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Thu Feb-26-04 05:46 PM
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Thu Feb-26-04 05:50 PM
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1. 34% (Yankee). A definitive Yankee. |
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Thu Feb-26-04 05:53 PM
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It gave me a 58% or barely Dixie. I am appalled. As far as I'm concerned, the War of Southern Treason will live on being called that so long as I draw breath.
I'm a damn Yankee, regardless of what a web application has to say.
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Thu Feb-26-04 05:58 PM
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I got 53% and was shocked! It's all those damn repukes I'm surrounded with -- they done messed with tha way I talk!
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Thu Feb-26-04 06:01 PM
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I have not taken the quiz yet, however. I was born and raised in Charleston, SC and have lived in Boston for 18 years. My motto....Southerner by Birth, Yankee by Choice. Oh, and it was The War of Northern Agression.
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Thu Feb-26-04 06:03 PM
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10. War of Southern Treason is more like it! |
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Thu Feb-26-04 06:10 PM
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14. Flame Bait! Flame Bait! Flame Bait! |
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That's okay RationalRose, I happen to agree with you. (my Father is rolling in his grave right now over that admission)
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Thu Feb-26-04 06:05 PM
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12. OK, I took the test... |
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83% (Dixie). Did you have any Confederate ancestors? That was the result. And yes, I do have many Confederate ancestors and many Yankee ancestors.
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Thu Feb-26-04 05:56 PM
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3. 75% Southern - I'm really 100% southern. Fun test. |
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Thu Feb-26-04 05:57 PM
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38%...definately a Yankee!!! So true, Jersey born and bred
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Thu Feb-26-04 05:58 PM
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Thu Feb-26-04 07:28 PM
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Despite my drinking soda and taking the route (like clout) to school.
Wow, I never even thought about these differences! The only ones that I had ever thought of were soda (vs. pop) and the various forms of y'all.
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Thu Feb-26-04 05:59 PM
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Edited on Thu Feb-26-04 05:59 PM by YNGW
The proper term is either "Southerner" or "Rebel".
100% from the South, BTW.
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Thu Feb-26-04 06:02 PM
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9. 65% (Dixie). A definitive Southern score! |
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Thu Feb-26-04 06:04 PM
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I'm a transplant from the deep South to Oklahoma.
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Thu Feb-26-04 09:05 PM
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38. 64% Dixie. Definitive southern.... |
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After 15 years I still just got here.:shrug:
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Thu Feb-26-04 06:08 PM
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:bounce: :bounce: :bounce:
(The other 8% probably comes from my Early American ancestors from New York and Delaware.)
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Thu Feb-26-04 06:15 PM
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Thu Feb-26-04 06:18 PM
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Edited on Thu Feb-26-04 06:20 PM by wellstone_democrat
a few "southern" and "westernisms" have crept into my vocabulary over the years out of NE---I'm barely a Yankee.
This is very distressing. After all, I'm not only born Yankee but my ancestors invented the "Yankee" in 1620.
Crazy internet crap: Born Yankee, will die Yankee.
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Thu Feb-26-04 06:25 PM
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Pretty accurate, as I was born in the Midwest and have lived about half my life in the South now.
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Thu Feb-26-04 06:30 PM
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I only got 61% and other than 3 years in North Carolina, I've lived my entire life in South Carolina. How is that possible? Must be the influence of those damned yankees. . . God bless 'em!
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Thu Feb-26-04 06:27 PM
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18. 49% - Barely a Yankee |
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However, I will defend the use of "Y'all" to the bitter end!!!
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Thu Feb-26-04 06:32 PM
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20. And, on a totally unrelated note . . . . |
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That makes 5000 POSTS, Y'ALL!!! YEE-HAH!!!
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Thu Feb-26-04 06:36 PM
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21. 55% Dixie...and yeah I agree with that. |
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I'm a native of Chicago, but spent my Jr high, high school, & college years in Kentucky...so, yeah half & half is about right.
