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I scored 83% Dixie.
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I scored 83% Dixie.
92% Dixie. After living here 5 years my vernicular has changed. I'm not sure if this is a good thing or a bad thing. ;)
40%. It thinks I am a yankee. I am really a mountain girl.
To me, (please take this with a grain of salt ;) ), this is an example of the stereotypical Easterner's perspective that there are 4 regions in the US. The North, the South, the Midwest (which really has nothing to do with the middle, or the west if you look at a map), and California. Hmm, there's a lot of ignored land in this scenario, and I am from that region. I realize the quiz is just for fun, but to call me a yankee is quite ridiculous! :rolleyes:
25% Dixie. Apparently I'm a dandy Yankee Doodle.
woohoo!!
Interestingly, I can see that I used to pronounce some stuff differently.
15% Dixie. Wow! You are a Duke of Yankeedom!
71% Dixie. Born, bred and educated in Indiana. For a few of them, I chose the response that is specific to Indiana. Good to know that I fit in here.
35% Dixie. You are definitely a Yankee.
Born in Massachusetts but raised all over the world...settled in Illinois. I guess it's fairly accurate.
40% dixie, I'm a Yankee!
They got me on the hoagie bit...
"82% Dixie. Do you still use Confederate money?"
Hmmm...I've lived in the South all of my life, but most people guess that I'm from the mid west to hear me speak. Odd...
I was 50% and most think I'm from Arkansas. But then I've lived here , there and everywhere
LOL!!!Quote:
Originally Posted by CA_in_NC
Mine: "34% Dixie. You are definitely a Yankee."
That test is whacked. :eek:
I'm 44% Dixie, but yet only 1 of my responses was labeled as 'southern'. And that's just association by marriage (I married a Southerner, so a crawfish is a crawfish)! :p
I'm about 1% Dixie, in reality.
What I did find funny is that the largest % of my answeres were Michigan/Great Lakes in origin. I only lived there for 3 years!
74% dixie here. :D
39% dixie. Grew up on Long Island but have worked my way down the Atlantic coast to Maryland.
63% Dixie.Well under the Mason-Dixon Line
We're all from Kentucky, I guess that's accurate!
21% Dixie. You are a dandy Yankee Doodle.
I didn't think I was any- but then I did spend 7 months in Georgia the year after I graduated from college.
33% Dixie. You are definitely a Yankee.
Hmmm, I'm Canadian. I have no accent. :D :D
99% Dixie on both the basic and advanced tests.
Gen'l Lee ain't my granddaddy, but Vice President Stephens is my first cousin, five times removed.
Tom
Hee hee.
20% Dixie. Wow, you are a duke of yankeedom!
Umm, I think I actually am. The 20% is probably accounted for by the fact that my mom is from Alabama. Dad is from super waspy area of Connecticut and those are the relatives I actually know (Mom LEFT the south).
However, I take exception to the statement that "New York and New Jersey are the heart of Yankeedom" (possible response for question #7). Shows that this test was written by a southerner. Umm, those are both Mid-atlantic states and Yankees hail from New England. What about "A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court"? If I had to pinpoint the heart of Yankeedom it would probably be somewhere in Massachusetts, Boston perhaps.
You can tell an authentic yankee by his or her accent (maybe proving that I'm not one, 'cause I have lots of "common all over the US" answers) and variants of that beautiful New England accent are not to be found in New York or New Jersey, but are easy to find in Maine or New Hampshire, or Vermont, or even Mass.
OMG! My results were: 100% Dixie. Is General Lee your grandfather?! :D
Tom, dangit! you beat me, I was awl proud a my 96%. And no, I ain't related to General Lee neither. (oh sandra posted at the same time! yep she beat me too, but she still lives there)
I've lived just 4 miles north of the extended Mason-Dixon line for about 7 years now.
born in Alabama, family is from South Alabama, West Florida and East Georgia. After graduating from The University of Alabama we moved to Tennesse.
There's an advanced test? 100% on that one
I've been to one or two Alabama-Auburn games :D (Mom graduated from University of Alabama)...
