Dixie or Yankee? Quiz

[lovedems]

Dixie or Yankee?


Just a fun little quiz to see where you rank.

I had a 40% which means a good Yankee score. I guess that would be typical living in the Midwest.

Edit: It isn't really a poll, it is more like a quiz.

[Skinner]

1. Grew up in Delaware

My score: 38% (Yankee).

[randr]

97. Also from Delaware

scored a 36% Yankee. I remember going up to Pennsylvania and being called a "rebel" and going down to Maryland and being called a "Yankee. The Mason/Dixon line went through the back yard and people still took it seriously in the 50's.

[supernova]

2. Funny

46% yankee, yet I've lived most of my life in NC.

LOL!

[lovedems]

7. OMG, you "crossed over" to the other side!

You better get with the lingo! :)

[supernova]

31. I have a beef

There were some choices I made that the quizz classified as "yankee" - esp Michigan (?!) and Penn/Ohio area. PA and Ohio make sense b/c my mother was from western PA.

There were some choices I made that are clearly southern, such as "y'all, and "coke" for that fizzy drink.

However, many more of my responses fell into the "prevelant all over the country" category. Wouldn't it make sense to say I had no greater degree of yanker or southerner? :shrug:

[afraid_of_the_dark]

3. 51% - Barely Dixie

I'm guessing that is from my familial Kansas influence... or maybe I just haven't lived in the east long enough!

[democratreformed]

4. 59% Dixie

[wysimdnwyg]

5. 64% Dixie

I guess living in Tennessee my whole life had a bit to do with that. :-)

[terrya]

6. I grew up in Illinois

33% (Yankee). You have a good Yankee score.

Terry

[KCDem]

8. 43% yankee

I've lived in California, Nebraska, Texas, Illinois, and Missouri.

[Misinformed01]

9. 62% Dixie

nt

[Lars39]

10. 58% (Dixie). You are barely into the Dixie category!

I lived near Chicago until I was 9 1/2. Moved to TN. Never quite fit into either place. One thing I was firm on in the survey, though:

You ROLL a house with toilet paper! :evilgrin:

[Marymarg]

11. Traces of Yankee

48% score for this lifelong Texas.
That was fun.

[LSdemocrat]

12. St. Louis, Missouri - 45% Yankee

[ikojo]

85. Another St Louisan here

44% Yankee....

and PROUD of it!!!

[Devlzown]

13. 69% Dixie -- You have edged nicely into the Dixie category

eom

[eyesroll]

14. 29% (Yankee).

I grew up in the Chicago suburbs.

[GainesT1958]

15. I got 56%...

I guess that's because I spent a lot of my "growing-up" years in larger towns with transplanted Yankees moving in; a lot of those true "Deep-Dixie" phrases I mainly heard out of my Grandmother in Alabama! :eyes:

I still can't get over the way you can tell whether you're talking to a Yankee or a Midwesterner (we DO make the distinction, btw) by whether you hear them say "soda" (Northeast) or "pop" (Midwest). We just say "Coke", "Pepsi", or "drink"--the latter of which confuses the heck out of Yankees, who think we're lushes when we say that one so often! :eyes:

They left another one out--in an elevator, you don't "push" the button; you "mash" the button! :D

B-)

[trackfan]

16. 45% yankee - I've live in Los Angeles my whole life

[nini]

66. 43% Yankee

does that mean I'm 57% dixie???????

[SheepyMcSheepster]

17. 70% (Dixie). You have edged nicely into the Dixie category!

i was born and continue to live in N.C.

so far i am the Dixiest!

[Liberal Christian]

18. 29% Definitive Yankee

Though, if they really wanted to get it right, they'd know that the sale in front of your house is a "thrift sale."

[CrownPrinceBandar]

19. 44% Yankee...

grew up and live in the mid-atlantic. D'uh.

[Wickerman]

20. 42% (Yankee). There are traces of Yankee in you.

All but 16 of my 42 years have been in Iowa or Minnesota and I only have 42% Yankee. Interesting.

[Codeblue]

22. 48% Yank

Lived in Colorado my entire life. Guess I"m not as yankee as I'd like cause my mom is from Florida.

[Breezy du Nord]

21. 34% good Yankee

Been in Minnesota all my life

[MissMillie]

39. Me too w/ 38%

I live in New England and have all of my life.

[Nikia]

71. Me too

Born and raised in Ohio. I have been in Wisconsin for the last sseven and a half years though.

[trof]

23. This ol' Alabama boy scores 53% Dixie.

Barely into the Dixie category!
Lived up Nawth too long.
;-)

[SixShooter]

52 percent Dixie

Lived in FL all my life so I suppose thats right on!

[SixShooter]

24. 52 percent Dixie

Lived in FL all my life so I suppose thats right on!

[Smirnoff]

25. 41% Yankee

What exactly does that mean? :)

[RebelOne]

26. I had a 39% Yankee score.

I was born in Philadelphia, moved to Miami when I was 5 years old and grew up there. Now living in North Georgia. Of course, Miami anglos are practically all transplanted Northerners.

