Author Topic: Are You a Yankee or a Rebel? (Read 3888 times)

Elderberry · « **on:** March 10, 2019, 09:39:05 pm »

To find out how much Southern blood your speech shows, simply choose the words you use below, then press "Compute My Score!" at the end. alphaDictionary will compute your score and tell you where you're coming from: are y'all speaking Bubbaese or are youse guys Yankee Doodle Dandies? The higher your score, the deeper from the South you are coming.

https://www.alphadictionary.com/articles/yankeetest.html

GrouchoTex · « **Reply #1 on:** March 10, 2019, 09:52:39 pm »

Scored 86% Dixie. Do you still use confederate money?

Cyber Liberty · « **Reply #2 on:** March 10, 2019, 09:54:00 pm »

I got a lot of these, the most by far: "Used heavily in Great Lakes and Midwest region."

Total: "35% Dixie. You are definitely a Yankee."

Bigun · « **Reply #3 on:** March 10, 2019, 10:06:19 pm »

96% Dixie. Is General Lee your grandfather?!

Elderberry · « **Reply #4 on:** March 10, 2019, 10:08:13 pm »

92% Dixie. Is General Lee your grandfather?!

corbe · « **Reply #5 on:** March 10, 2019, 10:14:41 pm »

90% Dixie. Do you still use Confederate money?

Sanguine · « **Reply #6 on:** March 10, 2019, 10:31:00 pm »

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90% Dixie. Do you still use Confederate money?

Where did I go wrong with the other 10%?

240B · « **Reply #7 on:** March 10, 2019, 10:43:16 pm »

Well, I really must say that I disagree with this test in its entirety.
I'm at a loss to explain how my speech was determined to be Northeastern.
All of my acquaintances say that I speak with a very distinct Southern draw.
I have said 'Yall' several times, well I said it once. And I even know what it means.
This test is substandard and issued a precocious, ridiculous, result.
I protest, HARUMPH, HARUMPH...

Sanguine · « **Reply #8 on:** March 10, 2019, 10:45:05 pm »

Quote from: 240B on March 10, 2019, 10:43:16 pm

Well, I really must say that I disagree with this test in its entirety.
I'm at a loss to explain how my speech was determined to be Northeastern.
All of my acquaintances say that I speak with a very distinct Southern draw.
I have said 'Yall' several times, well I said it once. And I even know what it means.
This test is substandard and issued a precocious, ridiculous, result.
I protest, HARUMPH, HARUMPH...

So, how much northeastern?

Smokin Joe · « **Reply #9 on:** March 10, 2019, 10:52:02 pm »

79% Dixie. Not bad for having spent the lat 40 years 70 miles south of Canada.

240B · « **Reply #10 on:** March 10, 2019, 10:53:17 pm »

Quote from: Sanguine on March 10, 2019, 10:45:05 pm

So, how much northeastern?

I'm lying. I don't say 'yall' ever. And I don't say fixin' to, or fissin to, or fiddin' to. However, I am curious about these people. In a dentist office, the dentist said, "I'm fixin' to fix me some teeth." <--real thing, actually happened
I suddenly got a severe migraine. I had to leave immediately. And I did.

Sanguine · « **Reply #11 on:** March 10, 2019, 11:11:28 pm »

Quote from: 240B on March 10, 2019, 10:53:17 pm

I'm lying. I don't say 'yall' ever. And I don't say fixin' to, or fissin to, or fiddin' to. However, I am curious about these people. In a dentist office, the dentist said, "I'm fixin' to fix me some teeth." <--real thing, actually happened
I suddenly got a severe migraine. I had to leave immediately. And I did.

Oh, so, you failed the test?

roamer_1 · « **Reply #12 on:** March 11, 2019, 12:18:54 am »

100% Dixie. Is General Lee your grandfather?!

2 generations, and 2000 miles removed.

Thus I reiterate my general contention that outside of the cotillion and genteel manners of the South, what is considered Southern is just a whole lot redneck.

And I didn't even use Doodlebug or mudbug (though I knew em alright).

Smokin Joe · « **Reply #13 on:** March 11, 2019, 12:23:39 am »

Quote from: roamer_1 on March 11, 2019, 12:18:54 am

100% Dixie. Is General Lee your grandfather?!

2 generations, and 2000 miles removed.

Thus I reiterate my general contention that outside of the cotillion and genteel manners of the South, what is considered Southern is just a whole lot redneck.

And I didn't even use Doodlebug or mudbug (though I knew em alright).

I had to learn Yankee to get by over here. When I first got to ND, they couldn't understand a thing I said, even If I wrote it down...Did some of that become habit? Uff da. You betcha.

roamer_1 · « **Reply #14 on:** March 11, 2019, 12:40:06 am »

Quote from: Smokin Joe on March 11, 2019, 12:23:39 am

I had to learn Yankee to get by over here. When I first got to ND, they couldn't understand a thing I said, even If I wrote it down...Did some of that become habit? Uff da. You betcha.

