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33% Dixie. You are definitely a Yankee.
Hmmm, I'm Canadian. I have no accent.
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11-29-2007, 01:44 PM #16
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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.
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11-29-2007, 01:47 PM #17
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11-29-2007, 01:57 PM #18
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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
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11-29-2007, 01:59 PM #19
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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.Last edited by VeloVT; 11-29-2007 at 02:04 PM.
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11-29-2007, 02:06 PM #20
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OMG! My results were: 100% Dixie. Is General Lee your grandfather?!
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11-29-2007, 02:09 PM #21
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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 oneLast edited by silver; 11-29-2007 at 02:18 PM.
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11-29-2007, 02:10 PM #22
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I've been to one or two Alabama-Auburn games
(Mom graduated from University of Alabama)...
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11-29-2007, 02:12 PM #23
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11% Dixie. Wow! You are a Duke of Yankeedom!
and I'm from the other side of the world. What's Yankeedom?????
I was hooked by the title - I thought it may be your favourite pick-up lines
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11-29-2007, 02:23 PM #24
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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.
"Being retired from Biking...isn't that kinda like being retired from recess?" Stephen Colbert asked of Lance Armstrong
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11-29-2007, 02:24 PM #25
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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!
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11-29-2007, 02:27 PM #26
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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.
Originally Posted by liza
I've been to one or two Alabama-Auburn games (Mom graduated from University of Alabama)...
Well, then! that qualifies you for honorary status! Was she in a sorority?"Being retired from Biking...isn't that kinda like being retired from recess?" Stephen Colbert asked of Lance Armstrong
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11-29-2007, 02:30 PM #27
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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 DankeeA positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort.
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11-29-2007, 02:34 PM #28
What's next? A half iron?
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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?
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11-29-2007, 03:06 PM #29
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Same here Mimi - that's what we get for being North Easterners
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11-29-2007, 03:12 PM #30
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I can't believe all y'all are scoring so low!
"Chisel praise in stone; write criticism in sand."
