How "Dixie" Are You?

[EarlJam]

Please take the following test and report your score back to Demographics Management (i.e., EarlJam).

I, EarlJam, am 84% Dixie.

This came as somewhat of a surprise to me.

http://www.angelfire.com/ak2/intelligencerreport/yankee_dixie_quiz.html

Your redneck friend,

-EarlJam

P.S. Not sure if this link has been posted here before, but found the test entertaining, interesting, sensual.

[billybreen]

Please take the following test and report your score back to Demographics Management (i.e., EarlJam).

I, EarlJam, am 84% Dixie.

This came as somewhat of a surprise to me.

http://www.angelfire.com/ak2/intelligencerreport/yankee_dixie_quiz.html

Your redneck friend,

-EarlJam

P.S. Not sure if this link has been posted here before, but found the test entertaining, interesting, sensual.

49%, barely Yankee. That's not altogether surprising as I've lived in Boston for the past 6 years and never acquired many of the trappings of a southern upbringing (accent, language, bearded throat) due to abject shelteredness.

[CameronBornAndBred]

52%. Born and raised in Durham, it's all my parents fault. (But then so was going to all them games in Cameron, so I'll give 'em some slack)

[devilish]

It asked if General Lee was my father.

[pamtar]

76% here. And I'm from Down East.
Hoi Toid on the Saind Soid

[CameronBornAndBred]

76% here. And I'm from Down East.
Hoi Toid on the Saind Soid

LOL..you ARE from Down East!

[DevilAlumna]

51% (Dixie). Barely into the Dixie category.

I guess that's what I get for spending about half my life in the South.

(Though I have to say, I'm surprised at the amount of redneck-yness there is here in the eastern/southern portions of Washington.)

[TillyGalore]

I am barely Dixie (57%).

[EarlJam]

51% (Dixie). Barely into the Dixie category.

I guess that's what I get for spending about half my life in the South.

(Though I have to say, I'm surprised at the amount of redneck-yness there is here in the eastern/southern portions of Washington.)

Rednecks and people with poor grammer is everywhere. Pisses me off.

-EarlJam

[TillyGalore]

I ran a little experiment. With all my previous answers in tact I changed one answer and hit compute my score, then for the heck of it I it the button again. Each time my score went up.

So, I decided to take the test again, using the same answers I had initially used. This time my score was 73% Dixie.

Perhaps the management needs to tweak this a little. ;)

[DukePA]

76% but I would have been 100% if 13 years in the Chicago burbs hadn't screwed up my accent!

[billybreen]

I ran a little experiment. With all my previous answers in tact I changed one answer and hit compute my score, then for the heck of it I it the button again. Each time my score went up.

So, I decided to take the test again, using the same answers I had initially used. This time my score was 73% Dixie.

Perhaps the management needs to tweak this a little. ;)

Yeah, I noticed that little bug in their web app. Each click of compute ratchets up your score. Looks like someone isn't properly clearing a var before re-running their calculations!

[EarlJam]

Yeah, I noticed that little bug in their web app. Each click of compute ratchets up your score. Looks like someone isn't properly clearing a var before re-running their calculations!

Dang.

I HATE it when redneck detecting devices are proven inefficient.

-EarlJam

[aimo]

And proud of it!

[alteran]

Dang.

I HATE it when redneck detecting devices are proven inefficient.

-EarlJam

Well, I was 87% red neck, but now I'm not sure whether I've earned it or not.

[hurleyfor3]

51% (Dixie). Barely into the Dixie category.

I guess that's what I get for spending about half my life in the South.

(Though I have to say, I'm surprised at the amount of redneck-yness there is here in the eastern/southern portions of Washington.)

The whole PacNW is pretty rednecky outside of King, Snohomish and Multnomah counties. Actually lots of Snohomish is pretty rednecky too.

[camion]

I ran a little experiment. With all my previous answers in tact I changed one answer and hit compute my score, then for the heck of it I it the button again. Each time my score went up.

So, I decided to take the test again, using the same answers I had initially used. This time my score was 73% Dixie.