Well if you ever need a little bit of the holler, come on up in here. It'll slide back on ya like an old pair of jeans.

Some of that was weird though...
I know what a poke is, but it is not used up here... a 'polk', which is a sled towed behind sounds too close... For all intensive porpoises, they're both said as 'poke'... SO I said sack, but I probably use tote more often... And tote was not even mentioned.

Smokin Joe · « **Reply #15 on:** March 11, 2019, 12:45:48 am »

Quote from: roamer_1 on March 11, 2019, 12:40:06 am

Well if you ever need a little bit of the holler, come on up in here. It'll slide back on ya like an old pair of jeans.

Some of that was weird though...
I know what a poke is, but it is not used up here... a 'polk', which is a sled towed behind sounds too close... For all intensive porpoises, they're both said as 'poke'... SO I said sack, but I probably use tote more often... And tote was not even mentioned.

It always does when I go back and visit relatives, too.
Pokes and tow sacks, burlap bags/sacks...samey~same. Bushel baskets were popular where I grew up, too, for everything from tomatoes to blue crabs and the trot line you caught them with. Not quite strong enough for oysters, those were made of wire.
'Tote' was a verb, though, until they came out with those plastic things....

roamer_1 · « **Reply #16 on:** March 11, 2019, 01:19:20 am »

Quote from: Smokin Joe on March 11, 2019, 12:45:48 am

It always does when I go back and visit relatives, too.
Pokes and tow sacks, burlap bags/sacks...samey~same. Bushel baskets were popular where I grew up, too, for everything from tomatoes to blue crabs and the trot line you caught them with. Not quite strong enough for oysters, those were made of wire.
'Tote' was a verb, though, until they came out with those plastic things....

YEP. Tote is a verb up here too. But it is also anything you can put stuff in that you can carry on yourself. Like them plastic tubs, or a tow sack or a basket... It might be said that a tote is a sack for sacks, or a big sack, or works as any ol sack.

If you push it it's a buggy or a cart, and if you pull it behind it's a poke... unless it has wheels. Technically, a tow sack over your shoulder would be a poke too - folks up here would get that, because it's over your shoulder, so you're 'pulling it'... Tow sack itself would work, for the same reason, though prolly not as easy.

catfish1957 · « **Reply #17 on:** March 11, 2019, 01:44:06 am »

100% Dixie. Is General Lee your grandfather?!

Hmmm... shocked I tell ya.

Bigun · « **Reply #18 on:** March 11, 2019, 09:28:17 am »

Quote from: roamer_1 on March 11, 2019, 01:19:20 am

YEP. Tote is a verb up here too. But it is also anything you can put stuff in that you can carry on yourself. Like them plastic tubs, or a tow sack or a basket... It might be said that a tote is a sack for sacks, or a big sack, or works as any ol sack.

If you push it it's a buggy or a cart, and if you pull it behind it's a poke... unless it has wheels. Technically, a tow sack over your shoulder would be a poke too - folks up here would get that, because it's over your shoulder, so you're 'pulling it'... Tow sack itself would work, for the same reason, though prolly not as easy.

@Smokin Joe @roamer_1

How long has it been since either of you saw a REAL tow sack? Have you ever owned homemade shirts made from empty flour sacks?

mystery-ak · « **Reply #19 on:** March 11, 2019, 09:34:46 am »

48% Dixie. Barely in Yankeedom.

I attribute this to being an Air Force Brat and being raised all over the US, Europe and No Africa

roamer_1 · « **Reply #20 on:** March 11, 2019, 09:40:49 am »

Quote from: Bigun on March 11, 2019, 09:28:17 am

@Smokin Joe @roamer_1

How long has it been since either of you saw a REAL tow sack? Have you ever owned homemade shirts made from empty flour sacks?

@Bigun
No flour sacks around here. I have seen them in my life, but we never had em.
But I have a stash of genuine 50# burlap sacks, and one lives in my go-bag. I can do without em IRL I guess, and have been ever since they went plastic... but out in the woods, they are a precious thing.

Polly Ticks · « **Reply #21 on:** March 11, 2019, 09:46:05 am »

I have questions.

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What kind of sale is it on the front lawn?
Rummage sale
Tag sale
Yard sale
Garage sale

If it's out on the front lawn, why would you call it a "garage" sale? We have a yard sale unless it rains, and then it frantically morphs into a garage sale.

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What do you call gym shoes?
Sneakers
Tennis shoes
Gym shoes
Running shoes

This one is a little bit tricky, since I do buy shoes that are designed specifically for tennis. I normally would call everything a tennis shoe, except if I'm trying to distinguish it as a separate thing from my shoes that I only wear to play tennis. In that case, I just call it a 'bumming around shoe'.

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What is spread onto the tops of cakes?
Frosting
Icing
Don't know
Don't care

That depends on the cake. I frost a birthday cake, but ice a Bundt cake.

Ok, not really a question, but just a comment:

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What is that bubbly carbonated drink called?
Soda
Coke
Pop
(Soft) Drink
Tonic

It's ALL "Coke". The end.

