Are you a Yankee or a Southerner?

[YellowRubberDuckie]

http://www.chuckchamblee.com/dom/fun/yankee_dixie_quiz.htm
I got a definitively southern result. 63%. I don't know whether to be happy about this or to be a little offended? The questions aren't really good measures of southerness, honestly...oh well, it's kinda fun.
Duckie

[JohnKleeb]

1. I took this and got split

[NightTrain]

2. Didn't bother taking the test; I'm a Yankee to the core!

Ayuh!

[Thtwudbeme]

34. Same here; why bother? Southern to the core

Born, raised, will try not to ever leave.

[MrSlayer]

3. Did this a week or so ago. I'm the epitome of Yankee.

[ncrainbowgrrl]

4. 56% (Dixie). Barely into the Dixie category. n//t

[camero]

5. 66% Southerner

I'm actually a mix. Mom from Maine. Dad (GBHS) from Virginia. Born in Maryland. Live in Florida.

[NC_Nurse]

6. I got

75% Dixie, not surprising since I'm in NC and grew up mostly in Atlanta.

[greatauntoftriplets]

7. Barely into the Yankee category...

...yet I have lived in Chicago my entire life.

On edit: Forgot to mention 43 percent. And my entire family has always lived in the North! Not that my score is a bad thing -- guess I am a citizen of the world, LOL.

:shrug:

[Dudley_DUright]

8. Definitely Yankee

Born and raised in WI but now live in FL. The real give away was bubbler for drinking fountain. This is only used much in S. WI and IL (and somewhat in MA for some reason).

[Deja Q]

9. 56% (Dixie). Barely into the Dixie category.

I call it a 'water fountain' and I grew up close to the great lakes (twin cities, MN) - the area they said it's not used in.

I call it "icing", even though it's used in the south and avoided in the great lakes area... :D

I do use "y'all", so what? It sounds cool!



other terms I use are favored in Rhode Island and the NE section of the US; although I was born and raised in twin cities, US.

And don't trust the score, I deliberately changed some answers before scoring. Only TWO of the answers I used were southern-based, so I think my percentile is much lower.

Of course, I speak with a semi-British accent as well because I grew up watching PBS because I was too scared of people...

[ncrainbowgrrl]

12. I said "y'all" about 6 years before coming down south.

Just thought it sounded more inclusive than any of the other options. (Also, I had a sleep-away camp counselor who said y'all, and in retrospect, I had a HUGE crush on her...)

[ConcernedCanuk]

10. I just had to try it !

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Hmmmmm - this is that it told me - -

"63% (Dixie). A definitive Southern score!"

Is that good or bad ?

Or do I get to add/subtract points for being a Canuk ! ?

:shrug:

How do I get a "southern" score

When I'm futher north than NORTH !!

ok - there it is - the disclaimer

"It is provided strictly as-is and for entertainment purposes"

Phew,

I feel better now . . . .

or should I ?

[oxymoron]

11. 48% (Yankee). Barely into the Yankee category.

Born and raised in the Pacific Northwest.

[kdmorris]

13. 65% (Dixie). A definitive Southern score!

Who knew?

:shrug:

[Mr. Brown of MD]

47. Same here

Percentage and all.

Being from Maryland, I don't really identify myself as either a Yankee or a Southerner, but the quiz apparently thinks I'm more of a Southerner.

-CollegeDude
So it goes

[kodi]

14. 48% (Yankee). Barely into the Yankee category.

mischief night carried the day.

[Bake]

15. 95% by God Dixie!

It asked if Gen. Lee is my daddy. He's not, but I know someone who is a direct descendant.

Gotta whup me up some grits and cornbread! (Yankee: What's a grit?)

Bake

No Confederate flags, but proud to be Southern!

[rogerashton]

16. 83% Dixie

which is too low -- I spent my first 26 years in Louisiana. But I'm a born-again Italian.

[MidwestMomma]

17. 61% Dixie

Must be my momma's Oklahoma roots.

[populistmom]

18. 40% (Yankee). A definitive Yankee.

I'm a blend though. My dad's a southerner, I grew up in the midwest, but I've lived in the northeast since I was 15.

[MrSandman]

19. 79% Dixie

[NoPasaran]

20. 60% Dixie

We moved around when I was growing up and I've lived in Texas for the last twenty or so years which counteracted my folks being from New York and Connecticut.

[I AM SPARTACUS]

21. 87% Suhthun...can I getcha a coke t'go wit' dem roly-poly's???

and btw...in New Orleans, we HAVE no subs, grinders, hoagies, nor heros...we DO have po'boys, and they are far tastier than roly-poly's......

[proud patriot]

22. I believe I had relatives on both sides

my mom's side of the family was from the south
and my dad's from the north.

Me I'm a Californian Bay Area Style

[izzie]

23. Guess living with all those Southerns in Alaska and SCar. did me in.

But I still park my car in Harvard Yard.

[sweetheart]

24. 45% yankee barely.

That last question, i call a "water bug" and they din't have an answer for that ... pill bug? nope.

[alwynsw]

25. Definitive Southern, but I already knew that

Now I have a test to prove it!

