# How dixie/yankee are you? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 20, 2004, 5:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-dixie-yankee-are-you/230163 "2004-02-20T05:30:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Profane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e47774/32.png) [@Profane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Profane)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2004, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-dixie-yankee-are-you/230163/41 "2004-02-20T14:25:01Z")
60% (Dixie). Barely into the Dixie category. Well, I do live in Virginia so that’s not really a surprise. ---
**Author:** ![bittersweet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c57346/32.png) [@bittersweet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bittersweet)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2004, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-dixie-yankee-are-you/230163/42 "2004-02-20T14:25:41Z")
Yes! _YESSS!_ You can take the girl outta Jersey, but ya can’t take the Jersey outta the girl. “57% (Dixie). Barely into the Dixie category.” Thank you, **jesleigh** …that was one of the best quizzes I’ve taken in a while! ---
**Author:** ![misstee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/958977/32.png) [@misstee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/misstee)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2004, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-dixie-yankee-are-you/230163/43 "2004-02-20T14:33:34Z")
60% (Dixie). Barely into the Dixie category. ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2004, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-dixie-yankee-are-you/230163/44 "2004-02-20T14:34:56Z")
67% (Dixie). A definitive Southern score! Which is interesting, since only about three of the answers were considered southern at all. And I lived in the south (Georgia and Florida) for a good part of my formative years. Most of them it told me the terms I used were from places I’ve never lived or often even been to. And I often thought more than one answer was correct (ex: pillbug, sowbug, rolypoly and potato bug would all be equal for me). Must be all of that television watching. ---
**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2004, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-dixie-yankee-are-you/230163/45 "2004-02-20T14:43:16Z")
> [@](#): > > 71% (Dixie). That is a pretty strong Southern score! I’ve spent the last (until last week) 20+ years living south of the Mason Dixon line, it’s true. But my strongest word choice influence is Los Angeles (I still call people ‘dude’ and girls ‘babes’ for example) with some Chicago thrown in. Odd. ---
**Author:** ![GingerOfTheNorth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cdc98d/32.png) [@GingerOfTheNorth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GingerOfTheNorth)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2004, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-dixie-yankee-are-you/230163/46 "2004-02-20T15:30:49Z")
47% Yankee. A Canadian who lives South of the Mason-Dixon line. Weird. ---
**Author:** ![Morelin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b5e925/32.png) [@Morelin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morelin)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2004, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-dixie-yankee-are-you/230163/47 "2004-02-20T15:41:25Z")
49% Yankee. I was born and raised in New York and most of my answers are apparently from the midwest. Or from Maine. ---
**Author:** ![jeevwoman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9de053/32.png) [@jeevwoman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jeevwoman)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2004, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-dixie-yankee-are-you/230163/48 "2004-02-20T15:51:11Z")
I am so embarrassed that I scored only a 46% yankee, as I lived in NJ for 22 years. (I’ve been in bits of the midwest for 8 years, so I blame that.) However, I think this test is rigged as there was NO CORRECT CHOICE for the name of the night before Halloween. Everyone knows it’s GOOSEY NIGHT. ---
**Author:** ![fishbicycle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/aeb1de/32.png) [@fishbicycle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fishbicycle)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2004, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-dixie-yankee-are-you/230163/49 "2004-02-20T16:31:52Z")
58% Dixie (barely into Dixie category). Odd, since I spent my first 37 years in Ontario, Canada… I have never said “You all” or any variation thereof in describing a group of people. Just ‘you’ or ‘you guys’ or ‘you folks’. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2004, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-dixie-yankee-are-you/230163/50 "2004-02-20T16:32:30Z")
65% (Dixie). A definitive Southern score! My five years around New Orleans must have been a big influence. ---
**Author:** ![AskNott](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asknott/32/5790_2.png) [@AskNott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AskNott)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2004, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-dixie-yankee-are-you/230163/51 "2004-02-20T16:45:10Z")
49% Yankee. I’ve traveled a bit, but I’ve never lived outside Indiana for more than a week at a time. I knew folks who said y’all, booosh, warsh, and crick, but I was scolded if I talked that way. ---
**Author:** ![yellowval](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/919ad9/32.png) [@yellowval](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yellowval)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2004, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-dixie-yankee-are-you/230163/52 "2004-02-20T16:48:31Z")
39% Yankee. Lived in Minnesota all 26 years of my life. Damn it, I knew I shouldn’t have spent that week in Florida. Hey, you guys want a pop? ---
**Author:** ![YoudNeverGuess](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/a587f6/32.png) [@YoudNeverGuess](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YoudNeverGuess)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2004, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-dixie-yankee-are-you/230163/53 "2004-02-20T16:57:32Z")
I’m Irish and it gave me a score of 61% dixie - hmmm - I don’t know what that sinifies… 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![YoudNeverGuess](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/a587f6/32.png) [@YoudNeverGuess](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YoudNeverGuess)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2004, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-dixie-yankee-are-you/230163/54 "2004-02-20T16:59:38Z")
or _signifies_ d’oh ---
**Author:** ![bittersweet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c57346/32.png) [@bittersweet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bittersweet)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2004, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-dixie-yankee-are-you/230163/55 "2004-02-20T17:56:01Z")
> [@jeevwoman](#): > > However, I think this test is rigged as there was NO CORRECT CHOICE for the name of the night before Halloween. Everyone knows it’s GOOSEY NIGHT. Isn’t that interesting? I lived in NJ for 27 years and don’t remember ever hearing that term. Perhaps it’s a Regionalism… Kewlness. 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![lightingtool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/57b2e6/32.png) [@lightingtool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lightingtool)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2004, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-dixie-yankee-are-you/230163/56 "2004-02-20T19:16:54Z")
“38% (Yankee). A definitive Yankee.” Phew. Living in Southern California hasn’t ruined me yet. I’ll have a soda with my grinder 'cause I can’t find a bubbler (pronounced bubblah, of course). ---
**Author:** ![Dawne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Dawne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dawne)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2004, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-dixie-yankee-are-you/230163/57 "2004-02-20T19:33:59Z")
52% Dixie. Makes sense seeing as I’m English. ---
**Author:** ![dwc1970](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a183cd/32.png) [@dwc1970](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dwc1970)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2004, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-dixie-yankee-are-you/230163/58 "2004-02-20T19:45:49Z")
**45% (Yankee). Barely into the Yankee category.** I’m surprised I wasn’t more “Yankee” than this. I’ve lived in Idaho all my life and I was pretty certain that I’d have been farther into the “Yankee” scale. ---
**Author:** ![raz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9f8e36/32.png) [@raz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/raz)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2004, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-dixie-yankee-are-you/230163/59 "2004-02-20T21:18:21Z")
65% (Dixie). A definitive Southern score! Born and raised in southeast Kansas. It’s pretty rural and hick-ish so I’m not surprised. ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2004, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-dixie-yankee-are-you/230163/60 "2004-02-20T21:48:42Z")
44% Yankee (“barely into the Yankee category” even though I was born in Ohio and now live in Indiana). Then again, I did attend college in Virginia, and picked up pronouncing “aunt” to rhyme with “font” from my mother, whose parents were from Baltimore. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-dixie-yankee-are-you/230163.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-dixie-yankee-are-you/230163.md?page=4)