Also:

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What's that bug that rolls into a ball when you touch it?
Potato bug
Pillbug
Roly-Poly
Doodle bug
Sow bug
Cellar Bug

These are fun to play with, no matter what you call 'em. And I don't even much like bugs.

Sanguine · « **Reply #22 on:** March 11, 2019, 09:53:04 am »

Quote from: mystery-ak on March 11, 2019, 09:34:46 am

48% Dixie. Barely in Yankeedom.

I attribute this to being an Air Force Brat and being raised all over the US, Europe and No Africa

Then you probably did pretty well, that being considered.

mountaineer · « **Reply #23 on:** March 11, 2019, 10:02:52 am »

Quote from: Polly Ticks on March 11, 2019, 09:46:05 am

If it's out on the front lawn, why would you call it a "garage" sale? We have a yard sale unless it rains, and then it frantically morphs into a garage sale.

I would call it a yard sale, because that's easier to write on the signs you're sticking out by the road.

YARD
SALE
---->

Jazzhead · « **Reply #24 on:** March 11, 2019, 10:10:20 am »

28% Dixie. How the hell did that happen???

Polly Ticks · « **Reply #25 on:** March 11, 2019, 10:10:52 am »

Quote from: mountaineer on March 11, 2019, 10:02:52 am

I would call it a yard sale, because that's easier to write on the signs you're sticking out by the road.

YARD
SALE
---->

Right? It's just logical on every level.

Also, a rummage sale is what we have in the church basement.

godblessRonaldReagan · « **Reply #26 on:** March 11, 2019, 10:13:26 am »

61% Dixie.Well under the Mason-Dixon Line

Sounds about right.

mountaineer · « **Reply #27 on:** March 11, 2019, 10:16:09 am »

Quote from: Polly Ticks on March 11, 2019, 10:10:52 am

Also, a rummage sale is what we have in the church basement.

That also is true, and reminds me that our church rummage sale is coming up. I need to rummage through my basement for stuff to donate.

Bigun · « **Reply #28 on:** March 11, 2019, 11:03:11 am »

Quote from: roamer_1 on March 11, 2019, 09:40:49 am

@Bigun
No flour sacks around here. I have seen them in my life, but we never had em.
But I have a stash of genuine 50# burlap sacks, and one lives in my go-bag. I can do without em IRL I guess, and have been ever since they went plastic... but out in the woods, they are a precious thing.

@roamer_1

Yeah! Real tow sacks are as handy as a pocket on a shirt but VERY difficult to find these days and flour sacks are all paper now I think.

austingirl · « **Reply #29 on:** March 11, 2019, 11:51:20 am »

54% Dixie. That score betrays my Chicago Illinois origins. As they say, I wasn't born in Texas but I got here as soon as I could. I do know that my speech has evolved since I moved here in 1994.

Smokin Joe · « **Reply #30 on:** March 11, 2019, 11:51:49 am »

Quote from: Bigun on March 11, 2019, 09:28:17 am

@Smokin Joe @roamer_1

How long has it been since either of you saw a REAL tow sack? Have you ever owned homemade shirts made from empty flour sacks?

I get coffee beans by the sack, I have a few. Never had a flour sack, myself, but I have seen them when I was living in western VA, long ago. They've been paper most of my life.

dfwgator · « **Reply #31 on:** March 11, 2019, 11:56:06 am »

Quote from: 240B on March 10, 2019, 10:43:16 pm

Well, I really must say that I disagree with this test in its entirety.
I'm at a loss to explain how my speech was determined to be Northeastern.
All of my acquaintances say that I speak with a very distinct Southern draw.
I have said 'Yall' several times, well I said it once. And I even know what it means.
This test is substandard and issued a precocious, ridiculous, result.
I protest, HARUMPH, HARUMPH...

Well, bless your heart.

Cyber Liberty · « **Reply #32 on:** March 11, 2019, 12:03:50 pm »

Quote from: Smokin Joe on March 11, 2019, 11:51:49 am

I get coffee beans by the sack, I have a few. Never had a flour sack, myself, but I have seen them when I was living in western VA, long ago. They've been paper most of my life.

Last time I was at Costco they still had the 25lb sacks of flour that were cloth...

Miss Slippy got me a nice stack of bar rags that are made of that material.

Bigun · « **Reply #33 on:** March 11, 2019, 12:26:04 pm »

So if you don't drink coffee and don't have a Costco nearby you are SOL.

Cyber Liberty · « **Reply #34 on:** March 11, 2019, 12:33:21 pm »

Quote from: Bigun on March 11, 2019, 12:26:04 pm

So if you don't drink coffee and don't have a Costco nearby you are SOL.

It's flour in the sacks, but you're right about the Membership. I let mine lapse because I never went there much. I'm happy with the bar rags...

We got them from Walmart...lol

WhatWouldReaganDo · « **Reply #35 on:** March 11, 2019, 12:40:42 pm »

50% Dixie. Barely in Yankeedom.