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 😉 .
VIVIAN J. PAIGE | All Politics is Local 
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!
50%. I find this incredibly disturbing.
58% (Dixie). Barely into the Dixie category.
72% (Dixie). That is a pretty strong Southern score!
The effects of my Maryland upbringing seems to have disappeared.
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 🙂
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.
45% Yankee (barely Yankee). I guess New York hasn’t left me completely yet.
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! =)
Eileen — Maryland’s south of the Mason Dixie line! I bet that’s what did it.
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.
I also lived in Naaaf’k since I was 3, and only scored a 58%. I blame my Yankee father. 🙂
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.
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.