Yankee or Dixie: Take the quiz

[cynatnite]

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

I scored 59% Dixie.

[JohnKleeb]

1. Umm y'all

73% (Dixie). That is a pretty strong Southern score!

[Blue-Jay]

2. I got 59% too.

It was odd. My answers were all over the map, yet I don't really have a placeable accent of any kind. I should have been a newscaster.

[cynatnite]

7. I've lived in different parts of the US

That's what I attributed my score to, but also I read a lot and watched TV. I think that may have something to do with it as well.

[leftofthedial]

3. 65% dixie

[BikeWriter]

4. "73% (Dixie). That is a pretty strong Southern score!" :-)

[Shopaholic]

77. Ditto.

Seeing how I've only lived in South and North Carolina-I guess that was to be expected!

[BikeWriter]

87. LOL! I'm from Texas. :-)

[benny05]

113. Dixie

and I'm from Texas, and live in the midwest. Most of my responses were actually midwestern, so I think the scoring is flawed.

[Heidi]

92. Same here . . .

73 percent and I haven't lived in the south for more than 25 years. Will I ever be able to rid my vocabulary of words like "rolly-poly"?

[Huckebein the Raven]

5. 62% Dixie

not bad

[RagingInMiami]

6. I'm 48 percent yankee, which is not surprising

Cause I grew up in Miami, a yankee influenced city in a southern state.

[RevolutionaryActs]

8. 49% (Yankee). Barely into the Yankee category.

:)

[JohnKleeb]

9. Why am I not surprised that youre like a split

[RevolutionaryActs]

13. Because that poll really had no room for us west coast people?

The west coasters got the shaft. :(

[JohnKleeb]

16. because you guys steal some of everything

Washington State rains a lot because they stole it from the south, the first surfboard was not Hawaiian it was made in Massachuetts, California Valley girls got their ideas from girls from Connecticut. :D

[RevolutionaryActs]

20. Yeah well, we made grunge!

HA HA :P

We're also the kings of coffee. :7

[JohnKleeb]

22. screw coffee, gimme a frap anyday

oh crap thats made by starbucks which is HQed in Seattle.

[RevolutionaryActs]

25. HAHA!

A frap is coffee and we do coffee! :7

And you know, Starbucks isn't even the best coffee you can get, it's kinda crap. Their espresso makers run too hot, and burn the beans while they're making your coffee.

[RagingInMiami]

36. I was thinking the same thing

because frontage, a word I use, is a word I picked up out west. How do you pronounce roof?

[texas1928]

10. Amazing

I am from Texas and got a 79% Dixie.

[More Than A Feeling]

11. 50% Yankee

Probably because I am from the Great Lakes (Illinois)

[Maestro]

12. I scored

82% (Dixie). Did you have any Confederate ancestors?

Yi haw!!!!!!!! Pardner!!!!!!!

And yes I had Confederate ancestors along with recent immigrants from Ireland, County Cork to be exact. I've lived all my life in the South so this does not surprise me. Well I did live three years in Chicago, though.

[BlueJazz]

14. 29% Strong Yankee (And I live in Florida) Go figure...

[ralps]

15. I'm 46% yankee, Barely into the Yankee category.

Considering that I spent 6 years in Texas, I guess that's understandable.:shrug: :hi: :hug:

[Ellen Forradalom]

23. Same here. How the hell did that happen?

I'm a lifelong Chicagoan!

[fujiyama]

28. Same score

I'm also from the midwest (MI).

I love the questions about Devil's night (that's one for us Michiganders) and drive through liquor stores (I had never heard of such a thing)...

[Jamastiene]

17. I'm barely

a Yankee according to this quiz.
Here is my result.
50% (Yankee). Barely into the Yankee category.

I is so proud. <tongue in cheek> I'm movin' on up to that deluxe area of the US, that I refer to as the "land of opportunity".

[Historic NY]

18. 53% barely into Dixie

[Neoma]

19. 70% (Dixie). A definitive Southern score!

[BlackVelvetElvis]

21. 79% dixie. nt

[Jokinomx]

24. 40% --- definitive Yankee... .... Native Michigander ...

:toast:

[Not_Giving_Up]

26. 75% Dixie

I can't help it...I was raised in Texas by people from Mississippi! I did learn to take the "r" out of "wash" though...My mom warshes clothes and dishes...I wash them.

[yvr girl]

27. I did it twice

First time 63% Dixie (I'm Canadian)

Second time 43% Yankee

I think being Canadian might screw this up. I was all over the map.

[hijinx87]

29. ummmm. what does THIS mean?

If you answer NO questions and compute your score, you get

100% (Dixie). Is General Lee your father?

whazzupwidat?

