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

[Lady Rainbow]

Do you talk more like a Yankee or a Southerner?

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

I ended up with 46% Southern. That's what happens when you're married to a Southerner. LOL And I was born in England.

There'a also an "Advanced" test and a Dictionary of Southernisms. And I realized I use more of those than I was aware of.

[TPoptarts]

60% Dixie. Barely in Dixie

Whut

(No wonder my doctor asked me if I grew up in the south )

[Pitseleh]

31% Dixie. You are definitely a Yankee.

Gawd, and I went to school in Florida!

[leslina]

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.

[mjimeyg]

Apparently I am: "40% Dixie. You are definitely a Yankee."

Considering I am a Brit and haven't left the country at anytime in my life... apart from a day trip to Paris (Thats Paris, France!), I find it weird!

Although I am a Londoner so I am from southern England, does that count?

[Alelou]

I'm only 48% Dixie, which I find a little annoyin' seeing as how I grew up down they-uh. A lot of my stuff came up New England. Apparently I've acclimated. Then again, central Florida doesn't really count as the South. However, I did find this a gem of important knowledge for anyone from the north who goes down into the Deep South because this is SO TRUE:

"I have to correct y’all about your definition of “bless your heart” [in your Glossary of Quaint Southernisms]. This is not [only] a compliment, nor is it an expression of encouragement or approval. Quite the contrary, this delightful and right useful expression is frequently called upon because properly bred Southerners (particularly Southern ladies like yours truly) would never want to say a harsh word about anyone. Therefore, we soften it with “bless your heart” or “bless his heart” or “bless her heart”, etc.

Example: “Bless his heart, if you put his brain on the head of a pin it would roll around like a bowlin’ ball on a six-lane highway.” Or “That child has a face only her mother could love, bless her little heart.”

Or an uncouth man says to southern lady, “Damn, woman… You’re FINE!” Southern Lady responds, “Well, bless your heart” rather than giving the uncouth man the “go to hell” he so richly deserves.

[CX]

19% Dixie. Wow! You are a Duke of Yankeedom!

Ironically a lot of the stuff I got said I'd be more from the New England, but I'm very much from the Upper Great Plains here in North Dakota. Some foreigners I've talked to on Teamspeak have actually said I sound a little Cannuk. We don't talk like they do in the movie Fargo though, which actually takes place in Minnesota (where they do talk like that) anyway.

[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!

[TPoptarts]

^ Subs

And it's rout, not root

[Alelou]

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?

In Tampa/Clearwater I'm pretty sure we called those hoagies.

[Distracted]

74% Dixie. "Your neck must be a little red."

[Lady Rainbow]

Apparently I am: "40% Dixie. You are definitely a Yankee."

Considering I am a Brit and haven't left the country at anytime in my life... apart from a day trip to Paris (Thats Paris, France!), I find it weird!

Although I am a Londoner so I am from southern England, does that count?

Hey, I'm originally from London myself. My mom used to be a nurse at Brompton Hospital and I was born at Westminster Hospital. We used to live at a place called Kensington Gardens when I was a kid.

What part are you from?

[thecursor]

29% Dixie...Yankee Doodle Dandy.

That makes sense I was born in Milford, Conn and raised in Shrub Oak, New York.

[Kevin Thomas Riley]

30% Dixie. You are a dandy Yankee Doodle.

Considering I'm Swedish, speaking the Queen's English when I speak English, and having an Irish nom de cyber, maybe I shouldn't be surprised...

[panyasan]

My result 25% Dixie. You are a dandy Yankee Doodle. Should I be suprised?
According to my LOML I speak Oxford Englisch and people ask him most of times which States he is from.