Fun quiz: Are you a Yankee or a Rebel?

Petrie. · **on:** June 06, 2006, 01:32:52 PM

No I'm not being discriminatory...that's what the test is called. ^^

http://www.alphadictionary.com/articles/yankeetest.html

And my result: 39% Dixie. You are definitely a Yankee. (well gee I hope so, I live in their state!

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Just some of my responses that certainly were isolated to the Northeast:

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How do you pronounce the second syllable in pajamas?

* Rhymes with jam

How do you pronounce "route"?

* Rhymes with root

How do you address a group of people?

* You(se) guys

What's the tiny lobster that crawls around in creek bottoms?

* Crayfish

What do you call gym shoes?

* Sneakers

Where might you get water in a public building?

* Drinking fountain

What is that bubbly carbonated drink called?

* Soda

The rest of my responses were pretty much "common throughout US". The only one where I was labeled dixie was the "cot" "caught" one since I do pronounce those differently. ^^

Malte279 · **Reply #1 on:** June 06, 2006, 02:12:07 PM

My result:

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30% Dixie. You are a Yankee Doodle Dandy.

Not too much of a surprise with my Minnesota exchange and possible influences from British English. In a few cases I had to "guess" what I would call it having never seen anything like what was described in the text. Why would anyone throw toilet paper over a house?
I need to give the url to my American English professor (who is by birth a rebel (born in Virginia and in fact a descendant of R. E. Lee) can talk about every single American accent + British English + almost perfect German).

action9000 · **Reply #2 on:** June 06, 2006, 02:47:40 PM

Haha why not?

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25% Dixie. You are a Yankee Doodle Dandy.

Littlefoot Fan · **Reply #3 on:** June 06, 2006, 02:54:27 PM

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18% Dixie. Wow! You are a Duke of Yankeedom!

Yaaay!

...oohh wait is that a good thing?

Hehe

Dash The Longneck · **Reply #4 on:** June 06, 2006, 10:50:28 PM

44% Dixie. Barely in Yankeedom.

When I first saw this site I thought it was about the New York Yankees the baseball team. I watch too much TV.

Littlefoot Fan · **Reply #5 on:** June 06, 2006, 10:52:42 PM

So did I

hehe

WeirdRaptor · **Reply #6 on:** June 07, 2006, 04:20:44 AM

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38% Dixie. You are definitely a Yankee.

was my score. Hey, I'm a Yankee from Illinois, what could ya'll have ben expectin'.

F-14 Ace · **Reply #7 on:** June 07, 2006, 02:20:20 PM

I got 71% Dixie!

: Hey, I live in alabama! What do you expect? I think I use good grammar. My spelling just sucks! My mom came from Georgia and my dad from Virginia. I know some people who would have gotten 100% Dixie on the test.
(I went back and got 100% just to see what it said. 100% Dixie! Was General Lee your grndfather?

) Hey, I ain't no redneck! (says it with a DEEP SOUTH accent.)

It told me that my neck was probably slightly pink!

Petrie. · **Reply #8 on:** June 07, 2006, 02:49:45 PM

I wonder how it is that people here can be more Yankee than me?

New York is the place for them.

WeirdRaptor · **Reply #9 on:** June 07, 2006, 03:37:22 PM

Speaking of being related to General Lee... *raises hand tentatively* ...I am actually related to him.

Malte279 · **Reply #10 on:** June 07, 2006, 03:59:12 PM

Are you? How closely are you related to him?

pokeplayer984 · **Reply #11 on:** June 07, 2006, 05:33:42 PM

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45% Dixie. Barely in Yankeedom.

Hmm, interesting result. B)

WeirdRaptor · **Reply #12 on:** June 07, 2006, 07:06:40 PM

To Malte:Distantly. My Great Mother was the daughter of a cousin (I don't know how far removed) of his.

To pokerplayer: That's still more Yankee than my mother (though a whole less than my father). They're visiting for the week, and on whim I had them take the test. She got a 48%. My dad got a 12%.

Manny Cav · **Reply #13 on:** November 11, 2007, 06:17:18 PM

I just had to do this.

"53% Dixie. Barely in Dixie"

TheNumberOneShmuck · **Reply #14 on:** November 11, 2007, 06:43:13 PM

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21% Dixie. You are a dandy Yankee Doodle.

Lawl?

DarkHououmon · **Reply #15 on:** November 11, 2007, 07:25:31 PM

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50% Dixie. Barely in Yankeedom.

This isn't really that accurate because some responses there was more than one answer I could have given, and at least two I didn't know at all so I had to guess.

Kor · **Reply #16 on:** November 12, 2007, 10:32:58 AM

I got 55% dixie, barely in dixie. I guess partly since I grew up in a large city, even though I've only lived in Texas, that and perhaps since I try to speak correct English.

Amaranthine · **Reply #17 on:** June 22, 2008, 07:48:29 PM

This was my result: 39% Dixie. You are definitely a Yankee.

Funny even though I'm from California I pronouce "aunt" like "want".

Ptyra · **Reply #18 on:** June 22, 2008, 10:36:35 PM

I believe the proper term would be Union or Confederate

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44% Dixie. Barely in Yankeedom.

I guess Confederate

: . But I still have my Union values; no slavery, for example. Of course, there's a lot of them.

Ptyra · **Reply #19 on:** June 22, 2008, 10:39:01 PM

Quote from: WeirdRaptor,Jun 7 2006 on 01:37 PM

Speaking of being related to General Lee... *raises hand tentatively* ...I am actually related to him.

My youngest brother would go nuts

! He's a Civil War buff (wanna know how far? He tried to read the Personal Memories of Ulusses S. Grant

: ). But then, I am very distantly related to one of John Adam's siblings

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