Are You a Rebel or a Yankee?

[Warka]

Take the quiz: http://www.alphadictionary.com/articles/yankeetest.html

I scored:

46% Dixie. Barely in Yankeedom.

[catfish]

this is my score

33% Dixie. You are definitely a Yankee.

[~The Southern Oracle~]

Mine said this.....''67% Dixie under the Mason-Dixie line''.....:)

[Mike]

8% Dixie. Need help digging out of the snow?Well, I do come from New England.

[Ken]

78% Dixie. Your neck must be a just little rosy!

Sounds about right.

[harjit]

When Azimuth tells people "I suggest you control your chimpin'" I picture it said in a fake Southern accent, like some cop saying it to to an over-active black fellow. Maybe it needs "boy" at the end of the sentence.

[Warka]

Sounds about right.

I'm happy with my score, too. Although I'm far north of the Mason-Dixon, there's a lotta hillbilly influence, God bless 'em, around these parts (Rust Belt).

[Niccolo and Donkey]

Harjit's Result:

100% Paki

[Sluggo892]

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

Isn't Yankee really a term for someone from New England or the North Eastern US? I don't feel like a Yankee out here in the Midwest.

[Warka]

Isn't Yankee really a term for someone from New England or the North Eastern US? I don't feel like a Yankee out here in the Midwest.

Depends on where in the Midwest you're at. I could argue that Detroit, for example, is less Yankee than, say, Chicago. There are undoubtedly a number of large cities in Ohio, however, even less so than Detroit.

[Sluggo892]

Depends on where in the Midwest you're at. I could argue that Detroit, for example, is less Yankee than, say, Chicago. There are undoubtedly a number of large cities in Ohio, however, even less so than Detroit.

A humorous aphorism attributed to E. B. White summarizes these distinctions:

To foreigners, a Yankee is an American.
To Americans, a Yankee is a Northerner.
To Northerners, a Yankee is an Easterner.
To Easterners, a Yankee is a New Englander.
To New Englanders, a Yankee is a Vermonter.
And in Vermont, a Yankee is somebody who eats pie for breakfast.

[Warka]

A humorous aphorism attributed to E. B. White summarizes these distinctions:

To foreigners, a Yankee is an American.
To Americans, a Yankee is a Northerner.
To Northerners, a Yankee is an Easterner.
To Easterners, a Yankee is a New Englander.
To New Englanders, a Yankee is a Vermonter.
And in Vermont, a Yankee is somebody who eats pie for breakfast.

That's a good one that pretty much explains it.

[Mikhail Belovolk]

48% Dixie. Barely in Yankeedom.

Sounds like me.

[Mike]

A humorous aphorism attributed to E. B. White summarizes these distinctions:

To foreigners, a Yankee is an American.
To Americans, a Yankee is a Northerner.
To Northerners, a Yankee is an Easterner.
To Easterners, a Yankee is a New Englander.
To New Englanders, a Yankee is a Vermonter.
And in Vermont, a Yankee is somebody who eats pie for breakfast.This is utterly true. When I was in Ireland, this is very close to the way I explained it.

[Arcturus]

43 per cent.

[Copperhead]

33% Dixie. You are definitely a Yankee.

The sandwich is "hoagie". That's what did it, I think.

[Errigal]

40% Dixie. You are definitely a Yankee.

[O'Zebedee]

34% Dixie. You are definitely a Yankee.

[Grace]

43% Dixie. Barely in Yankeedom.

Hmm.

[Mike]

I'm guessing whoever wrote this song was probably a rebel:

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[Grace]

Does anyone really call a grocery bag a "poke"?

As in, "a pig in a poke"?

[Constantine]

74% Dixie. Your neck must be a just little rosy!

Interestingly, a lot of the answers that I gave came back 'common throughout the US'. Which confirms my belief that the California accent, which I what I have, is just all the different accents from the US melded into one.

Politically and in terms of where my heart and heritage is: I'm rebel born, rebel bred and when I die, I'll be rebel dead.

http://www.sonofthesouth.net/leefoundation/robert-e-lee-pictures/General-Robert-e-lee.jpg

[mladikov]

49% Dixie. Barely in Yankeedom.

Must be all the Texas/Midwestern transplants around the LA suburbs, I guess.

[Aule]

10% Dixie. Need help digging out of the snow?

[Michael Vilmar Avery]

Don't need no dang test.. am a total Rebel!

It is very common in these Pacific Northwest Redneck parts to see the Confederate Battle Flag fly! And this is literally thousands of miles from Dixie! The White Man is still around!


