Yankee or Dixie? Take the Quiz

Yankee or Dixie ^

[Hillary's Lovely Legs]

Yankee or Dixie?
Check on your dialect and see if you might have crossed over to the "other side"! Simply click on the correct answer. As you go, the quiz will automatically interpret each answer to show you what your answer implies about you. When you are done, press Compute My Score. Your score will be calculated as a percentage: 0% is pure Yankee and 100% is pure Dixie.

• Do not change your answer during the test as it will ruin the score. You may do this after scoring is calculated to see the other answers.
• If you make a mistake, hit Clear below to restart the test!
• I regret that I do not have time to entertain discussions about this test or negotiate changes. It is provided strictly as-is and for entertainment purposes only.
• Be aware that television entertainment has a lot of northern dialect in it. This will have more of an influence on you than you expect.
• This test is based on results from the Harvard Computer Society Dialect Survey of 30788 respondents.

[peacebaby]

i've got an Ida Few, and sisters Uva and Una (be careful with those) and a Ma Edna, and a Mae (those two were from Knee Deep, Georgia)...and then there were several Sisters and a few coudin' Bens around.

[Mo1]

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[Wonder Warthog]

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

Ain't none of their answers right---that san'wich is called a "po-boy".

[NeoCaveman]

Great, now I have to start chewing tobacco and looking for a family member to have sex with.

Well, what did you think family reunions were for?

[FDNYRHEROES]

Ack, I got 58% Dixie. I'm from Massachusetts! Wha' happen?


Don't feel bad, I got 43% Yankee and I live in Masssachusetts as well...

[OSHA]

92% (Dixie). Is General Lee your father?

No but I'm proud all the same!

[Congressman Billybob]

Interesting quiz. When I took it as I normally speak, I got a 68% Dixie. When I retook it, trying to pick the most Southern-fried answers, the result was 38% Yankee. Go figure.

Congressman Billybob

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[dljordan]

81% Dixie. I been corrupted by all them carpetbaggers that moved down here.

[exhaustedmomma]

90% (Dixie). Is General Lee your father? good lord, that'd make me at least 135 years old... so NO. But, sure have known a lot of Robert Lee's in my life.
BTW, none of the choices for "tenny shoes" was there...

Robert E. Lee

[Ryan Spock]

"It's got me as Dixie, and I've only lived in New Jersey and New York."

Perhaps because the test didn't ask people whether they understand the meaning of fuggedaboudit, tsamatta, whaddyanutz, allahuyuz, onnafyah, and other Slurvian expressions.

[Betis70]

What I find interesting is that there are numerous 90% plus Dixie scorers, but the strongest Yankee scores are only 33% (by you two).

Where are the 1%ers?

[EllaMinnow]

74% Dixie - which is as it should be. My "wrong" answers come from being educated by nuns from Michigan and my Hoosier father.

[OrangeDaisy]

I always get the same results. "91% (Dixie). Is General Lee your father?" I have this test on my website, and I've read the logic behind it. It is actually possible to score higher than 100% Dixie, but the displayed result will say 100%.

[dljordan]

"I have no clue what a Dixie is."

It's like a Pixie only a lot meaner, chews tobacco and carries a gun.

[OSHA]

HORRORS!!! I've been living in east Tennessee for the last 17 years, got 39% yankee and am diagnosed as a yankee.

Call U-Haul. You've got 24 hours to get out! :^)

[walden]

Seven you can't account for? Were you in a coma?

[Bahbah]

Whoah. I got a 61% Dixie. See what two years in North Carolina can do for you.

[azhenfud]

It could be the test is scoring one's "Dixie-ness" and not one's "Yankee-ness"....;-)

[subterfuge]

81% Dixie!! Whoo-hoo! And I was born in Washington D.C. with parents from Chicago and Pittsburgh.