A lot of those "Southern" expressions filtered up into the Midwest, brought by Southerners looking for work in the factories of Chicago, St. Louis, and Detroit. St. Louis, depending on your viewpoint, is either the southernmost Northern city or the northernmost Southern city. Drive an hour or so south towards the Bootheel, and you're in Dixie.
I tried changing a few answers where I was on the fence. The resulting score was 81% Dixie. There's no danger I will ever be mistaken for a Yankee, although I can imitate a northern accent fairly well after living in New England for so long.
I think that if you score less than 50% it says you have Yankee accent, and anything greater puts you in Dixie territory. It is a bit confusing to do it that way.
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You both do, my dear. You both do.*
*I'd like to point out here that I have ABSOLUTELY NO TRACE of a Long Island accent, whatsoever.
70% (Dixie). A definitive Southern score!
I'm a little surprised.
79% Dixie. Not surprising. I've lived in the South my entire life.
Definitive Yankee. But this test is flawed... :P
There were a lot of questions that I could've gone either way on.
Just barely into the Yankee category, which is interesting since I spent 12 of my first 18 years in Massachusetts.
I'm sure most of these quizzes have severe limitations, but they are still fun.
It said I was 55% Dixie. I'm gonna grab my gun...
A lot of those "Southern" expressions filtered up into the Midwest, brought by Southerners looking for work in the factories of Chicago, St. Louis, and Detroit. St. Louis, depending on your viewpoint, is either the southernmost Northern city or the northernmost Southern city. Drive an hour or so south towards the Bootheel, and you're in Dixie.
Hm. I'm 52% Dixie, which seems a little odd since I've lived in the Northeast my whole life.
Maybe I'm destined to move south.
47% Yankee, so just barely. There were several that I use more than once of those words, so it could have gone either way.
If I change to the other words I use, I'm now 58% Dixie.
47Y + 58D = 105% BS ?
I tried changing a few answers where I was on the fence. The resulting score was 81% Dixie. There's no danger I will ever be mistaken for a Yankee, although I can imitate a northern accent fairly well after living in New England for so long.
I was 40% Yankee which I didn't understand. Does that mean I'm 60% Dixie? How can that be?
I think that if you score less than 50% it says you have Yankee accent, and anything greater puts you in Dixie territory. It is a bit confusing to do it that way.
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