[CaliforniaPeggy]

30. Very Strange, IMHO!

I was born and did most of my growing up in the Mid-west, Illinois. My parents are from Chicago. And my score was 59% Dixie! How'd that happen? I've lived in California since I was 13 (now I'm 61!) Go figure!

[alwynsw]

33. Nah. You're just normal.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

34. Why, thank you, kind sir,

for the compliment! However, I MIGHT look normal, but one never knows! And are you? Normal, that is?

:shrug:

[alwynsw]

37. Normal?

What we is is what we is and what we is is normal, whatever that is.

[texas1928]

41. Peggy

I could not begin to count the number of accents I heard when I lived in California. It is no wonder you have a mix of southern and northern usages for words.

[alwynsw]

31. Northern bias!

#9 said not one thing about a Po Boy!!!!!!

FIXED TEST!!!!!!

[hickman1937]

32. Most of my responses were

midwest, northeast, or michigan, then at the end it said very strong Dixie. Flawed.

[alwynsw]

60. Well.

when you consider the huge number of folks from TN, KY, AL, MS, etc. that moved to MI and IL for jobs from the '30's through the '70's the result is not so surprising.

[catzies]

35. 52% Dixie, and I grew up in South Florida. Where everybody says

the farther south you go, the further north you are.

But I was only a 1st generation southerner, and neither of my parents' folks ever lived anywhere a Geat Lake. :shrug:

[Digit]

38. 66% Southern, dammit. but I am a Yank.

Now that I live in the south, I really think of myself as a Yankee having grown up in NoVa.
I think they have a 50% weight when I said I say, "Y'all".
I might prounounce things like a southerner, but my viewpoint is Yankee....Blue Yankee.

[fleabert]

39. You can take the girl out of Texas...

77% (Dixie). That is a pretty strong Southern score!

I think the beverage barn question did me in...

[argyl]

40. 71% Dixie.

[HamstersFromHell]

42. 93% Dixie

and wouldn't have it any other way. :)

[dbt]

54. Damn. I was all set to brag about 84%

That was a trick question about them pillbugs.

[xmas74]

43. I always refer to myself as a redneck

but my score says definitive Yankee.

Most of my scores were WI/MI things (bubbler, Devil's Night) but some were further east. None were really from my neck of the woods.

24% Yankee.

[JohnKleeb]

44. hey rednecks can be northern

and whatever the opposite of a redneck is can be southern.

[xmas74]

46. I know.

I thought that too many years in MO had helped me to lose the accent (which I have, for the most part). Turns out it's the phrases that still show where I am originally from.

[JohnKleeb]

47. Yeah well

Ive never considered myself a quote on quote real sotherner, like my family has only been here since 1950.

[u4ic]

45. 61% Dixie

But hey...everyone I know doesn't use the word sneakers, they say running shoes (or runners). This is also rarely used :shrug:

[DeposeTheBoyKing]

48. Surprising! 56% Dixie

I've only lived in Kansas and Pennsylvania (but am moving to Texas in May).

[InvisibleTouch]

49. 68% (Dixie)

And I've lived in the Midwest for 20 years. But I've picked up terms from friends who lived all over the country: "crawdad" comes to mind, and "roly-poly"....

[BlueIris]

50. 78% Dixie?! I've never been anywhere near the South!

Don't get me wrong, I've got nothing against my fellow citizens in the South, but what? I've lived my whole life in the Pacific Northwest. I'm confused.

[ben_packard]

51. On accents...

I'm not american so you will have to forgive my ignorance on this...
I was wondering what's with the kennedy/boston style accent, and where it comes from? Is it specific to only boston, or perhaps mass? Is it an irish influence? Is it a class based accent? Perhaps it is related to the original settlers, there are certainly some similarities to the english received pronunciation? Any info gratefully received!

[Kathy in Cambridge]

84. Kennedy accent is a family accent

though the old style upper class Boston accent, known as the Boston Brahmin accent, is very similar. It's mostly heard in people of a certain class and educational background, Think William Buckley, Teddy Kennedy, and George Plimpton.

[Freebird12004]

52. 49% Yankee, barely a Northerner

[Orsino]

53. 68% (Dixie). A definitive Southern score!

I have a sudden urge to date my sister--and I don't even have a sister.

[nonconformist]

55. 50% (Yankee). Barely into the Yankee category.

I'm kind of surprised, because most of my responses nailed that I'm from the Great Lakes region (I'm from Michigan, but living in Kentucky).

[kittycat1164]

56. 49% (Yankee). Barely into the Yankee category.

Can you tell I was replanted into KY?