[Taeger]

26. 48% Yankee

I worked at Tivoli for a while. Picked up too much Texas speak. That y'all probably knocked me out of a good 20% Yankee points ;-)

[kitkatrose]

27. 70% (Dixie). A definitive Southern score!

I lu~uv all flay-vas a' coke! :P

[Jackhammer Jesus]

28. 48% Yankee.

Having been born and raised in Rhode Island, that's a little bit disappointing.

:(

[JVS]

29. 34% A definitive Yankee

Lots of Great Lakes answers

[Sandpiper]

30. 52% Barely Dixie

I spent my first 13 years in Missouri and then 11 in North Carolina. Any good southerner who knows me though would tell you that my dialect is decidedly midwestern.

[VOX]

31. Ah say, Ah am 76% Dixie...

Not surprised, my dad was a Southerner, my mom from Ohio.

And I'm from *Southern* California :)

[Gildor Inglorion]

32. 79% Dixie *yeehaw!*

I'm about as Southern as it's possible to be. I'm also a proud liberal Democrat and a gay Vietnam veteran. To quote W. Whitman, "Do I contradict myself? Very well, then, I contradict myself." :-)

[MiddleRiverRefugee]

33. 57% - but I'm a Marylander

..and therefore easily confused.

[brainwashed_youth]

35. 85% Dixie

Not surprised since I'm a Ga. boy and I had Confederate ancestors

[rockymountaindem]

36. 42% Yankee

[Mrs. Venation]

37. I Don't Need Any Test

to know I'm southern to the core. I was born and raised in the south and I am proud of my roots. Besides that, I simply cannot abide cornbread with sugar in it; the only real cornbread has corn meal, salt, baking soda, an egg and buttermilk. It's best if you heat some bacon grease in the cast iron skillet you're going to bake the cornbread in.

It had to be a yankee who thought of sweetening something as perfect as cornbread! :loveya:

[Bertha Venation]

46. mmm.... cornbread....

:*

[Kathy in Cambridge]

38. 26% (Yankee). You show a very strong Yankee score.

No Shit.

[POed_Ex_Repub]

39. 43% (Yankee). Barely into the Yankee category.

I had a lot of "urban" answers, which is weird since I grew up in a small town.

[pagerbear]

40. American by birth. 77% Southerner by the grace of God!

[AlFrankenFan]

41. 63% (Dixie). A definitive Southern score!

I didn't think I was much of a Southern gal, but hey I guess living in the South for six years did somethin' to me! :)

[Piperay]

42. 43% (Yankee). Barely into the Yankee category.

I'm a Native Californian. :-)

[BelleCarolinaPeridot]

43. 64% (Dixie). A definitive Southern score!

[Maddy McCall]

44. "99% (Dixie). Is General Lee your father?"

Nope, General Lee isn't my father, but I am undoubtedly as Southern as you can get...would like to meet the guy who scored 100%.

Disclaimer: You can be as southern as the day is long without giving a whit about "southern heritage" or General Lee.

[RebelOne]

45. Both. Born in the North and grew up in the South.

But still consider myself a Yankee.

[rocktop15]

48. 80% Dixie--Lived in south all my life

This shocks me. Not a very scientific test but still. I've lived in SE TN all my life (18+ years) but I'm not a neo-conservative Jesus freak. I don't talk with a southern accent either. I answered honestly to every question presented to me.

[yellowcanine]

49. I got 49 % (Barely Yankee) but I grew up in rural PA

I suspect that the people who made up this quiz did not account for urban/rural differences. Yankee/Dixie is way too simplistic. Also, education levels will skew results. As people get more educated, they tend to begin dropping some of their colloquial ways of saying things.

[The Democratic Kid]

50. YANKEE

I live in Az,I'm from Conn. and I am a yankee till I die..... Plus a big Yankee fan, met Joe D. when I was 12

[truthbetold]

51. Apparently...

I'm barely a Yankee even though I consider myself a proud resident of New York state. And not to mention Yankee fan! ;-)

[Anaxamander]

52. 71% Dixie, and if that ain't country I'll kiss your ass

Georgia, sweet Georgia!

[Cuban_Liberal]

53. 34%--- a definitive Yankee. n/t

[phillybri]

54. 49% Yankee

A little too close for my tastes. I'm a die-hard yankee...

[RT Atlanta]

55. 87% Dixie

American by birth, Southern by the grace of God. :) Yes, there is a lot of regional pride in me. Okay, I turned off the sunburn on my neck, back to work.

[Skittles]

56. I will always consider myself a northener

no matter how many years I live in the south and even though I scored 64% Dixie.

[MrSandman]

58. Y'all not from round heah, air ya?

[Skittles]

61. OMG, pronouncing ARE or OUR as "AIR"

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

[GhostThatWalks]

57. south

from the south, Poplarville, MS

[carolinayellowdog]

59. 68% Southern

and surprised to learn that "brew-thru" is a VA/NC localism

[DemExpat]

60. Huh????Childhood in east Texas where roll-up bugs were Doodle-Bugs

and this wasn't an option on the test....

I've been an ex-pat for too long now...only 59% Dixie left in me!

:D

DemEx