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Local Rebel Member Ascendant
since 1999-12-21
Posts 5767Southern Abstentia 
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http://www.alphadictionary.com/articles/yankeetest.html it says I'm 91% Dixie -- and I wish I was in Dixie... |
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skyshine 
since 2002-02-07
Posts 3058Beneath the northern stars |
I'm 43% Yankee, so I am "barely in the Yankee category." Most of my answers were either New England or the Midwest, and hey, I'm an MN girl so I guess it fits me pretty well!  ~sky I hope someday you get the chance to live like you were dying.... |
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nakdthoughts Member Laureate
since 2000-10-29
Posts 19200Between the Lines |
52% (Dixie). Right on the Mason-Dixon Line had to laugh because I live right on the Mason Dixon line....  M |
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suthern
since 1999-07-29
Posts 20723Louisiana |
I'm 90% Dixie, Reb. *S* And the only thing that surprises me about that is the 10%... I didn't know I was part renegade! LOL |
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Alicat Member Elite
since 1999-05-23
Posts 4094Coastal Texas |
60% (Dixie). Just under the Mason-Dixon Line I remember taking this before, and always loved their question about carbonated beverages and drive through liquor stores. There was a place here that was called The Beverage Barn. Think they got shut down from soaring insurance costs. Coke is Coke is Coke. 'Wanna Coke?' 'Shure, DP if'n ya don't mind.'  |
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Martie
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Member Empyrean
since 1999-09-21
Posts 28049California |
35% Yankee!!  |
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Mistletoe Angel
since 2000-12-17
Posts 32816Portland, Oregon |
 Yay! Yep, I shared this test last September, and am happy to see it again, yay! Love, Noah Eaton "If we have no peace, it is because we have forgotten that we belong to each other" Mother Teresa |
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Marge Tindal
since 1999-11-06
Posts 42384Florida's Foreverly Shores |
Yankees or Rebels ? What's the point spread ? *Huglets*  ~*Marge*~ ~*The sound of a kiss is not as strong as that of a cannon, but it's echo endures much longer*~ |
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Balladeer
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Member Empyrean
since 1999-06-05
Posts 25505Ft. Lauderdale, Fl USA |
If you are going to live in the South, you need to know these rules 1. That farm boy you see at the gas station did more work before breakfast than you do all week at the gym. 2. It's called a "gravel road." No matter how slow you drive, you're going to get dust on your Navigator. Drive it or get out of the way. 3. The red dirt -- it's called clay. Red clay. If you like the color don't wash your car for a couple weeks -- it'll be permanent. 4. We all started hunting and fishing when we were seven years old. Yeah, we saw Bambi. We got over it. 5. Go ahead and bring your $600 Orvis Fly Rod. Don't cry to us if a flathead breaks it off at the handle. We have a name for those little 13-inch trout you fish for -- bait. 6. Pull your pants up. You look like an idiot. 7. If that cell phone rings while a bunch of mallards are making their final approach, we will shoot it. You might want to ensure it's not up to your ear at the time. 8. No, there's no "Vegetarian Special" on the menu. Order steak. Order it rare. Or, you can order the Chef's Salad and pick off the two pounds of ham and turkey. 9. Tea - yeah, we have tea. It comes in a glass over ice and is sweet. You want it hot -- sit it in the sun. You want it unsweetened -- add a lot of water. 10. You bring Coke into my house, it better be brown, wet, and served over ice. 11. So you have a sixty thousand-dollar car. We're real impressed. We have a quarter of a million-dollar combine that we only use two weeks a year. 12. Let's get this straight. We have one stoplight in town. We stop when it's red. We may even stop when it's yellow. 13. We eat dinner together with our families. We pray before we eat (yeah, even breakfast). We go to church on Wednesdays and Sundays and we go to high school football games on Friday nights. We still address our seniors with "yes, sir" and "yes, ma'am," and we sometimes still take Sunday drives around town to see friends and neighbors. 14. We don't do "hurry up" well. 15. Greens - yeah, we have greens, but you don't necessarily putt on them , you can also boil them with salty fatback, bacon or a ham hock. 16. Yeah, we eat catfish, bass, bream (pronounced brim) and carp. You really want sushi and caviar? It's available at the bait shop. 17. They are pigs. That's what they smell like. Get over it. Don't like it? Interstate 85 goes two ways - Interstate 40 goes the other two. Pick one. 18. Grits are corn. You put butter, salt, and maybe even some pepper on them If you want to put milk and sugar on them, then you want Cream of Wheat - go to Kansas. That would be I-40 west. 19. The "Opener" refers to the first day of deer season or dove season. Both are holidays. You can get pancakes, cane syrup, and sausage before daylight at the church on either day. 20. So every person in every pickup waves? Yeah, it's called being friendly. Understand the concept? 