Perhaps the management needs to tweak this a little. ;)

Maybe it's not a bug, but just accurate reporting. It could be that the longer you spend on the questions the more southern you become, a subliminal thing. Southernness is insidious. As someone who grew up in the north (North Carolina), but currently resides in the south (South Carolina) I've seen it happen repeatedly. ;)

[hc5duke]

I mean, come on, at least you should include questions like,
* how many cars are in your front yard
* how many of those are within 10 ft from living space?
* assuming you answered more than 0, how many of them are on cinder blocks
* how many beer cans are in a pile next to said car?
* bonus points if it's a z/28 or el camino
* more bonus points if it's got primer or general lee paint scheme

http://www.carolinatrader.com/subscribe/classified_pic/ad_images/large/0111080111.jpg

This guy's winning so far... not to mention, he's from the future.

[merry]

I ran a little experiment. With all my previous answers in tact I changed one answer and hit compute my score, then for the heck of it I it the button again. Each time my score went up.

So, I decided to take the test again, using the same answers I had initially used. This time my score was 73% Dixie.

Perhaps the management needs to tweak this a little. ;)

Same thing happend to me, exactly. I wonder if we also gave the exact same answers? I'm pretty sure I'm not 73% Dixie although I wouldn't be offended if it really came out that way.

I've taken a couple of tests lie this before and I always feel like some obvious choices are missing for some of the multiple choice questions. For example:

7. How do you address a group of people?
Missing choice is "All y'all". I mean really.

11. What do you call gym shoes?
The two extremes are missing: tenny-pumps (south Louisiana, maybe?) and trainers (Brit influenced)

Also, this just kills me:
19. What's a drive through liquor store called?
I said "Brew Thru" because of the beer stores at the beach here in NC, but there is an actual drive through liquor store in a college town near where my family is from in Louisiana. The first time I actually went there just blew me away. In addition to buying a bottle of liquor you can buy "daiquiris" in three sizes (big styrofoam carry out cups like a milkshake from a fast food place) and in about 75 flavors. When we were there they were preparing for the late afternoon rush by setting up a huge tray of Jello shooters. Is this a nationwide thing that I just never noticed before or is it a Louisiana/Texas thing or something?

[ugadevil]

The question about what do you a call a drink isn't fair. In the south it's not called coke, unless it's mixed w/ Jack!

And drive through liquor store...what about driving to your next door neighbor's garage to get the moonshine?

[bdh21]

What do you call it when rain falls while the sun is shining?

If you answered "the devil is beating his wife (http://www4.uwm.edu/FLL/linguistics/dialect/staticmaps/q_80.html)" you're probably from Dixie

It's is from an interesting dialect site (http://www4.uwm.edu/FLL/linguistics/dialect/maps.html).

[Latta6970]

Please take the following test and report your score back to Demographics Management (i.e., EarlJam).

I, EarlJam, am 84% Dixie.

This came as somewhat of a surprise to me.

http://www.angelfire.com/ak2/intelligencerreport/yankee_dixie_quiz.html

Your redneck friend,

-EarlJam

P.S. Not sure if this link has been posted here before, but found the test entertaining, interesting, sensual.


LOL@Sensual! I'm 83%, not far behind you. We need to make up one, "How Burlington are you", with questions like......


1. Where do you go for a hotdog.
a. Grocery Store
b. Fast Food Resturant
c. Zacks
d. None of the above.

2. Cum-Park plaza is....
a. Where I was conceived.
b. A shopping center in Burlington NC.
c. The parking lot at Cummings High School in Burlington NC.
d. None of the above.

3. Munchkin Land is....
a. An orphanage for children.
b. Where Mugsy Bogues shops for clothes.
c. An area in Alamance County NC supposably haunted by the ghosts of midgets.
d. All of the above.

4. The witches grave is....
a. Where my ex wife is burried.
b. The grave of a supposed witch in Graham NC.
c. A candle shop in Salem Mass.
d. All of the above.

5. If you're under 21 and need alcohol you.....
a. Go to Joe Shopwells.
b. Get an older relative to buy it for you.
c. Rob parents liquor cabinet.
d. Use fake ID.

6. Rich stuck up kids go to....
a. Duke university.
b. Williams High School.
c. rehab.
d. All of the above.


Those of you blessed enough not to be from Alamance county be glad you DON'T know the answers. And as Duke fans, be glad in this area the most common response to question #6 would be Williams High School. But I'll bet Earl can answer every one of these correctly. He may be in the ATL but he's 99% Burlington. :D

[EarlJam]

1. Where do you go for a hotdog.

c. Zacks


2. Cum-Park plaza is....

b. A shopping center in Burlington NC.


