Do you talk more like a Yankee or a Southerner? (US)

[JadziaKathryn]

15% Dixie. Wow! You are a Duke of Yankeedom!

I'm a New Englander born and raised, so the 15% actually surprised me.

You know those long sandwiches piled up with meat and veggies? They're Italians, people, Italians!

Not in Western Mass they ain't. They're subs. You must be Boston-area?

Nope. I'm a Pine Tree State gal.

[Mitchell]

41% Dixie. Barely in Yankeedom.

I find this just a tad odd.
Considering I have a pretty even mix, of North Central, an South East PA isms in my daily speakin. Comes from being a transplant.

That said. I do know of several Farmers from Lancaster County. An God its hard to beleave they were raised on the right side of the Mason Dixon line.

My result (no surprise): 15% Dixie. Wow! You are a Duke of Yankeedom!


You're goddamn right. Bronx born and bred baby. Still I have a tendency to adapt my accent according to the region I'm in, but when I'm at the Wawa, they know, oh they know... because it's a HERO dammit, not a... ::shudder:: hoagie... ew. Who came up with that horrid name and how can anyone put something called a--hoagie--in their mouth.

Sorry. But to those that grew up around the Philly part of the country. Its a Hoagie!
Ive been tryin to get these Ridge runners up here in Northern PA, to stop callin it a Sub.
A Sub is afreakin Ship Damn it. Not a sandewich.

[CX]

Yes, ships they resemble, hence the name of the sandwich and the restaurant chain. And if you want to get technical, originally they were known as grinders.

[Alelou]

Ah! I forgot -- yes, THAT'S what they call them in Western Mass. So explain THAT etymology! That's a weird one.

[Elessar]

HEY! I object! Question 19 (What's a drive through liquor store called?) doesn't have the option "Beer Barn"!

Seriously, that's what WE call it...

LOL, I got "78% Dixie. Your neck must be a just little rosy!"

I use a lot of variable expressions though. Like it depends on company whether I'll say "Yall" or "you all". I find that I get along a little better out in the boondocks if I slip back into the accent I've picked up. Yet, when I'm talking to parents, professionals, professors, etc... I annunciate better. I don't exactly use southern slang when I'm talking about physics

A lot of times I'm not even thinking about it. Yesterday I blew a tire on the highway and they sent a trucker out to me to put my spare on (I didn't have a jack or tire wrench) and I found myself slipping back into it talking to the people that came b/c it was just the nature of the situation. I mean the trucker crew were a 50+ yr old husband and wife, you don't get much more redneck than workin' with the 'maw on a truck crew

[Lady Rainbow]

HEY! I object! Question 19 (What's a drive through liquor store called?) doesn't have the option "Beer Barn"!

Seriously, that's what WE call it...

LOL, I got "78% Dixie. Your neck must be a just little rosy!"

"Beer Barn?" We've always called in a "brew thru".

Just last night I was talking with my sister and told her, "My kids are making a ruckus." And she said, "You're talking just like Robert (hubby). Think you've been in the South a little too long." LOL

[Elessar]

HEY! I object! Question 19 (What's a drive through liquor store called?) doesn't have the option "Beer Barn"!

Seriously, that's what WE call it...

LOL, I got "78% Dixie. Your neck must be a just little rosy!"

"Beer Barn?" We've always called in a "brew thru".

Just last night I was talking with my sister and told her, "My kids are making a ruckus." And she said, "You're talking just like Robert (hubby). Think you've been in the South a little too long." LOL

I remember how I cringed the first time I heard my mom say "It's fixin to storm outside."

, I still don't use that one. I don't know, it just doesn't roll off my tongue the way a lot of others do instinctively.

[Lady Rainbow]

Yeah, my father-in-law uses "fixin' to" all the time. I used to ask, "You're what??" And he uses "ain't" and "kain't" all the time too. My mother-in-law is from the Midwest and she STILL winces when he uses 'em.

[Elessar]

Some of mine were even a little more dixie than the options on there. Like I said, Beer Barn isn't on there. Also we didn't call em "crawdads", we called em "crawdaddies".

I also don't understand the soda/pop one. There's always so much debate over that. When I selected "soda", it said "Northeast and California". EVERYONE I know in Missouri says soda. My mom grew up saying "pop" in Iowa.

They also should have asked "totebag", "knapsack", "backpack", etc. I said backpack when I lived in Arizona but everybody here says "totebag". But I still say "backpack" or often times just "bag", even referring specifically to a backpack.

They might also ask "seabag", "duffel bag", or there's probaly some others. And they prolly should have asked how you pronounce 'prolly'

[CX]

It is always "soda" or "soda-pop", because it has soda water as its base. It is never "pop" under any circumstance.

[leslina]

Sorry. But to those that grew up around the Philly part of the country. Its a Hoagie! Ive been tryin to get these Ridge runners up here in Northern PA, to stop callin it a Sub. A Sub is afreakin Ship Damn it. Not a sandewich.

Oh, I know all about you Philly folk and your werter and ::shudder:: hoagies. GAWD I hate that word!

But whom am I to judge. Back in May my students and I were moved into a trailer during renovations in the school building. I explained to the students that because of the AC, the room would get very cold and to please bring a sweatah to class from that day forward. Didn't hear the end of that one until the end of classes.

[Elessar]

Sorry. But to those that grew up around the Philly part of the country. Its a Hoagie! Ive been tryin to get these Ridge runners up here in Northern PA, to stop callin it a Sub. A Sub is afreakin Ship Damn it. Not a sandewich.

Oh, I know all about you Philly folk and your werter and ::shudder:: hoagies. GAWD I hate that word!

But whom am I to judge. Back in May my students and I were moved into a trailer during renovations in the school building. I explained to the students that because of the AC, the room would get very cold and to please bring a sweatah to class from that day forward. Didn't hear the end of that one until the end of classes.

Off topic! I love firefly! I think your sig line was "You live on a spaceship dear", not "we" but there is a fraction of a chance that I'm wrong.

[leslina]

Off topic! I love firefly! I think your sig line was "You live on a spaceship dear", not "we" but there is a fraction of a chance that I'm wrong.

I'll have to check my disc 4 of Firefly when I have two open eye lids and a few more working brain cells in the morning. It's a favorite exchange of dialogue of mine from any fandom and I quickly looked up a Firefly quote site for the lines. I hate moving.

[blacknblue]

I took the advanced accent test and got

100% Dixie. Is General Lee your grandfather?!

Not hardly.

[evcake]

How can I be a Yankee? Don't they live in New England?
31% Dixie? I've lived most of my life in the Pacific Northwest. We didn't seem to be represented at all.