21. Yeah, we have golf courses. Don't hit in the water hazards. It spooks the fish and bothers the gators - and if you hit it in the rough, we have these things called diamondbacks, and they're not baseball players. 22. That Highway Patrol Officer that just pulled you over for driving like an idiot -- his name is "Sir," no matter how young he is. 23. We have lots of pine trees. They have sap. It drips from them. You park your Navigator under them, and they'll leave a logo on your hood. 24. You burn an American flag in our state, you get beat up. No questions. The liberal contingent of our state legislature -- all four of them -- enacted a measure to stop this. There is now a $2.50 fine for beating up the flag burner. 25. No, we don't care how you do things up North. If it is so great up there, why not visit a Northern state or stay there? And no, down here, we don't have an accent, you do. |
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littlewing Member Rara Avis
since 2003-03-02
Posts 9655New York |
Thats a total generalization of the North and the East Coast. I am a Yank and proud of it. I grow greens, love black eyed peas - have my own garden and herbs and grew up on my Daddy's farm, where he owned horses. I love to fish and not with anything expensive, do not own a cell phone and dont wish to and drive a beat up Chevy. I have been duck hunting, deer hunting (shotgun and bow), dove hunting and fowl. I eat what was killed. Burning the flag anywhere should call for a good butt kicking. I have an accent and so do you. So what does that make me? A confused Yank? *grin* I agree with a lot of what you say up there except for the last line. Man, we are all just people. Different, yes . . . and I see that nonsense all around me but it doesnt mean all of us are like that. (some NY'ers are nice) Believe it or not, its true. But I did have someone from TX come here long time ago and they were waving to everyone while we were driving and I was like: WHAT are you doing? He said: people are waving to me. I said: They are telling you to move ahead in traffic! *grin* Gotta laugh at that . . . things are just busier up here . . . doesnt mean everyone lives like that, I sure don't. Oh, my score ---> You are definitely a Yankee. [This message has been edited by littlewing (02-07-2006 09:35 AM).] |
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serenity blaze Member Empyrean
since 2000-02-02
Posts 27738 |
Interesting... last time I took a similar test I scored 98% Dixie. My travels have apparently muddied me linguistically as I am now--ta da-- "60% (Dixie). Just under the Mason-Dixon Line" hmmmm.... "just under the Mason-Dixon line"??? Wouldn't that be somewhere, say, in Maryland?  gleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee *wink* Ah have apparently been undah some major influence heah. |
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desert-spike Member
since 2006-02-01
Posts 194TX/USA |
This is me. 26% Dixie. You are a Yankee Doodle Dandy. Hell Yeah!! As the rebels would say, I'm a blue bellied devil. As the Union would say, I'm on the home team. |
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suthern
since 1999-07-29
Posts 20723Louisiana |
Bal: Re #18... don't forget the Tabasco. *G* And serenity... *sadly shaking head*... It's all that water, hon... * G* |
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Carolina Member
since 2001-08-17
Posts 224Myrtle Beach, SC |
LOL @ Balladeer's reply [This message has been edited by Carolina (02-14-2006 01:41 PM).] |
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Carolina Member
since 2001-08-17
Posts 224Myrtle Beach, SC |
I'm 97% dixie and General Lee is my Grandfather? lol |
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Midnitesun
since 2001-05-18
Posts 28647Gaia |
LOL, I scored 17% Dixie, and it says I am a 'duke of yankeedom' !!! but I was born and raised on the west coast, so how come this test only goes southern or northern???!!! No, I NEVER said "gag me with a spoon" (something quoted in a ridiculous movie or pop tune years ago) and even though I grew up in the San Fernando Valley, California, I do not speak "Valley Girl" |
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yv Senior Member
since 2003-05-30
Posts 574 |
Well...I'm 45% Dixie...so basically half and half...which makes sense because I've moved around so much! Some of the questions I'll probably have to answer twice because I've heard so many things...so there ye go! Yv~Seeing eternal Sunshine |
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