I scored a "39% (Yankee). A definitive Yankee" on this silly Southern Dialect Quiz.
And based off my answers I'm pretty dead on for the Great Lakes dialect I've been surrounded by from day one.
But of course, I've also successfully changed some things such as my past 15 year conscious effort to say "soda" instead of the incredibly horrible "pop".
*shudder* I so hate the word pop.
I wonder how Mr. and Mrs. B. would score. I am always happy to hear the "y'all" slip out of them every now and then.
Comments (11)
I got 65% Dixie. what's up witdat?
Posted by kelmeister | April 6, 2005 1:51 PM
Posted on April 6, 2005 13:51
I got a 45% (Yankee). I'm less Yankee than Nala? WTF? Must be the urban upbringing. The higher the percentage the more Dixie. Wow.
It's funny because I recognized a lot of the other terms as being things the rest of my family would say, but I don't. (Grinder/Hoagie, etc.)
Posted by gigamatt | April 6, 2005 2:02 PM
Posted on April 6, 2005 14:02
I also realized that since I was a kid, I've changed what I've called things and the way I pronounce things. Kids at school made fun of me because I pronounced words like towel with the second vowel, and made owl into two distinct syllables. My dad made fun of me for saying "creek" instead of "crick", which I refuse to say.
Posted by gigamatt | April 6, 2005 2:26 PM
Posted on April 6, 2005 14:26
But it is perfectly ok for you to pronounce Elm as "El-em" since you are now an honary Pole.
Posted by Naladahc | April 6, 2005 2:39 PM
Posted on April 6, 2005 14:39
What in tarnation? 55% (just barely) Dixie? And I'm *from* New York state.
Must be all these years of hanging around the in-laws. "Time to warsh the dishes."
Posted by Dixie-Bird | April 6, 2005 5:05 PM
Posted on April 6, 2005 17:05
Well, I'm from Missouri and even though I've lived in the great lakes area for almost 20 years .... ummm, I got 78% Dixie!
Posted by Cynedd | April 6, 2005 7:02 PM
Posted on April 6, 2005 19:02
2 things:
1. 36% (Yankee), but no surprise there.
2. After I logged in to my TypeKey account, I was rerouted to your site but only saw a blank page. You might want to check on this.
Posted by Jhames | April 6, 2005 9:35 PM
Posted on April 6, 2005 21:35
Jhames: Suggestions on where I should look? Everything looks like it should to me. I haven't been able to duplicate the problem on my end in my browsers.
Posted by Naladahc | April 7, 2005 8:15 AM
Posted on April 7, 2005 08:15
I was 43%, barely a Yankee. But I love drinking pop and running around in my sneakers!
I'm starting to pick up 'You-uns' from Shaunn's southwest PA family. I'm really trying to not use it.
Posted by Dan | April 7, 2005 9:05 AM
Posted on April 7, 2005 09:05
I have seen an issue where my comment doesnt immediately appear, despite using TypeKey, but a few refreshes usually fixes that. I havent been able to duplicate Jhames's issue.
Posted by gigamatt | April 7, 2005 9:27 AM
Posted on April 7, 2005 09:27
Yeah. I've seen the refresh here and on a few other MT sites.
Posted by Naladahc | April 7, 2005 1:10 PM
Posted on April 7, 2005 13:10