Yankee or Southern dialect?

[Van Basten II]

What the heck i ended up 65% (Dixie). A definitive Southern score!

From now on, it will be good morning y'all

[vajerzy]

53% (Dixie). Barely into the Dixie category.

Of course. I'm in Central Jersey, not South Jersey. Those people talk funny.

I grew up in South Jersey- actually my hometown turns into Philly during the summer months- and we're Philly sports fans.

[7/4]

53% (Dixie). Barely into the Dixie category.

Of course. I'm in Central Jersey, not South Jersey. Those people talk funny.

I grew up in South Jersey- actually my hometown turns into Philly during the summer months- and we're Philly sports fans.

South Jersey folks have access to that Delaware accent.

[BillF]

Got 76% Dixie! The test is about 3,000 miles out!

[porcy62]

55% (Dixie). Barely into the Dixie category.

...in case you were wondering how a 'non-American' would score...

I scored 44% (Yankee). Barely into the Yankee category.

Funny.

[.:.impossible]

81% Dixie. They must weigh certain answers more than others.

[Neal Pomea]

9. What's that long sandwich with lots of cold cuts and toppings?

A poor boy, of course

[connoisseur series500]

68% Dixie, and I never grew up in the US.

[Tom Storer]

50% Yankee. That kind of makes sense. I spent all of the US part of my life in the Northeast, but both my parents were from Kansas and I have some words and pronunciations I inherited from them.

[papsrus]

44% Yankee. Some of the distinctions on that test struck me as being rural vs. urban, as opposed to Southern vs. Yankee.

[The Magnificent Goldberg]

Got 76% Dixie! The test is about 3,000 miles out!

It's funny that the two English people who've tried this have both scored high on Dixie! And yet, I bet your accent and mine are very wide apart. Mine's London/Brighton.

MG

[sidewinder]

"59% (Dixie). Barely into the Dixie category."

But I'm northern English !

[Jazzmoose]

81% Dixie. They must weigh certain answers more than others.

Yeah, I was thinking that was the case myself. "Y'all" must carry a lot of weight...

[The Magnificent Goldberg]

"59% (Dixie). Barely into the Dixie category."

But I'm northern English !

So's Bill, isn't he? You must have picked up a bit of Wurzel, is what I say.

MG

[BillF]

"59% (Dixie). Barely into the Dixie category."

But I'm northern English !

So's Bill, isn't he? You must have picked up a bit of Wurzel, is what I say.

MG

Sorry to disappoint - but I have no more Northern accent than you have Welsh, MG. So, back to the drawing board, language analysts!

[The Magnificent Goldberg]

"59% (Dixie). Barely into the Dixie category."

But I'm northern English !

So's Bill, isn't he? You must have picked up a bit of Wurzel, is what I say.

MG

Sorry to disappoint - but I have no more Northern accent than you have Welsh, MG. So, back to the drawing board, language analysts!

So what's your accent Bill?

MG

[BillF]

"59% (Dixie). Barely into the Dixie category."

But I'm northern English !

So's Bill, isn't he? You must have picked up a bit of Wurzel, is what I say.

MG

Sorry to disappoint - but I have no more Northern accent than you have Welsh, MG. So, back to the drawing board, language analysts!

So what's your accent Bill?

MG

Hard to place. Born Wales - Scottish father - live Manchester. But certainly not Dixie!!

[sidewinder]

"59% (Dixie). Barely into the Dixie category."

But I'm northern English !

So's Bill, isn't he? You must have picked up a bit of Wurzel, is what I say.

MG

You mean these guys? Hmmm...

[The Magnificent Goldberg]

"59% (Dixie). Barely into the Dixie category."

But I'm northern English !

So's Bill, isn't he? You must have picked up a bit of Wurzel, is what I say.

MG

You mean these guys? Hmmm...

Ah well, now Bill's confessed to being not north English (though what his combination sounds like I couldn't say), I see that my accusation was entirely unjustified

MG

[Tim McG]

53% (Dixie). Barely into the Dixie category.

Which makes no sense to me because my family hails from the Upper Midwest and California.

My wife is from Connecticut.

And the farthest South I have ever lived was in Southern California.

They need a Western Dialect category.

Edited May 25, 2008 by GoodSpeak

[Tim McG]

I changed one answer [Frontage Road vs. Access Road; I use both terms] and I get: 42% (Yankee). Barely into the Yankee category.

I think I'm calling BS on this one, Guys.

Edited May 25, 2008 by GoodSpeak

[Jazzmoose]

I'm sure I could have scored even more dixie, as I know the proper term there, but I refuse to switch from the term "soda". Calling any soft drink a Coke (or worse, a "Cocola") bothers me almost as much as the Pacific Northwest term "pop"...

[Shawn]

I'm sure I could have scored even more dixie, as I know the proper term there, but I refuse to switch from the term "soda". Calling any soft drink a Coke (or worse, a "Cocola") bothers me almost as much as the Pacific Northwest term "pop"...

Of course everyone knows I'm from the hills of West Virginy...up thar everyone sez "Coke" or "Cocola"...ya take a swim in the "Crick" or preferably a "swimmin' hole"...them long sammich's are called "Subs"...ya don't sit on a sofa, it's called a Davenport...if ya live up a dirt road you'se back in the "holler"...you pronounce "beer" and "bear" identiclly...if ya got kids they "youngin's"...ya probably pronounce "Toyota" the same as "Coyote"...and there's a good chance that a staple of every good meal is "government cheese".

[Patrick]

Gotta join the crowd calling this test bogus. I grew up in Cleveland, got schooled in Chicago, and now live in Northern Virginia. None of these places is too Dixie (even NoVA). I hit most or all of the Great Lakes items on test, yet scored a 55% (barely Dixie).