Comments on: Fun quiz: Yankee or Dixie

By: What accent do you have? : Sun Versus Wind

What accent do you have? : Sun Versus Wind — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 17:19:13 +0000

[...] division as she can. Gives the Republican a better chance this fall. This is similar to the quiz Vivian had up a few weeks ago but has more outcomes than just Yankee or [...]

By: Dominic Melito

Dominic Melito — Sun, 25 May 2008 13:22:05 +0000

40% Definitive Yankee. I wish they would have used the word Met instead of Yankee.

By: Ian Jordan

Ian Jordan — Sat, 24 May 2008 04:14:51 +0000

50% yankee…never lived north of va (or any family from there either)

By: Scott

Scott — Sat, 24 May 2008 01:07:31 +0000

Didn’t see this earlier…

tx2vadem? You don’t remember Military Highway and Virginia Beach Blvd area around here? I thought we called ‘em feeder roads didn’t we? Those went away in the middle 80′s here I think. But we had a few.

By: Scott

Scott — Sat, 24 May 2008 01:05:06 +0000

Ok. Based on some of the comments here and in an email thread regarding this I am very VERY suspect at the accuracy of this quiz!!!

My mom, born and raised in the hills of Kentucky, my dad, born and raised in the truck farms of SOUTHern Georgia. Me? Raised in the north Florida timber lands, summered every year in Georgia and Kentucky.

My score? 57% Dixie. Well I never!

By: Anon E. Mouse

Anon E. Mouse — Sat, 24 May 2008 00:46:52 +0000

My mistake, and I’m glad of it, too. Since you’re not a Wahoo, there’s hope for you.

By: Rick Sincere

Rick Sincere — Fri, 23 May 2008 22:54:57 +0000

As nice as it would be to claim I went to UVA, Anon E. Mouse, the truth is I went to Georgetown and the LSE. I just live near the University of Virginia.

By: HMR

HMR — Fri, 23 May 2008 22:31:20 +0000

70% Dixie. Born and grew up in Maryland, lived here for over 15 years.

By: Brian

Brian — Fri, 23 May 2008 22:07:55 +0000

I was born in Virginia and have lived here for my entire life. I scored 47%. I don’t even want to repeat the description.

By: Anon E. Mouse

Anon E. Mouse — Fri, 23 May 2008 21:37:37 +0000

Dang, Rick — a UVA man a Yankee?!

Eileen — Maryland IS south of the Mason-Dixon line.

By: Rick Sincere

Rick Sincere — Fri, 23 May 2008 21:32:30 +0000

I 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.

By: tx2vadem

tx2vadem — Fri, 23 May 2008 20:45:56 +0000

74% 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.

By: anonymous

anonymous — Fri, 23 May 2008 19:52:54 +0000

Mouse – 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.

By: Anon E. Mouse

Anon E. Mouse — Fri, 23 May 2008 19:09:17 +0000

I also lived in Naaaf’k since I was 3, and only scored a 58%. I blame my Yankee father.

By: I’m Dixie? « The right-wing liberal

I’m Dixie? « The right-wing liberal — Fri, 23 May 2008 18:35:07 +0000

[...] I stumbled across this Yankee/Dixie test via Below the Beltway (Doug got it from Vivian Paige). It sounded like fun, so I took [...]

By: spotter

spotter — Fri, 23 May 2008 18:14:16 +0000

40% 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.

By: anonymous

anonymous — Fri, 23 May 2008 17:08:43 +0000

Eileen — Maryland’s south of the Mason Dixie line! I bet that’s what did it.

By: DAR

DAR — Fri, 23 May 2008 17:04:58 +0000

You 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! =)

By: Below The Beltway » Blog Archive » Are You A Yankee Or A Dixie ?

Below The Beltway » Blog Archive » Are You A Yankee Or A Dixie ? — Fri, 23 May 2008 16:55:37 +0000

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By: Sean Holihan

Sean Holihan — Fri, 23 May 2008 16:42:35 +0000

45% Yankee (barely Yankee). I guess New York hasn’t left me completely yet.

By: Gene Magruder

Gene Magruder — Fri, 23 May 2008 16:30:36 +0000

66%- 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.

By: Anonymous Is A Woman

Anonymous Is A Woman — Fri, 23 May 2008 16:18:45 +0000

I 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

By: eileen

eileen — Fri, 23 May 2008 16:08:20 +0000

72% (Dixie). That is a pretty strong Southern score!

The effects of my Maryland upbringing seems to have disappeared.

By: whackette

whackette — Fri, 23 May 2008 15:46:23 +0000

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

By: anonymous

anonymous — Fri, 23 May 2008 15:05:45 +0000

50%. I find this incredibly disturbing.

By: DAR

DAR — Fri, 23 May 2008 14:40:57 +0000

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!