11% Dixie. Wow! You are a Duke of Yankeedom!
and I'm from the other side of the world. What's Yankeedom?????:D
I was hooked by the title - I thought it may be your favourite pick-up lines :)
You can tell an authentic yankee by his or her accent (maybe proving that I'm not one, 'cause I have lots of "common all over the US" answers) and variants of that beautiful New England accent are not to be found in New York or New Jersey, but are easy to find in Maine or New Hampshire, or Vermont, or even Mass.[/QUOTE]
I could hardly understand the people in Maine. I thought they had a British accent. But it was a lovely accent. We were a crew at our cabin in Maine with our mixture of Boston and Southern accents. :eek:
Deep, deep South; you should come up for air.
100% Dixie.
Is General Lee your grandfather?!- close- ditto what Pscyclepath said about VP Stephens . . .
What I really want to know is what did he get wrong to not get a 100?
Gee, that's the first time in 44 years that I outscored my brother on a test! :D
At Legion Field in B'ham? The day that Bear Bryant passed away was probably a bigger deal that Kennedy. Mr. was at Bama then.Quote:
Originally Posted by liza
Well, then! that qualifies you for honorary status! Was she in a sorority?
Yankees- abroad it means folks from the United States- here in the states it means the folks that wore dark blue in what we Mississippians like to call the Recent Unpleasantness- more commonly refered to as the Civil War (1861-65).
Pscyclepath can tell you a lot more about it- he's the family historian & a Civil War re-enactor.
See also- Yamn Dankee
So I just took the advanced test and got
18% Dixie. Wow! You are a Duke of Yankeedom!
And they didn't have my pronunciation for oil.
# AW-wee-yul
# OH-wuhl
# erl
# all or awl
Really?
How about "OYL"?
Same here Mimi - that's what we get for being North Easterners
I can't believe all y'all are scoring so low! :D
Well, I scored 60% on the first test--barely in Dixie
But I only scored 14% on the advanced test.
Hmmmm....
20% on the "original test"
21% on the "advanced test"
oddly consistent.
52%, "barely in Dixie." Which is about right for an Appalachian transplant. (Which rhymes with apple-catchin', btw.) But 79% on the advanced test!
I have to object to the question about "route," though.
Rhymes with "root" (which rhymes with "put"), no.
Rhymes with "rout" (which rhymes with "doubt"), no.
Almost rhymes with "rut" (which rhymes with "butt"), no.
"Route" rhymes with "coot." Of course. ;)
I loved this!
The first one I got 83% Dixie - Do you still use Confederate money? And on the advanced one I got 49% Barely in Yankeedom. It makes sense though, I used to live in Maryland but I'm now in Canada so my accent is all kinds of mixed up.
I always wanted a Southern accent though and was told I had one when I moved here, so I'm gonna take the 83% and run with it ;) :D
I do say "eh" for kicks and giggles though now.
61% Dixie.Well under the Mason-Dixon Line.
Not bad for a "buoy from Burminham Alabamy..." must have been my sophisticated southern breeding and all those years of private school...ya'll.:rolleyes:
Yes, I was at 'Bama when "BARe Bryant" died...I was actually in Accounting 201 taught by Gorman Jones (now that's an Alabama name!)
Me too - and I've never lived anywhere but California.Quote:
Originally Posted by GLC1968
36% Dixie
41% Dixie. Barely in Yankeedom. Dixie? I've grew up in California, then moved to Washington state for a few years, onto Colorado for another couple, up to Wyoming for 9 years and have been in Utah for 17...Dixie?
Uh no, I don't think so. :rolleyes:Quote:
Originally Posted by OakLeaf
"root" and "route" are pronounced the same and neither rhymes with "put"!
They both rhyme with "hoot" and "toot" and "shoot" although sometimes, I say "route" rhyming with "shout".
73%, my neck is a little Rosy.
Full disclosure. My dad was born and grew up in Northern Louisiana. I was born in Mississippi but I've only been back to Biloxi a few times.
And the only time I've been to the South was a week in Key West :cool: