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.
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”
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.
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.
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).
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.)
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.
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.
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.