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#1 Postby O Town » Sat Dec 10, 2005 7:58 pm

A fun little quiz to take to tell how much southern blood your speech shows or not.

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


I got 87% Dixie...........Do you still use confederate money? :lol:
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#2 Postby cycloneye » Sat Dec 10, 2005 8:15 pm

I got 74%.Interesting quiz that you brought here Kelly. :)
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#3 Postby whereverwx » Sat Dec 10, 2005 8:35 pm

Yes, very interesting.

41% (Yankee). Barely in the Yankee category.
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#4 Postby senorpepr » Sat Dec 10, 2005 8:37 pm

57% (Dixie). Right on the Mason-Dixon Line

Being from Missouri, I have a lot of Southern/Southeastern influences as well as Great Lakes/Midwest influences.
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#5 Postby arkess7 » Sat Dec 10, 2005 8:40 pm

82% Dixie - Do you still use confederate money? :lol: :lol: :roflmao:



Pretty cool test! :lol:
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#6 Postby streetsoldier » Sat Dec 10, 2005 9:00 pm

39% You are definitely a Yankee.

Hmm...Ah rickon Grate-grampa Cap't. Joseph Benjamin, CSA, woold'n be happee wit' me.
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#7 Postby WindRunner » Sat Dec 10, 2005 9:04 pm

63% (Dixie). Just under the Mason-Dixon Line

And so Northern Virginia is.
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#8 Postby tropicana » Sat Dec 10, 2005 10:28 pm

Haaaa...I got 40% I am definetly a Yankee...

little do they know I am Canadian!.

Most of my answers though were... Most common around Great Lakes... which stands to reason..how the United States strongly influences the Southern regions of Ontario especially.

-justin-
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#9 Postby TexasStooge » Sat Dec 10, 2005 10:49 pm

74% (Dixie) for me.
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#10 Postby Yankeegirl » Sat Dec 10, 2005 10:52 pm

29% (Yankee). You are a Yankee Doodle Dandy.


Go Figure, ya dont say???? :lol: :lol:
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#11 Postby yoda » Sat Dec 10, 2005 11:17 pm

50% (Yankee). Barely in the Yankee category.

Interesting...
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#12 Postby ohiostorm » Sat Dec 10, 2005 11:23 pm

44% (Yankee). Barely in the Yankee category. Not sure if thats a good thing or not? Hmmmm
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#13 Postby vbhoutex » Sat Dec 10, 2005 11:46 pm

63% (Dixie). Just under the Mason-Dixon Line
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#14 Postby Rainband » Sun Dec 11, 2005 12:07 am

ohiostorm wrote:44% (Yankee). Barely in the Yankee category. Not sure if thats a good thing or not? Hmmmm
same as me :D
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#15 Postby PurdueWx80 » Sun Dec 11, 2005 12:10 am

61% Dixie - makes sense seeing as how I grew up in Kentuckiana.
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#16 Postby DaylilyDawn » Sun Dec 11, 2005 12:41 am

61% (Dixie). Just under the Mason-Dixon Line. Little do they know that I was born a Yankee in Cleveland , Ohio.
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#17 Postby angelwing » Sun Dec 11, 2005 1:04 am

53% (Dixie). Right on the Mason-Dixon Line

Hmmm, interesting being that I've lived in Philly my whole life
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#18 Postby southerngale » Sun Dec 11, 2005 1:06 am

86% (Dixie). Do you still use Confederate money?


Wow to those of you with much lower percentages. Y'all must talk funny!! :P
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#19 Postby wxmann_91 » Sun Dec 11, 2005 1:28 am

Calamity wrote:Yes, very interesting.

41% (Yankee). Barely in the Yankee category.
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#20 Postby yoda » Sun Dec 11, 2005 2:10 am

southerngale wrote:86% (Dixie). Do you still use Confederate money?


Wow to those of you with much lower percentages. Y'all must talk funny!! :P


Talk funny? Ya'll talk funny to us!
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