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[Jake Featherston]

44% Dixie. Barely in Yankeedom.

[Jake Featherston]

And in Vermont, a Yankee is somebody who eats pie for breakfast.

Pumpkin pie makes an excellent breakfast.

[Jake Featherston]

Does anyone really call a grocery bag a "poke"?

I've spent significant time in North Carolina and Florida, and I never heard anyone say it. Maybe in 1975, but I don't think today (unless maybe they're senior citizens).

[Mackie]

70% dixie.
what the fuck.

[Razor Ramon]

8% Dixie. Need help digging out of the snow?

Well, I grew up in New England.

[Gregz]

49% Dixie. Barely in Yankeedom. :popcorn:

[Dreadnought]

70% dixie.
what the fuck.

That describes more than a few Finns I've met

[Graves]

79% Colonial Yankee by birth and Tory by choice.

[ScottishStalinist1]

39% Dixie. You are definitely a Yankee.

[Graves]

39% Dixie. You are definitely a Yankee.Ah, but how much? A real "Down Easter" or just from New Jersey? At 39% Dixie, I'd say he's from New Jersey.

[Svafnir]

70% dixie.
what the fuck.
55% Dixie? FML, I'm less rebel than a Finn? Kiss my Rebel a...

[Vissario]

40% Dixie. You are definitely a Yankee

This test is a little rediculous if it thinks that being from the upper mid-west (Fort Wayne, Indiana) constitutes being a "yankee".

[tricknologist]

74% Dixie. Your neck must be a just little rosy!

And this is despite the fact that a New Orleans accent sounds like a NYC accent.

[WillieBrennan]

89% Dixie. Do you still use Confederate money?

:D

[Locksley Hall]

34% Dixie. You are definitely a Yankee.

[MadScienceType]

70% dixie.
what the fuck.

Redneck is a redneck. Doesn't matter where you are.

Mine was 86% Dixie Do you still use Confederate money?

I know it was the "Coke" answer. You ask a waitress for a Coke down here and she'll ask you what kind of Coke you want. Then you say you want a Dr. Pepper.

No, I don't understand it either.

[Argentlum]

49% dixie, the rest yankee is what I scored.
I used to live in the midwest, and many people think I have a foreign accent but those that know better don't think so.

[Gruppenführer Glitter]

"38% Dixie. You are definitely a Yankee."

A Finn is more Dixie than me and I live in Texas.

[Argentlum]

Do you live in the big city, Glitter? Maybe larger populations like big cities are more alike in some ways than their small town neighbors.

[Apocales]

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[Gruppenführer Glitter]

Do you live in the big city, Glitter? Maybe larger populations like big cities are more alike in some ways than their small town neighbors.

I live in Dallas. I think large cities being culturally and linguistically alike is probably true in these times of mass consumerism and frequent moving. You have to go outside of Dallas to hear a genuine Texas accent.

Whenever I'm out of the state and mention that I grew up in Texas, people ask why I don't have the accent.

[Argentlum]

A few months agao I met a few people who moved from Texas to here in San Francisco and they didn't have the long drawn out accent either. In fact some folks might have thought they were from here since they had the hippie/ slight goth look. I never would have guessed they were from Texas but my instincts did tell me they weren't from here.

[Universe-Hun]

52% Dixie. Barely in Dixie

A healthy blend of "America".

[Apocales]

46% Dixie. Barely in Yankeedom.

[Parapliers]

55% I knew what answers were wanted but I answered honestly. I took the advanced test and only got 25%.

[John the Savage]

100% Paki

Around these parts, we still call 'em diaper heads.

[Arrow Cross]

57% Dixie. Barely in Dixie
Far away from the language books, I have strayed.

[VUK]

71% Dixie. Your neck must be a just little rosy!

[I am a Noun]

31% Dixie. You are definitely a Yankee.

I am from Joisey.

[Thomas777]

21% Dixie. You are a dandy Yankee Doodle.

http://www.philadelphia-reflections.com/images/AlexanderHamilton.jpg

[President Camacho]

38% Dixie. You are definitely a Yankee.

[OutOfPlaceMan]

hah 12 D is hilarious

43% yeeehaw

[Cardinal]

79% Dixie. Your neck must be a just little rosy!

[TheOne]

34% Dixie. You are definitely a Yankee.

[Keystone]

14% Dixie. Wow! You are a Duke of Yankeedom!

We pronounce "route" as "raahht" and gym shoes were called "tennies".

We pronounce "pronounce" as pranaahhnce". LOL

[Aleksei]

31% Dixie. You are definitely a Yankee.

[Don Diego Vega]

33% Dixie. You are definitely a Yankee.


I AM A MET FAN!!!!!!:mad:

[rocco44]

88% Do you still use Confederate money?

[007]

55% Dixie? FML, I'm less rebel than a Finn? Kiss my Rebel a...

I got 60 % Dixie and I'm English. :D

[Cardinal]

Does anyone here say 'fixin'? Like - I'm fixin to go to the store.

I never even noticed I said that (well never really paid attention to the actual word) until a woman I worked with brought it to my attention. She was from NH and the rest of us from here but I was the only one to use that expression.

I've looked up some terms and found them to have been common in Appalachia - but we're not in Appalachia -- I guess maybe farther back we were? I need to do some genealogy research. The only thing I've done so far is search the origins of both my sides surnames - and they're either Welsh/Welsh or Welsh/English. The paternal side shows up in both, but still predominantly Wales.

Here are a couple of expressions I always heard, and never knew what they were until recent years.

Timbuktu -- from here to Timbuktu
(that might be a common expression - I'm sure I've heard that elsewhere)

King Farouk -- He thinks he's King Farouk

Why would they have expressions about West Africa and Egypt? They are not in the bible - I searched. Were those popular sayings back in the day , in general .. just Appalachia .. or from old expressions used a few hundred years ago in Wales/Eng/Scot/Ire?

I find this interesting. I wish I had cared about this sort of stuff years ago. Almost all my aunts and uncles have died off.

[007]

Timbuktu -- from here to Timbuktu
(that might be a common expression - I'm sure I've heard that elsewhere)

King Farouk -- He thinks he's King Farouk

Why would they have expressions about West Africa and Egypt? They are not in the bible - I searched. Were those popular sayings back in the day , in general .. just Appalachia .. or from old expressions used a few hundred years ago in Wales/Eng/Scot/Ire?

I find this interesting. I wish I had cared about this sort of stuff years ago. Almost all my aunts and uncles have died off.

I've heard "from here to Timbuktu" a lot. Not sure where it comes from. Farouk was notorious for his extravagance at one time. He died in 1965

[Cardinal]

I've heard "from here to Timbuktu" a lot. Not sure where it comes from. Farouk was notorious for his extravagance at one time. He died in 1965


Oh.. indeed he did. I figured he was from much farther back. *reading & knowledge fail* lol :o

[Dances with Wolves]

Does anyone here say 'fixin'? Like - I'm fixin to go to the store.

I never even noticed I said that (well never really paid attention to the actual word) until a woman I worked with brought it to my attention. She was from NH and the rest of us from here but I was the only one to use that expression.

I've looked up some terms and found them to have been common in Appalachia - but we're not in Appalachia -- I guess maybe farther back we were? I need to do some genealogy research. The only thing I've done so far is search the origins of both my sides surnames - and they're either Welsh/Welsh or Welsh/English. The paternal side shows up in both, but still predominantly Wales.

Here are a couple of expressions I always heard, and never knew what they were until recent years.

Timbuktu -- from here to Timbuktu
(that might be a common expression - I'm sure I've heard that elsewhere)

King Farouk -- He thinks he's King Farouk

Why would they have expressions about West Africa and Egypt? They are not in the bible - I searched. Were those popular sayings back in the day , in general .. just Appalachia .. or from old expressions used a few hundred years ago in Wales/Eng/Scot/Ire?

I find this interesting. I wish I had cared about this sort of stuff years ago. Almost all my aunts and uncles have died off.

I used to say fixin a lot but have dropped it some since I haven't lived in the south for years. Another saying I've only heard in the South is what you call a mean person. "that person is being ugly". "Don't be so ugly to your sister, heah?"

100% Dixie. Is General Lee your grandfather?! is what I scored on the test :)

[Razor Ramon]

I've heard "from here to Timbuktu" a lot. Not sure where it comes from. Farouk was notorious for his extravagance at one time. He died in 1965

My grandmother used to say "from here to Timbuktu." It must be a Yankee expression. If my grandfather was driving aimlessly and wouldn't ask for directions then my grandmother would say that he was going "all around Robin Hood's barn." I've never heard anyone else use that expression. My great-grandmother used to say that something "hurt like the dickens." Another thing my grandmother did was pronounce wash like warsh. I started hearing that prononciation of it again after I moved to the Midwest.

[007]

My grandmother used to say "from here to Timbuktu." It must be a Yankee expression. If my grandfather was driving aimlessly and wouldn't ask for directions then my grandmother would say that he was going "all around Robin Hood's barn." I've never heard anyone else use that expression. My great-grandmother used to say that something "hurt like the dickens." Another thing my grandmother did was pronounce wash like warsh. I started hearing that prononciation of it again after I moved to the Midwest.

Never heard Robin Hood's barn but I've heard warsh in Canada and England

[Dante]

25% Dixie. You are a dandy Yankee Doodle.

Not bad for someone like myself who is from New England.

[Cardinal]

Never heard the Robinhood' Barn expression. I've heard the being ugly expression mostly from blacks. We used hateful for being mean. Vulgarity is cussing. Other people around here say cursing or swearing, especially blacks.

My mom use to pronounce wash like warsh and rinse like wrench.

Puny means feeling under the weather or slightly sick.
Peak-eyed means you're not looking well, need to rest or you'll get sick. Has to do with circles around the eyes.
Ill means in a bad mood - nothing to do with being sick. lol

If it rained when the sun was out meant the devil was beating his wife. :rofl: That one is sorta crazy.

[Dances with Wolves]

Yeah, warshing sounds like a midwest accent. I hear it a lot here in Missouri. I've never heard the term Ugly used by blacks in that way but then again blacks use Ya'll also. Of course they learned English from Southern Whites, which is why you can't understand them in the first place :)

Also, "Soul Food" other than for a few dishes like chittlens and pigs feet is in reality southern cooking for the most part. Collard greens and blackeyed peas did not originate with negros by a long shot.

[Gaear Grimsrud]

35% Dixie. You are definitely a Yankee.

Goddamn test, I sure as hell am not a Yankee. Them's fightin' words.

[Dances with Wolves]

Goddamn test, I sure as hell am not a Yankee. Them's fightin' words.

Give 'em the rebel yell, Grims!

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[Razor Ramon]

My grandmother also would say that someone was cross if they were angry.

The first time I heard the word cuss was after my family moved south when i was a teenager and I had never heard it before. We called it swearing.

[Fredo Mantacular]

39% Dixie. You are definitely a Yankee.

Born, in the South, raised in the NE and residing in the SE....I guess Im a rebel yankee..

[Thomas_Sankara]

I'm a San Francisco Giant xD

[rocco44]

If my grandfather was driving aimlessly and wouldn't ask for directions then my grandmother would say that he was going "all around Robin Hood's barn." I've never heard anyone else use that expression.

My mother uses that phrase as well. She is from southeastern Ohio, which is considered part of appalachia. I have no idea what the source of it is, she will say it if someone is taking the long way to get somewhere while driving.

I've never heard anyone else use it either.

[redknight]

25% Dixie. You are a dandy Yankee Doodle. Right o, folks.

[IZVN]

88% Rebel : Are you still using Confederate money?

[Mailman]

100% Dixie. Is General Lee your grandfather?!

No, I didn't cheat!

[Mailman]

Isn't Yankee really a term for someone from New England or the North Eastern US?

You are correct.

I don't feel like a Yankee out here in the Midwest.

You aren't.

As a Southerner I have to admit that I saw a whole lot more hospitality and neighborliness when I lived in the Midwest than a lot of the places I've lived in in "the New South".

The disappearing Southern accent by women is what aches me more than just about anything. They just ain't appealin' without it.

[Rebel]

63% Dixie.Well under the Mason-Dixon Line

[Rebel]

You are correct.



You aren't.

As a Southerner I have to admit that I saw a whole lot more hospitality and neighborliness when I lived in the Midwest than a lot of the places I've lived in in "the New South".

The disappearing Southern accent by women is what aches me more than just about anything. They just ain't appealin' without it.

It's the opposite for me. I live in South Dakota right now and these people are just like yankees...get on my nerves like yankees to! I miss my south only 2 more weeks in hell

[Will Williams]

89% Dixie. Do you still use the word nigruh?:cool:

[Keystone]

Yankee and proud of it.

[Anarch]

81% Dixie. Do you still use Confederate money?

I'm not even American... but I am from the real south ;)

[JigHater]

69% Dixie.Well under the Mason-Dixon Line

Sounds good :D

[Explorer22]

34% Dixie. You are definitely a Yankee.

I don't really buy it. I was raised in central Indiana as a kid and moved down south to Dallas when I was 14. Yankee is a fairly specific term for New Englanders in and around Vermont, I'd say.

[Macrobius]

Yankee and proud of it.

Yes, yes. But what did you do with the duck?

[samiam]

89% Dixie. Do you still use Confederate money?

[mischa.w]

Well, I do come from New England.
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[mischa.w]

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