47% (Yankee). Barely into the Yankee category.

I suppose that means I'm fairly neutral. Interesting, as I'm British.

39% Yankee, but then I grew up in Wisconsin and now live in Micihgan. Good quiz, ainahey.

I am 39% Yankee, even though I have lived in the south the last 14 years. It must be true, greater Atlanta is not the south.

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42% (Yankee). Barely into the Yankee category.

Hmmm.
Possibly because of being in the Northeast, but hundreds of miles fro the NEC, and being a heavy traveler.

Being a radio type helped, too.

at 92% Dixie I just gotta say... Y'all must talk real funny.

78% (Dixie). That is a pretty strong Southern score!

I was glad to see that the authors recognized Texas as being distinct from the South.

Answering question 16 reminded me of one time, as a kid, when we were in a restaurant and the waitress asked me what I wanted to drink. I told her I wanted a Coke, and she left before I had a chance to tell her that the kind of Coke I wanted was an orange (soda)!

59% Dixie for me. Raised in CA but spent most summers in Texas. Sure does stick.

44% (barely Yankee)

Curious. Most of my answere were identified with the Great Lakes region or Midwest, but most of my family were immigrants to Utah in the late 19th century. I grew up in New Mexico.

69% Dixie. I'm surprised it's not higher. My long-time residence in Chicago must have corrupted me.

88% Dixie. If I didn't live 5 teenage years in New York, I am sure it would have been much higher for Dixie! Y'all have a Merry Christmas!

Geez, James. You live in Va, and spent considerable time in Ala. How could you NOT be dixie?

63% (Dixie). A definitive Southern score!
I was surprised at how many words I picked were "Midwestern/Generic American" words. But the use of "coke" to denote a carbonated beverage gave away my Texas roots.

Merry Christmas, y'all!

Hm. I thought my answers were trending Northern, and more Great Lakes states than my family's true Midwestern roots (which are in Nebraska).

But I came out 51% Dixie, and I've lived in California almost my entire life.

I've never gotten this thing. I usually get around a 50%...and yet all of my answers are consistent with a Southern score (so each question tells me).

It can't be very accurate. For example, I'm from Houston, where it's a feeder along the interstate. However, this makes me less Southern, because if I switch it to my second choice (access road) I become 7% more Southern! And sometimes I'd call it a crawdad, but more likely a crawfish.

Funny. I grew up in the rural south and only scored a 72 % but my wife who grew up in the city scored 92%. The meter is a little faulty.

I think if you're well-read it's going to skew the results. Several responses I gave (that were mid-Western - and I've NEVER lived there, being from a Navy family) came from well-loved books that influenced me as a child or young adult. Lots of things - including TV, periodicals, and books - influence our vocabulary.

I came out 80% Dixie.

Attila Girl, coming out 51% Dixie despite being a native Californian is obviously a sign of superior intelligence :) I knew there was a reason I liked you...

(Just kidding - I love California - I've lived there five times and just moved back East in July. Boy am I missing it about now.)

That test is wrong on at least one thing. Pronouncing "cot" and "caught" differently is also common in the South, anywhere that people have the Southern Shift, as well as in the Great Lakes region where people have the Northern Cities Vowel shift.

Yet saying that one pronounces "cot" and "caught" differently decreases one's Dixie score. Scandalous!

42% yankee, barely there.
Live in NH; educated in CA; Mom was from MI.
Everywhere I have lived, people thought I was from down south. Go figure. I only picked that up after 4 months at Ft. Knox!