Yankee or Dixie?

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Yankee or Dixie?
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Fri, 02-20-2004 - 4:08pm
Click on the link below for a little linguistics quiz. It's fun.

http://www.chuckchamblee.com/dom/fun/yankee_dixie_quiz.htm

BTW - I'm barely a Yankee; born and bred in Beantown, and I'm barely a Yankee. Go figure....

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Fri, 02-20-2004 - 4:13pm
83% Dixie, That was fun!

Miss P




 

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Fri, 02-20-2004 - 4:20pm
74% (Dixie). That is a pretty strong Southern score!

LoL...I've only ever been south of the Mason Dixon once in my life! Too funny. Thanks for sharing.

Lori

Lori

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Fri, 02-20-2004 - 4:42pm
That was fun, Donna! I'm 65% Dixie and that sounds about right, being from Florida where I was around alot of Yankees, Cubans, Puerto Ricans, & living in CA for awhile. I've lost some of that Southern feeling for things, for sure. I've always called cokes "sodas" & people out here look at me strange when I offer them one.
Katherine (Kat)
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Fri, 02-20-2004 - 4:58pm
Fun! I'm 78% Dixie. Born and bred south of the Mason Dixon line, but sometimes farther south than others. (Washington, DC, Maryland, and Florida).

Rhonda


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Fri, 02-20-2004 - 6:01pm
70% Dixie

Live With Passion!


Phyllis

Live With Passion!

Phyllis

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Fri, 02-20-2004 - 6:01pm
I'm definitely Yankee. Midwesterner born and bred...

I had to explain a couple of the questions to Alex, but he came out Southren. but only slightly. He used to do computational linguistics for IBM - worked in Texas and NY State, so he's had enough time to pick up his own particular dialect. ;-)

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Fri, 02-20-2004 - 7:46pm
I've just recently caught up with "soda"; all my life, we've called it "tonic", which gets you more than a funny look when you're outside of Boston. Among my family, we still call it tonic. Hey - that makes me bilingual! If I leave here, I should just stick with water.

I'm curious - does anyone out there know what a spukie (short "u" sound) is? Don't worry - it's G-rated.










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Fri, 02-20-2004 - 8:17pm
That explains why I feel so at home with all you ladies. I'm an unbelievable 57% Barely Dixie! Hello! I'm above the 49th parallel here!! LOL

Shar

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Fri, 02-20-2004 - 8:50pm
Born and raised in the South and only a 68% Dixie? I disagree with several of the responses...where the usage is most common.

S

 

                        

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Sat, 02-21-2004 - 7:25am
It's a sandwich - like a sub. Did you know that in Philadelphia they call going on summer vacation as going to the "Donna Shore"?

Dialects are so fun & of course, "My Fair Lady" is one of my favorite movies. The Brits have a way with words. I really dig some of their terms like "chemist".

Katherine (Kat)

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