OK, so I’m going to be tied up today getting ready for tomorrow’s party and I don’t feel like writing anything heavy. Somebody sent me this quiz a couple of weeks ago and I thought it was fun. Head on over and take the quiz here. Report your results in the comments.
Funny – I’ve lived in Hampton Roads since I was 3 years old and I only scored 57% – barely Dixie. How the heck is that possible?
I think I’ll blame it on being surrounded by come-heres 
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Vivian,
I was born in Norfolk, VA and have lived here the better part of my life, but I’m barely Dixie as well (59%). It could be due to the fact that I’m a half breed – half southerner, half yankee. Mom born in NC, grew up in VA. Dad born and raised in CT. I’ve also been told that for a southern gal, I don’t really have any accent. =) Later, y’all or yuz guz!
Posted by DAR | Friday, May 23, 2008, 10:40 am50%. I find this incredibly disturbing.
Posted by anonymous | Friday, May 23, 2008, 11:05 am58% (Dixie). Barely into the Dixie category.
Posted by whackette | Friday, May 23, 2008, 11:46 am72% (Dixie). That is a pretty strong Southern score!
The effects of my Maryland upbringing seems to have disappeared.
Posted by eileen | Friday, May 23, 2008, 12:08 pmI got 63% Dixie and there was a comment about it being a strong Southern score. Inexplicable! I’m from New York City – the Bronx – orignally.
Perhaps it’s too much time hanging around my husband’s Tennessee family
Posted by Anonymous Is A Woman | Friday, May 23, 2008, 12:18 pm66%- and I really hate that they consider me a sure Dixie, since I hate that acronym. Group me with the likes of Miss., Alabama,Kentucky, Louisiana,South Carolina, and even certain parts of North Carolina. Vivian you definitely just ruined my life , not to mention the rest of the weekend.
Posted by Gene Magruder | Friday, May 23, 2008, 12:30 pm45% Yankee (barely Yankee). I guess New York hasn’t left me completely yet.
Posted by Sean Holihan | Friday, May 23, 2008, 12:42 pmYou know what they say Sean…”you can take the boy out of the city, but you can’t take the city out of the boy.” — Ah, Gene, hope you don’t have a confederate flag hanging around your house! =)
Posted by DAR | Friday, May 23, 2008, 1:04 pmEileen — Maryland’s south of the Mason Dixie line! I bet that’s what did it.
Posted by anonymous | Friday, May 23, 2008, 1:08 pm40% Yankee. A definitive Yankee.
The Devil’s Night question was a dead giveaway for Michigan, as well as other Midwestern expressions.
However, they did not have “you guys” as an option. I chose “you all” or I would have had even more Yankee, I’m sure.
Posted by spotter | Friday, May 23, 2008, 2:14 pmI also lived in Naaaf’k since I was 3, and only scored a 58%. I blame my Yankee father.
Posted by Anon E. Mouse | Friday, May 23, 2008, 3:09 pmMouse – I feel like that should have been THE question–the only question–for people in our region. “Pronounce Norfolk.” If you think there’s an R in it, you’re from somewhere else. If you think there’s an L in it, English isn’t your first language.
Posted by anonymous | Friday, May 23, 2008, 3:52 pm74% Dixie, but I think that is because I use Ya’ll and Feeder. I don’t really consider Houston a part of the South, though. I did notice that feeder road was isolated to Houston; that’s probably because no place has more of them than Houston.
I wonder how they weight this score. They should have asked how you pronounce Cavern.
Posted by tx2vadem | Friday, May 23, 2008, 4:45 pmI scored 49% — just barely a Yankee.
Yet I’ve lived in Virginia far longer than I lived in my home state of Wisconsin.
It just goes to show how impactful one’s early years are.
Posted by Rick Sincere | Friday, May 23, 2008, 5:32 pmDang, Rick — a UVA man a Yankee?!
Eileen — Maryland IS south of the Mason-Dixon line.
Posted by Anon E. Mouse | Friday, May 23, 2008, 5:37 pm