankee). A definitive Yankee." That's what the test said. Some of the terms I've never heard - a "poke" as a thing to put groceries in, for example.


Geez, I wonder why we almost scored the same:
38% (Yankee). A definitive Yankee.

Hmmmm :D:D:rolleyes:

[Jason Roehl]

Ok - so apparently I'm 64% dixie!

Well, I suppose being from the country you are, Ian, being 64% Dixie is better than being Yankee!! :D (You guys have gotten over that little skirmish we had 230 years ago, haven't you? ;) )

[Rob Russell]

You've never heard the expression "pigs in a poke"?

Jason

Yes - I've heard it, now I understand it :) .

[Von Bickley]

American by birth...
Southern by the grace of God... :) :) :)

[Mark Singer]

48% Yankee....I am a California boy born in the Big Apple

[John Shuk]

50% yankee!

[Dan Gill]

I'm 76% Dixie, which is somewhat surprising considering that I was born and raised until the age of 12 in Kansas. Of course, I've been in Texas MUCH longer than that.

I thought it interesting that the test focused mostly on phrasing and on touched pronunciation in a few areas. Some southern phrases and usages I have consciously adopted because I liked them. Some have simply crept into my vocabulary. But my pronunciation is still basically mid-western.

[Jim Becker]

42% Yankee.

And I can see that Bud Light apparently enhances the Dixie genes based on Ken's post... ;)

[Kevin Beck]

My result:

"91% (Dixie). Is General Lee your father?"

I'm a fourth generation Floridian and my ancestors lived in Alabama and South Carolina before that. I can speak either Southern or Yankee depending on the circumstances.

Southern accents are not very common here in Central Florida. When we visit the in-laws in Pensacola I really have to concentrate to understand what folks are saying. I can't believe I ever sounded like that but I'm sure I did.

Kevin

[Ian Barley]

Well, I suppose being from the country you are, Ian, being 64% Dixie is better than being Yankee!! :D (You guys have gotten over that little skirmish we had 230 years ago, haven't you? ;) )

Jason
Don't go thinking that's all over - we're just drawing breath before we come back for the next round!

[Frank Pellow]

This Canadian scored 54% Dixie (and I have spent very very little time there).

[JayStPeter]

64% Dixie. I've been in MD most of my life. Just about every answer I gave said "Common throughout the US". I think selecting Coke as my generic term for carbonated beverages put me over the edge though.

Jay

[RichMagnone]

Almost all my responses indicated that my replies were either Great Lakes, Midwest or Chicago (I consider myself to be from all three), yet, I came up 51% dixie.

[Darren Ford]

Jason,

If you are referring to the war of northern aggression, it was 140 years ago, and no, it is not forgotten.

:)

[RichMagnone]

If only Ewell had more balls on the first day, right? I tend to believe Newt... no matter what, Grant would have prevailed.

[Michael Perata]

What a phony test - 58% Dixie - right!!

Actually, my paternal grand father lived way, way, way back on a moutain top in South Carolina.

[Jason Roehl]

Jason,

If you are referring to the war of northern aggression, it was 140 years ago, and no, it is not forgotten.

:)

Nope--Ian is from "across the Pond", so "Dixie" probably has little meaning to him, but "Yankee" would be a whole different story.

So who do you know that still remembers that war? :D

[Hal Flynt]

74% Dixie.
That figures, lived in Tennessee except for 10 years during which time I was Stationed in Texas, Arizona, Southern California, Southern Japan and South Korea.

[Tony Zaffuto]

I'm usually on the "neader" side of this forum, but didn't have much to do this morning so I'm "browsing".

I've lived in NW PA all my life, yet scored a 61% Dixie rating! Dang, I'm Sicilian with Irish longings and have studied the American Civil War for more years than I care to count (from a Northern perspective).

Now I find I'm really a Southerner!

[Randy Meijer]

I grew up(some would disagree) in New Jersey; but left after college and have been in Texas for almost 40 years. The relatives back East say I sound like a red-neck Texan; but, apparently, only the accent has rubbed off......the test says 37% Yankee??? :D :D :D

[Bruce Branson]

:confused: I came out 66% dixie. Lived in Ohio 43 years.Too close to Appalachia.:)

[Ian Barley]

Nope--Ian is from "across the Pond", so "Dixie" probably has little meaning to him, but "Yankee" would be a whole different story.
:D
Jason - Our military intelligence is better prepared than you think. We have all watched "Gone with the Wind" more times than you can imagine so we know all about your recent regional conflict. :)

[John Hart]

Jason - Our military intelligence is better prepared than you think. We have all watched "Gone with the Wind" more times than you can imagine so we know all about your recent regional conflict. :)

Ah yes...the brewing insurgency. Well, you may not know this but President Lincoln vows to put that uprising down in short order. Keep your eye on the telly...more to come:D

[Paul Geer]

70 % Dixie you all! :)

[Gary Herrmann]

56% Dixie. Born in Chicago, grew up in S. Florida, now living in St. Louis.

I am a damnyankee according to my BILs, only acceptable because I'm into woodworking, went to UF and married their sister - not necessarily in that order...

[Jim Robinson]

Born and raised in Alabama. Lived in the deep south all my life except for 7 years back in the early 70's in southern Ohio. Yet I'm only 95% Dixie!!
Somethin's bad wrong y'all.

[Kevin Arceneaux]

44% yankee - the Pittsburghese creeps in and tips it that way.