
Yankee or Dixie?
Check
on your dialect and see if you might have crossed over to the "other
side"! Simply click on the correct answer. As you go, the quiz will
automatically interpret each answer to show you what your answer implies
about you. When you are done, press Compute My Score. Your score will be
calculated as a percentage: 0% is pure Yankee and 100% is pure Dixie.
1. How do
you pronounce Aunt?
Like the word want
Like the word ant
Like the word
caught
I
pronounce them all the same
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2. How do
you pronounce caramel?
Two syllables ("car-ml")
Three syllables ("car-a-mel")
Either
Don't
know
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3. How do
you pronounce creek?
Rhymes with meek
Rhymes with kick
Either
Don't
know
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4. How do
you pronounce the second syllable in pajamas?
Rhymes with jam
Rhymes with
father
Either
Don't know
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5. How do
you pronounce route?
Rhymes with clout
Rhymes with toot
Either
Don't
know
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6. Do you
pronounce "cot" and "caught" the same way?
Yes
No
No answer
Don't
know
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7. How do
you address a group of people?
You all
Youse
You'uns, yins
Y'all
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8. What
kind of sale is it on the front lawn?
Rummage sale
Tag sale
Yard sale
Garage
sale
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9. What's
that long sandwich with lots of cold cuts and toppings?
Sub
Hoagie
Grinder
Hero
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10.
What's the tiny lobster that crawls around in creek bottoms?
Crawfish
Crayfish
Crawdad
I don't know
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11. What
do you call gym shoes?
Sneakers
Tennis shoes
Gymshoes
Runnning shoes
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12. What
is spread onto the tops of cakes?
Frosting
Icing
Don't know
No answer
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13.
What's that road along an Interstate highway?
Frontage road
Service road
Access road
Feeder
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14. What
do you put groceries in?
Bag
Sack
Poke
No answer
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15. Where
might you get water in a public building?
Water fountain
Drinking
fountain
Bubbler
No answer
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16. What
is that bubbly carbonated drink called?
Soda
Coke
Pop
Soft
drink
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17.
What's it called when you throw toilet paper over a house?
TP'ing
Toilet
papering
Rolling
Papering
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18.
What's the night before Halloween called?
I don't use any word for
this
Devil's
night
Mischief
night
Cabbage
night
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19.
What's a drive through liquor store called?
I haven't heard of any such
thing, or none of the below
Brew thru
Beverage barn
Party barn
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20.
What's that bug that rolls into a ball when you touch it? (NOTE: This
is not a doodle bug (ant lion), which is the larvae of Myrmeleontidae spp.)
Roly
poly
Pillbug
Potato bug
Sow bug
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