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Thu Feb-26-04 06:38 PM
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How could I, who was born in New Hampshire, grew up in Maine, went to school in Mass and has only even BEEN to the south a few times be considered 100% Dixie?
I had two answers that were "slightly" biased toward the south and three that were heavily biased toward New England. This thing computes like my cat! I call 'em sneakers! I call it a bubbler for god's sake!
And why the hell wasn't there the appropriate answer for addressing a group: "you".
Grrr.
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Thu Feb-26-04 06:55 PM
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see mine above-=----by the way, the only word for a road near a highway I ever heard was "frontage road" which apparently isn't a NH word but southern and western (huh?). Someone better go up to Laconia and tell my grandma.
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Thu Feb-26-04 06:46 PM
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23. 74% Dixie. Surprised it wasn't much higher. |
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Thu Feb-26-04 06:53 PM
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24. 39% - Definite Yankee |
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Not surprised born, raised and still living in the southwest suburbs of Chicago.
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Thu Feb-26-04 06:53 PM
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25. 66% Dixie, but I was born in MN?? |
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Of course, I've lived in the South most of my adult life, but I still consider myself a Minnesotan, donchaknow.
Uff Da!!
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Thu Feb-26-04 06:56 PM
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27. "74% (Dixie). That is a pretty strong Southern score!" |
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I grew up in Maryland, technically south of the Mason Dixon line, so I guess it makes sense...
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Thu Feb-26-04 07:11 PM
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28. 71% (Dixie). That is a pretty strong Southern score! |
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Could be better. :evilgrin:
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Thu Feb-26-04 07:30 PM
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30. im an Atlanta native yankee |
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that war was over before I was born, although some rednecks outside the city dont necessarily agree
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Thu Feb-26-04 07:31 PM
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Born and raised in Alabama and Georgia so what do ya expect? Interesting side note I do customer service for a credit card and most northern callers are surprised when I tell them I'm in the deep south. Evidently I have no accent cept for the ya'll thing.
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Thu Feb-26-04 08:08 PM
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And yes I may have had a Confederate ancestor or two!!! Or Twelve!!!
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Thu Feb-26-04 08:14 PM
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That's a hoot, seeing as how I've never spent much time in Dixie, other than the occasional week here and there at the shore.
I DO love grits tho', so maybe there's something to this after all. Hmmmm......
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Thu Feb-26-04 08:32 PM
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Edited on Thu Feb-26-04 08:41 PM by dusty64
Not surprising since I've lived in CNY my whole life.
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Thu Feb-26-04 08:49 PM
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Must be because I'm a Mets fan. I've lived in the NY metro area all my life and the only trips I've made south of the Mason-Dixon line have been to relatives in Florida...the parts of Florida that are like Long Island with palm trees.
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Thu Feb-26-04 08:55 PM
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36. 50% (Yankee). Barely into the Yankee category. |
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Thu Feb-26-04 08:59 PM
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37. Yes, let this Progressive site hate Dixie by poll!!! |
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Let us encourage the hatred of a huge geographical area...
Way to go.
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Thu Feb-26-04 09:13 PM
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39. I didn't know Michiganians wern't |
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considered yankees.:shrug:
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Thu Feb-26-04 10:13 PM
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40. Makes no sense at all -- says I'm 63% Dixie |
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I'm a pure New York City girl, who's never lived anywhere south of eastern Pennsylvania. And when I look at the test on an answer by answer basis, most of them are scored as either northeast or nationwide. Did it mark me as southern just because I say pa-jah-mas? Weird.
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Fri Feb-27-04 12:26 AM
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43. New Englanders say Pa-JAAH-mas too |
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I think the test isn't accurate.
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Thu Feb-26-04 10:22 PM
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All those %#@*&! years in FL!
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Thu Feb-26-04 10:35 PM
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42. OMG: 58% (Dixie). Barely into the Dixie category. |
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WTF! I grew up in California....must be my Southern roots:).
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Fri Feb-27-04 01:18 AM
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I couldn't get to the website: "Not Found The requested URL /dom/fun/yankee_dixie_quiz.htm was not found on this server."
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