[DawgHouse]

57. 74% Dixie

Ya'll!

[nuxvomica]

58. 36% (Yankee)

I was surprised to learn that "cabbage night" is common to Vermont and Western Mass. I thought it was a purely local term. Note that I live in Upstate New York about an hour or so away from both Vermont and Massachusetts.

[da_chimperor]

59. WTF, 100% Dixie!? "Is General Lee your father?"

:wow:

This is odd, really.

[xmas74]

93. That is hilarious.

I don't know if you have even travelled to that region.
Maybe too many Southern movies?

[da_chimperor]

95. I've never been anywhere in the south, that's the odd thing.

Well, except Florida but that doesn't count. Eh, maybe it's because I grew up in Nevada? But I was in a yuppie mountain town, so that doesn't work either. It may be because of my mom, she lived in the south for about 20 years or so. I'm still kinda shocked.

[xmas74]

96. I live in MO

and have some of the accent but I constantly refer to Great Lakes and make "back East" references, according to the test.
I thought that everyone called it a bubbler and I was so disappointed the first year I moved to MO and they did not have a Devil's night.

[bigwillq]

61. WOW--58% DIXIE

And all along I thought I was a Yankee boy:shrug:

[Reverend_Smitty]

62. 34% (Yankee). A definitive Yankee.

and it's Mischief Night dammit!

[xmas74]

94. Devil's Night!

[meow2u3]

63. 38%: a definite YANKEE

and damn proud of it, might I add!

[deadparrot]

64. 60% (Dixie). Barely into the Dixie category. nt

[steve2470]

65. wow 74% dixie, I am surprised nt

[Bzzzz]

66. 64%

Dixie...hmmmmmm????

[Worst Username Ever]

67. 35% Yankee.

[Lady Freedom]

68. 49% (Yankee). Barely into the Yankee category.

that figures due to the fact that I live in SW Missouri.

[NoPasaran]

69. 56% Dixie

Which makes sense because even though I've lived most of my life in the South and Texas my folks are from New York and Connecticut and as a military family we did move around a lot when I was young.

[Zech Marquis]

70. 100 percent Dixie!

Take that y'all damn Yankees :evilgrin:

[It was not a pretzel]

71. 61% Dixie which I 'spose i normal

for a Brit. Lots of expressions originating from "proper" English both north and sounth

[sakabatou]

72. 42% yankee

[Robeson]

73. 83% Dixie

On Edit: But, I would've fought for the Union....:-)

[Mrs_Beastman]

74. Fun quiz!

39%yankee and alot of Great Lake pronunications...who knew Ohio is one of the few places where people go TPing on Devil's night?

[yellowdogintexas]

75. 52% Dixie...so they say.

[njdemocrat106]

76. 55% Dixie

Barely into the Dixie category

[Liberal_Andy]

78. 81% Dixie!

By Gawd!!

[peekaloo]

79. 81% Dixie

Let's go to the Beverage Barn and then go roll some houses.

[huskerlaw]

80. 50% Yankee, probably because

most of my answers were "common throughout most of the US"

[dhinojosa]

81. 61% Dixie? BULL

hahaha

[Samurai_Writer]

82. 58% (Dixie). Barely into the Dixie category.

That makes sense, as I grew up in St. Louis and moved to Houston when I was 16. I'm in Florida now, and everyone tells me I sound like a yankee. LOL

[MaryBear]

83. This does not make sense!

I'm a Californian, with southern roots in Virginia and Tennessee, several generations ago.

I say almond without an l or h.
I say ape-ricot

How can I be so Dixie when I have to concentrate to understand a southern accent and then don't always get what is said.

Anyone know anything about the validity of this site/test?

[Kathy in Cambridge]

85. 26% (Yankee). You show a very strong Yankee score.

No shit Sherlock.

[Borgnine]

86. 58% percent Dixie.

Which is baffling, because I scored northeast or generic throughout U.S. on most of the answers.

[KitchenWitch]

88. 35 % Yankee

a definite Yankee - but I must codify that by saying I am NOT a Yankee fan!

[CRK7376]

89. Dixie and Proud!

81% Dixie. Lived in NC most of my life and love it here!

[Scout]

90. only 44% yankee, I'm surprised

being a lifelong Michigander and all. Must be that influence from nearby Ypsi-tucky. (Many people from Kentucky/south moved to Ypsilanti/Detroit/Ann Arbor area for work in auto factories; thus Ypsilanti became known as Ypsi-tucky.)

[latteromden]

91. 39% (Yankee) A definitive Yankee! Yep, I'm a Midwesterner all right.