[progressiverealist]

27. 30 % yankee

Lifelong Wisconsin resident

[TreasonousBastard]

28. 38%

but what the hell do they mean "hero" is only used in Maine????

The whole thing is suspect.

[NorthernSpy]

98. yeah, come to think of it...

I've been in Maine all my life, and I've never heard that kind of sandwich called a "hero" -- or a hoagie, sub, or grinder, either. We've always called it an "Italian", no matter what the fillings are.


Mary

[WoodrowFan]

29. 47% Yankee (good Rust Belt Midwestern score) (NT)

[Anaxamander]

30. 71% (Dixie). If that ain't country I'll kiss your ass (nt)

I'm the Dixie champ y'all! :beer:

[Redneck Socialist]

32. Ayuh, 34% yankee baby!

How 'bout dem Patriots?

[jmowreader]

33. 31% yankee

Yankees from Idaho? I guess...

[Ishoutandscream]

34. 61% Dixie, and proud of it!

nm

[Pithlet]

35. 38% Yankee

I would have expected a higher score than that since I come from Michigan and lived a long time in Maryland. The six years here in the South must have rubbed off on me more than I realize.

[Mr. McD]

36. 38% (Yankee). You have a good Yankee score.

[Rabrrrrrr]

37. 26%

I'm such a Wisconsin boy.

[SammyWinstonJack]

38. Born and raised in California

Have lived in Tx for the past 12 yrs. 50% Yankee.

[ronnykmarshall]

40. 50%

I'm half yankee and half dixie.

[Uzybone]

41. 39% (Yankee). You have a good Yankee score.

Damn good Yankee

And I dont get that y'all is a southern thing. Minorities (especially blacks)all over the US say y'all.

[tigereye]

43. 20% Yankee

not surprising, live in PA, Dad from Mass and mom from upstate NY. and I don't say yunz.

[flamingyouth]

42. I've spent 3 days in the south and got a 34% Yankee score

So I'd say it's not too accurate. :shrug:

[tigereye]

44. so you lost that much in 3 days

:)

[Rabrrrrrr]

49. No, that means you're high Yankee

lower the score, the more yank you is.

[Kathy in Cambridge]

45. 28% (Yankee). You are a definitive Yankee!

No sh*t!

Local to my area:

Trash can, waste basket="barrel"

Highway shoulder="Breakdown lane" (in Boston, it's the last place you want to break down, as it's often the high-speed lane in traffic)

Shopping cart="carriage"

Potatoes are pronounced "B'daydas"

Take a left at the next stoplight="Bang a left, Bang a Uey"

Couch, sofa="divan"

Dunkin' Donuts="Dunkies"

Rubber Bands="elastics"

Milkshake="frappe" (a Milkshake is Milk with some flavored syrup, but NO ice cream!)

Tomato Sauce="gravy"

Black & White Cookie="half moon"

Sprinkles on ice cream="jimmies"

Liquor Store="package store" or simply, "the packie"

Cold and Damp (as in weather)="raw"

Very="wicked"

[elfwitch]

46. 50% (Dixie). You are barely into the Dixie category!

Born and raised in Texas. Not that anyone would be able to tell. Except I do say Y'all. Bu I use it correctly. It is a plural to be used in the place of you all. It is not and never will be a singular term used for one person.

[kymar57]

77. Amen Elfwitch

One of my pet peeves is yankees using y'all as a singular when trying to imitate a southern accent.
I'm a little disappointed to have only scored 60% as I have always considered myself country as duckbush on the pond.:(

[camero]

47. 48%-traces of Yankee

This is right because my mom's side is from Maine and my dad's side is from Virginia. I'm a half-breed Yankee. I was born in Maryland.
Go figure. :)

[pmbryant]

48. 43% (Yankee). There are traces of Yankee in you.

Grew up in Chicago, now live in Texas.

So I'm a mixture. :-)

--Peter

[Freedom of Speech]

50. 41%

spent all my life in CA (except for 8 years in OH)

[Duncan Grant]

83. 41% here, too.

Welcome to DU, Freedom of Speech! :hi:

[Adams Wulff]

51. 42% (Yankee). There are traces of Yankee in you. Funny, I always thought..

...of myself as more of a Red Sox fan.
Of course, being born in Tennessee, and raised outside of Philadelphia, I'm more of a White Mason Dixonite. Or WMD for short. But let's keep that to ourselves, shall we? I don't need a bunch of wacko CIA dudes coming around, trying to save face.

[GOPisEvil]

52. 58% Dixie...

...about right. I've been in Texas since I was 12 (I'm 35 now). My dad is from the midwest, so I get some of that, too.

[corporatewhore]

73. I think they need another catagory for Texaas becuase we have diff slang

than the "south"

[Richardo]

53. 36% (Yankee). You have a good Yankee score.

I been in Texas over 10 years and I's still a dayum YANKEE! Fiddle-dee-dee! :-)

[amandae]

54. 25% Yankee

Born and raised in upstate NY ... not a huge surprise :-)

[GreenPartyVoter]

55. 42% (Yankee). There are traces of Yankee in you.

