Author Topic: Yankee or Dixie? (Read 6601 times)

Porter · « **on:** February 16, 2005, 12:31:46 PM »

Here's the test.

48% (Yankee). Barely into the Yankee category.

Which is surprising, since I've only lived in Texas, Oklahoma, Utah, and Brazil.

Brinestone · « **Reply #1 on:** February 16, 2005, 12:35:44 PM »

It annoys me that you guys wasn't even an option in the question whose response said you guys was favored in the northeast. That's what I say, dagnabbit!

Annie Subjunctive · « **Reply #2 on:** February 16, 2005, 12:38:42 PM »

That dad gum link thar didn't work, TaterHead.

sarcasticmuppet · « **Reply #3 on:** February 16, 2005, 12:46:24 PM »

Ditto.

Jonathon · « **Reply #4 on:** February 16, 2005, 03:33:56 PM »

I fixed the link. It should work now.

I got 48 percent Yankee, too. Odd, considering that most of the answers said "common throughout the U.S." or Great Lakes/Midwest/Intermountain West.

sarcasticmuppet · « **Reply #5 on:** February 16, 2005, 05:52:51 PM »

52% (Dixie). Barely into the Dixie category. I think Coke and Crawdad pushed me over the edge. Other than that I'm right down the middle, which makes perfect sense.

RRR · « **Reply #6 on:** February 16, 2005, 06:24:30 PM »

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83% (Dixie). Did you have any Confederate ancestors?

I do have a Confederate ancestor.

rivka · « **Reply #7 on:** February 16, 2005, 09:02:09 PM »

58% Dixie. Which makes sense -- but too many questions had no good answer. Like, I use icing and frosting, but they don't mean exactly the same thing. Same with the two pronunciations of caramel.

Annie Subjunctive · « **Reply #8 on:** February 16, 2005, 09:36:13 PM »

There are two different meanings for car(a)mel? Is one philosophical or something?

I'm 48% Yankee, which makes sense since I'm half Texas and half Wisconsin.

rivka · « **Reply #9 on:** February 16, 2005, 10:07:31 PM »

No, there are caramels (think Kraft) -- little chunks of semi-hard candy that soften when chewed or melted; and carmel -- goo that squirts out of candy bars when you bite them.

Of course, I have been known to use the one when I meant the other. And the boundary is admittedly, ah, mushy.

Jonathon · « **Reply #10 on:** February 17, 2005, 09:03:37 AM »

See, the odd thing is that I'd define them in the opposite manner: carmels are those hard things in wrappers, but caramel is gooey.

Jonathon · « **Reply #11 on:** February 17, 2005, 09:24:32 AM »

Here's a stupid question: what's the difference between 48 percent Yankee and 52 percent Dixie?

Annie Subjunctive · « **Reply #12 on:** February 17, 2005, 10:21:25 AM »

I think it's worded wrong. I think there's one absolute scale - 0% being total Yankee and 100% being total Dixie. That's why it told me that my 48% Yankee was just barely into the Yankee category. It should say - 48% (Yankee).

Jonathon · « **Reply #13 on:** February 17, 2005, 10:24:57 AM »

Ah. That makes sense.

Zalmoxis · « **Reply #14 on:** February 17, 2005, 11:09:48 AM »

41% (Yankee). Barely into the Yankee category.

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But that was going with my childhood accent/vocab. Let me try again Calif. style.

EDIT:

57% (Dixie). Barely into the Dixie category.

?

That doesn't make sense to me. More of my answers switched to the 'use commonly throughout the U.S.' category. Perhaps those are scored as neutral or something.

rav · « **Reply #15 on:** February 19, 2005, 12:17:54 AM »

43% yank.

Although some people seem to think i'm a canadian..

Jonathon · « **Reply #16 on:** February 19, 2005, 09:10:42 AM »

It's 'cause you're always saying "hoser."

rav · « **Reply #17 on:** February 20, 2005, 05:27:49 PM »

hahaha!
I don't even recall using that word, let alone around you guys.

Jonathon · « **Reply #18 on:** February 20, 2005, 05:49:08 PM »

Maybe you monophthongize your /o/'s and /u/'s.

Annie Subjunctive · « **Reply #19 on:** February 21, 2005, 08:03:36 AM »

If he does, he's sorry.

rav · « **Reply #20 on:** February 21, 2005, 07:58:27 PM »

As far as I can tell I don't.

Jonathon · « **Reply #21 on:** February 21, 2005, 08:26:44 PM »

I'd have to listen to you speak. But I don't remember you sounding particularly Canadian when I've seen you in person before.

rav · « **Reply #22 on:** February 21, 2005, 09:14:17 PM »

The only reason I said it was: When I went down to a BYU meet, and you or Brinestone had said I had a canadian accent.

Jonathon · « **Reply #23 on:** February 22, 2005, 07:59:35 AM »

That was one of us? I honestly don't remember that.