# 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:** 4
**Author:** ![Olentzero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/90ced4/32.png) [@Olentzero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Olentzero)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2004, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-dixie-yankee-are-you/230163/61 "2004-02-20T21:53:08Z")
73% (Dixie). That is a pretty strong Southern score! I was about to denounce this test as a sham and a fraud, since I was born in Vermont and raised in New Hampshire. I had ancestors on both sides of my family in the Union army. There is no way in _hell_ I’m that much Dixie! Then I remembered I’ve been living in DC and Virginia for the past ten years. I guess it rubs off on you. **shudder** ---
**Author:** ![Ponder\_Stibbons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponder_stibbons/32/343_2.png) [@Ponder\_Stibbons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponder_Stibbons)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2004, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-dixie-yankee-are-you/230163/62 "2004-02-20T22:16:58Z")
> [@Laughing Lagomorph](#): > > “I’m going to the break room. Ya want a coke?” > “Sure. Get me a Coke” > (Short pause) > “Well, what kind do you want?” > “I already told you, dipshit…” > > Just seems confusing to me. Like calling all makes of cars Chevys. But hey, if it works for you guys… Nah, that’s not how it works at all. See, when you say “Coke” we can hear you pronounce the capital-C and we know what you mean. 🙂 I did spot at least one mistake in the quiz. It says that “Frontage road” is “Favored in western Great Lakes region”. I don’t know about that part of the country, but in Texas it is not only common, but they actually put the word on the _road signs_ … In fact, if they’re short on space, you often see just “Frtg Rd” Probably why I only got a 73% (Dixie). 🆒 ---
**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, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-dixie-yankee-are-you/230163/63 "2004-02-20T22:20:50Z")
> [@bittersweet](#): > > 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. 🆒 I think it is NJ regional, since in the NY area that’s what we called it. When I went to school in the Philly area of NJ, they called it mischief night. ---
**Author:** ![tsarina](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f4b2a3/32.png) [@tsarina](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tsarina)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2004, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-dixie-yankee-are-you/230163/64 "2004-02-20T22:38:51Z")
38% (Yankee). A definitive Yankee. And it’s \Devil’s\ Night, people! Yeesh! ---
**Author:** ![dbygawdcapn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dbygawdcapn/32/3995_2.png) [@dbygawdcapn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dbygawdcapn)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2004, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-dixie-yankee-are-you/230163/65 "2004-02-20T23:36:02Z")
69% Dixie. A definitive Southern score. I am surprised that it is not higher as I was born and raised in the South. My Mom was a Yankee, though, and that is probably the reason that I have any sense at all. ---
**Author:** ![Ex\_Machina](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/278dde/32.png) [@Ex\_Machina](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ex_Machina)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2004, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-dixie-yankee-are-you/230163/66 "2004-02-20T23:38:47Z")
84% Dixie When we say “coke” it means “soda”, “pop”, or “soda-pop.” When we want to be specific we say “gimme a Co-cola.” We invented it so we make the rules. ---
**Author:** ![js\_africanus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/87869e/32.png) [@js\_africanus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/js_africanus)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2004, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-dixie-yankee-are-you/230163/67 "2004-02-20T23:49:54Z")
44% (Yankee). Barely into the Yankee category. I was hoping for neither. That’s cool that Devil’s Night is a Michigan thing. More proof that Michaganders are the best. ---
**Author:** ![Laughing\_Lagomorph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/6bbea6/32.png) [@Laughing\_Lagomorph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Laughing_Lagomorph)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2004, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-dixie-yankee-are-you/230163/68 "2004-02-20T23:55:37Z")
> [@Ponder Stibbons](#): > > Nah, that’s not how it works at all. See, when you say “Coke” we can hear you pronounce the capital-C and we know what you mean. 🙂 > > … Can you really? Even with my funny Yankee accent an’ all? Kewl. ---
**Author:** ![Kizarvexius](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/da6949/32.png) [@Kizarvexius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kizarvexius)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2004, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-dixie-yankee-are-you/230163/69 "2004-02-21T00:18:52Z")
84% Dixie. I wasn’t raised in the South but both my parents are Southern. Even if Kentucky didn’t officially secede. The interesting thing is that neither of my parents has a strong Southern accent, and my own manner of speaking is normally Army Brat Ecclectic. But I slip into a full Southern drawl every now and then without noticing. Which really tends to freak out my coworkers (Southern drawls are not common here, despite the fact that we are allegedly in Texas). ¿Hey, jefe. Why joo talk funny, heh? ---
**Author:** ![yosemite](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/3ab097/32.png) [@yosemite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yosemite)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2004, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-dixie-yankee-are-you/230163/70 "2004-02-21T01:09:46Z")
53% (Dixie). Barely into the Dixie category. Go figure. I am a native Southern Californian. Though my mom is from South Dakota and I know I picked up some stuff from her. (Though my dad was from L.A., and I also picked up a lot of stuff from him.) ---
**Author:** ![Magickly\_Delicious](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4491bb/32.png) [@Magickly\_Delicious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Magickly_Delicious)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2004, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-dixie-yankee-are-you/230163/71 "2004-02-21T01:10:55Z")
I got “38% (Yankee) A definitive Yankee.” You can really tell where I’m from, because I pronounce “creek” as ‘crick.’ ---
**Author:** ![Taters](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/taters/32/2845_2.png) [@Taters](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Taters)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2004, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-dixie-yankee-are-you/230163/72 "2004-02-21T02:42:54Z")
63% Dixie. Very odd, as I have spent most of my life in Western Washington. However, I do work for the Army, so I am exposed to many dialects on a daily basis, predominately Southern. ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2004, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-dixie-yankee-are-you/230163/73 "2004-02-21T03:29:47Z")
58% Dixie. _blink_ _blink blink_ Okaaaayyy… Considering that I’m Canadian, lived all my life in Southern Ontario, and the closest I’ve ever been to Dixie is a few days at Virginia Beach when I was 13… I think something’s wrong here. Most of my replies were “Common throughout US” or " Great Lakes area", which makes sense. But… #12: “Icing”, not “frosting”, is the Southern Ontario term. #11: It was usually “running shoes” as well. #19: We don’t _have_ drive-through liquor or beer stores in Ontario… as far as I know. If they exist, they’re not common enough to have a special word. ---
**Author:** ![zamboniracer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/e9a140/32.png) [@zamboniracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zamboniracer)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2004, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-dixie-yankee-are-you/230163/74 "2004-02-21T03:55:06Z")
The test is invalid. It says I’m 60 % Dixie, and I’ve lived in Cleveland Ohio my whole life, except for those 3 years I spend in South Bend Indiana and 4 years in Kent Ohio. ---
**Author:** ![Gotterfunken](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/58956e/32.png) [@Gotterfunken](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gotterfunken)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2004, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-dixie-yankee-are-you/230163/75 "2004-02-21T04:09:53Z")
84% (Dixie). Did you have any Confederate ancestors? Why, yes–as a matter of fact, I do. [This](http://hcs.harvard.edu/~golder/dialect/maps.php) is the survey on which the quiz was based–it expands quite a bit on the various regional dialects. ---
**Author:** ![VampyChick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/5daacb/32.png) [@VampyChick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VampyChick)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2004, 6:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-dixie-yankee-are-you/230163/76 "2004-02-21T06:45:46Z")
I’m 99% Dixie. No, I’m not kidding. I’m from rural Alabama, though, so it’s accurate. Makes me wonder about that 1%… ---
**Author:** ![asterion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4da419/32.png) [@asterion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asterion)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2004, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-dixie-yankee-are-you/230163/77 "2004-02-21T14:56:29Z")
55% Dixie. I guess having both parents raised in the South and then growing up in the Southwest will do that to ya. ---
**Author:** ![bibliophile](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e36b37/32.png) [@bibliophile](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bibliophile)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2004, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-dixie-yankee-are-you/230163/78 "2004-02-21T15:04:19Z")
40% Yankee, or a definitive Yankee as the quiz said. My mother’s [who was born in Tennessee] suspicions have been confirmed. ---
**Author:** ![Cub\_Mistress](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ea666f/32.png) [@Cub\_Mistress](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cub_Mistress)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2004, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-dixie-yankee-are-you/230163/79 "2004-02-21T15:07:51Z")
89% Dixie I guess the year and a half in AK took off some cool points. ---
**Author:** ![Adjustable\_Beavis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Adjustable\_Beavis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Adjustable_Beavis)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2004, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-dixie-yankee-are-you/230163/80 "2004-02-21T15:33:31Z")
“73% (Dixie). That is a pretty strong Southern score!” Ain’t it the truth… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-dixie-yankee-are-you/230163.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-dixie-yankee-are-you/230163.md?page=5)