Only traces? *l*

[Solly Mack]

56. 54% (Dixie). You are barely into the Dixie category!

hmmmmm.....

[AlabamaYankee]

57. Betrayed my PA origins

"Soda" and "Crick" are dead giveaways

[BBradley]

58. 44% Yankee, I bet it's because they're called hoagies...

Yeah, and there are no exceptions lol

[PVnRT]

59. 50% Yankee...

Although I would argue that those of us in the Midwest aren't really Yankees. Yankees, to me, implies New England/New York.

[elcondor]

60. 40% Yankee

[tinnyguy1777]

61. Damm-22%------

That's a lot more Yankee than I would have thought.

[fudge stripe cookays]

62. 65% Dixie

Which is weird since all my answers were saying "All of U.S- midwestern Great Lakes."

Lived in Texas for 34 years (I'll be 38 this year), but both parents were from Illinois and husband is Canadian. I pick up expressions from all over.

[MrSlayer]

63. 20 %( Yankee) You are a definitive Yankee!

No Shit.

[Sapphocrat]

64. 33%, and I expect that's because...

...I'm neither a Yankee nor a Southerner.

Hey, where's the "How East Coast / West Coast Are You?" quiz?

(There are really drive-through liquor stores in this country??)

[Lizz612]

76. 33% too

I'm from MN, in fact thats my name to most of my friends.
Yes there are drive through liquor stores, there was one about a mile down the road from my house.

[corporatewhore]

87. well i ve seen them (im in texas )

[TheMightyFavog]

65. 32% (Yankee). You have a good Yankee score.

However, they Claim that "youse" is "Very localized center in New York and New Jersey". Bullshit. "Youse" and its variant "Youse guys" is very commonly used in Wiscoswnin and Michigan's Upper Penninsula.

[Wonco_the_Sane]

67. 51% Dixie, what a surprise!

Hmmmm.
Well, born in Seattle, but moved when I was 8, lived in nowheresville Altus, Oklahoma till I was 14, Dayton, Ohio till 28, Columbus Ohio last 3 years.
Maybe not so surprised.

My dad's from Indiana and says crik for creek, though I do mock him for it, apparently I've got more Dixie than I thought.

[AVID]

68. 47% yank

[gator_in_Ontario]

69. 62% Dixie

Not a surprise since I was born there, and one branch of the family tree has been rooted there for a long time. I guess the Yankee influence came from my mom's branch.

[OKNancy]

70. 52% (Dixie). You are barely into the Dixie category!

I think it was the roly poly that tipped it.

[corporatewhore]

72. 53 barely dixie i think only parts of texas are considered "south"....

mostly it is its own country

[blondeatlast]

74. 43% Yankee, but I have Southern ancestors.

I was born in Kansas, raised in Colorado, Montana, and Arizona.

[cmd]

75. 39% Yankee

But really I'm a Cleveland Indians fan. Cleveland fans hate Yankees.

[Syn_Dem]

78. 45% (Yankee). There are traces of Yankee in you.

Im from St. Louis....I'm fine with that :)

[baldguy]

79. 26% (Yankee). Definitive Yankee!

Except, "What's the night before Holloween called?" is Begger's night.

[foreigncorrespondent]

80. ROFL

I got 32% (Yankee) and I'm not even American. LOL

[solinvictus]

81. 60% Dixie

Damn Yankees with their "pop"! ;-)

[LeftPeopleFinishFirst]

82. 37% Yankee

well, duh.

[4dsc]

84. 36% yankee...

That's me alright...

[kevinam]

86. 58 % dixie, barely

Great post. I guess this is the score when you live in Ga for 26 of your 31 years, and have two parents from New York...Kevin.

[MrScorpio]

88. The Ex-Pat Detroiter gets 40%, I'm so Yankeefied!!

Go Wings!
Go Pistons!

[Weiners]

89. 22% Strongly Yankee

Born in Australia
Raised in Florida
Go figure

[welshTerrier2]

90. 53% Dixie (barely) for a NY / MA

gotta wonder how accurate this test is ...

[youngred]

91. 43% Yankee

43% (Yankee). There are traces of Yankee in you.

More than traces I think.

[Kathleen04]

92. 38% Yankee

Good Yankee score. I'm from California so I guess it makes sense.

[markses]

93. Bringing the Jubilo to Georgia! YANKEE, bitch!

NYC. ;-)

[TXlib]

94. 37% - Yankee

[LosinIt]

95. 29%Yankee, makes sense since I was born 1 mile from Canada

along the St. Lawrence River. Can't get much farther north than that.

[Beaker]

96. PROUD Yankee all the way, 26%

nt

[dusty64]

99. 26% Yankee,

me too. I guess I've been living in the snow capital waaaaaay too long.

[truthspeaker]

100. 30% Yankee

Qualifications:

When I lived in New York I would have called the road parallel to the highway an "access road", but now that I've been in Minnesota for 15 years I call it a "frontage road".

I pronounce "route" both ways. "Route" as a verb I pronounce like "ow". I got this from the pizza delivery business where it is a technical term for assigning deliveries to drivers based on location.