[Dervill Crow]

97. 52% Dixie

Yankee born but southern bred.

[Arkana]

98. Oh, dear...from MA, yet I scored 56% Dixie

[JohnKleeb]

99. Taken again and WTF

92% (Dixie). Is General Lee your father?

[hfojvt]

100. 41% Yankee

but probably 100% great-lakes/midwest.

[mordarlar]

101. 46% Barely Yankee

[Midlodemocrat]

102. 39% Definitive Yankee

and I have lived in VA for 14 years.

[Hosnon]

103. 83% Dixie

The rest of the country needs to just give up and admit that 'ya'll' just makes more sense to use.:hippie:

[HeatherG.]

104. 38% Definitive Yankee

I live in northern Michigan, so I expected to get Yankee.

[FuzzySlippers]

105. 52% Dixie.

:wtf:

[imenja]

106. 48% Yankee

That's what happens when you have lived in various parts of the country. You loose all linguistic identity.

[DemBones DemBones]

108. Au contraire, I've lived all over, people never can "place"

my "accent" but I got "84% Dixie (Did you have Confederate ancestors?)"

Why, yes, I did have Confederate ancestors (one pair of great-grandparents) but another pair of great-grandparents were New Englanders of Irish descent, while the other two pair of great-grandparents were all in England until after 1910 or later. That's 6 non-Confederates to 2 Confederates.

I think I'm pegged as Southern in this quiz because I was living in Memphis when I was of the age to cover houses with toilet paper; we called it rolling then and I call it rolling today. I also call sales on the front lawn "yard sales," as that's what they're called where I live now, but a flaw in the quiz is that some questions gave an option to say "I call this by more than one of the names" while others forced you to pick only one choice.

If that question about sales were reworded, I could say I have at times called them yard sales, garage sales, and rummage sales, (but never tag sales) and that would show a broader geographical range than just one choice. And why wasn't "You guys" a choice along with "you all "Y'all" "Youse," etc.?

So the quiz could be improved but it was fun, interesting to see the things I must have picked up living in the Chicago area -- or from my Cleveland-raised dad.

[imenja]

109. you guys or even you. Clearly it's a Southern, Northeastern biased poll

and why didn't they ask about "in line" versus "on line." That one is my pet peeve. When NYers say "on line" I don't know if they are talking about standing in line or the web.

[imenja]

107. why are the Dixie percentages higher than Yankee?

No one has scored above 50% Yankee, yet there are Dixie scores in the 60s and 70s. What gives? I think this is an issue with the test rather than particular DU members.

[DemBones DemBones]

110. Because the South will rise again!

:evilgrin:


Seriously, it says at the top of the page that 0% = pure Yankee while 100% = pure Dixie.

[imenja]

111. missed that

I'm not very good with fine print. That means I'm nearly a Southerner. Well, I did live in Texas for a number of years. South Florida doesn't count as the South. But in heart and soul, I'll always be a Midwesterner.

[KeepItReal]

112. Don't need no stinkin quiz...born & raised in the DEEP SOUTH.

:-)

Cheers, y'all

[dr.strangelove]

114. I object - I'm a Yankee through and through, but I got 50% Yankee

This is a bit much. I was born in New York and my family has been here since the late 1600s. How can I be only 50% Yankee.

[Anarcho-Socialist]

115. 53% (Dixie). Barely into the Dixie category, odd considering I'm British

Maybe being married to a Texan has something to do with it.

[YankeyMCC]

116. Clearly a Yankee

Not a surprise I guess :)

However, I was disapointed with this question:

19. What's a drive through liquor store called?
- I haven't heard of any such thing, or none of the below
- Brew thru
- Beverage barn
- Party barn

It didn't have the term I know it as "Packy Run"

[NoSheep]

117. 81% Dixie

[RedstDem]

118. Looks Like Me Be A Dixie Crat

No Surprize For Me...Y'all

[Hand]

119. Hmm... "Barely Yankee"...

I suppose that's about right for a Canadian...

:hi:

[jswordy]

120. 48% Yankee (barely into the Yankee category). Here's the funny part...

I was born in and lived in Northern Illinois for 25 years. Then moved to Virginia, then to Tennessee. I now live in TN and work across the southern border, in Alabama, having spent 22 years in the South.

Pretty darned accurate survey!

[southlandshari]

121. 87% Dixie

Wow. Well, ya'll, no one 'round he-yah who has read my posts on red states/blue states will be surprised, I guessed.

Weird, though. I think 16-17 of my answers rated "universal" or "used throughout the entire U.S.", so it only takes a few answers to really tip the scales on this one!

Flawed or not, that was a fun little quiz. Thanks for sharing!