3. Munchkin Land is....

c. An area in Alamance County NC supposably haunted by the ghosts of midgets.


4. The witches grave is....

b. The grave of a supposed witch in Graham NC.

5. If you're under 21 and need alcohol you.....

a. Go to Joe Shopwells. - Oh yeah!

6. Rich stuck up kids go to....

d. All of the above. - but mostly Williams High School

:D :D

[Latta6970]

Same thing happend to me, exactly. I wonder if we also gave the exact same answers? I'm pretty sure I'm not 73% Dixie although I wouldn't be offended if it really came out that way.

I've taken a couple of tests lie this before and I always feel like some obvious choices are missing for some of the multiple choice questions. For example:

7. How do you address a group of people?
Missing choice is "All y'all". I mean really.

11. What do you call gym shoes?
The two extremes are missing: tenny-pumps (south Louisiana, maybe?) and trainers (Brit influenced)

Also, this just kills me:
19. What's a drive through liquor store called?
I said "Brew Thru" because of the beer stores at the beach here in NC, but there is an actual drive through liquor store in a college town near where my family is from in Louisiana. The first time I actually went there just blew me away. In addition to buying a bottle of liquor you can buy "daiquiris" in three sizes (big styrofoam carry out cups like a milkshake from a fast food place) and in about 75 flavors. When we were there they were preparing for the late afternoon rush by setting up a huge tray of Jello shooters. Is this a nationwide thing that I just never noticed before or is it a Louisiana/Texas thing or something?

The only place I've seen drive through liquor stores was in California and certain parts of Florida. But in Cali you can also buy liquor at grocery stores, at least in the bay area. Both facts shocked me, but apparently I'm not the only one. I remember a Drew Carey stand up routine where he made fun of drive through liquor stores saying they were for, "drunks on the go".

Funny but not quite as funny as when he said, "I was eating a steak and a vegetarian woman at the next table said...."someone killed a cow so you could eat that steak". To which I replied, "no lady, this cow died because you ate all his food, ya freakin' health nazi"!

[dukestheheat]

I scored 91% on that test, and I am damned proud to hail from North Carolina.

dukestheheat.

[Bostondevil]

I, BOSTONDevil, am 96% Dixie. I've always said, you can take the girl out of the south but you can't take the south out of the girl.

When people tell me I don't have much of a Southern accent, I always respond, "Yes, but I have INsurance."

[Latta6970]

I, BOSTONDevil, am 96% Dixie. I've always said, you can take the girl out of the south but you can't take the south out of the girl.

When people tell me I don't have much of a Southern accent, I always respond, "Yes, but I have INsurance."

GRITS.....Girls Raised In The South. And I like mine with butter, salt and pepper, lol. :eek:

And Earl got 100 on his Burlington quiz. I'm not sure if that's something to be proud of. I had someone message me as to what the %#$# munchkin land is. There is an area of Alamance County where the houses are quite small and old. I've been told they are old mill houses just built smaller than usual. But the legend is a group of "little people" were persecuted in their native land and moved to the collonies many years ago to live amongst themselves. Supposably they were gypsies and practiced the occult. Anyway they died off over the years and their houses and the area around their houses is supposably haunted. Most anyone who has grown up around Burlington has heard of the area.

One night a buddy and I were dared to walk through the area at night. I don't know about haunted but every time we took a step on the gravel road, something or someone took a step in the leaves behind the houses in the woods. When we stepped it stepped, when we walked it walked. Jessie Owens couldn't have beaten us in a foot race out of there.

Speaking of redneck activities. And this wasn't on the Dixie quiz. Has anyone here besides myself taken a non-southerner "snipe hunting", or gone cow tipping? Both are MUCH more fun than rolling a house!

[ArkieDukie]

Maybe because I'm originally from Northwest Arkansas? Strange - I expected the number to be a bit higher.

[pamtar]

they forgot this one:

Do you find Roy Williams' speech to be clever?

[Latta6970]

they forgot this one:

Do you find Roy Williams' speech to be clever?

Clever? It's cornball. Chicken in the bread pan picking up dough common. Dad gum? Dagnabbit? Any head coach that wears britches and lives over yonder needs to take his yungins back to the moutains and feed them vitles. Every time Roy Williams speaks the background music needs to be "Dueling Banjos". I'll take a Bob Knight stream of profanity any day over hick shtick.

[mehmattski]

62% Dixie. Born and raised in New Jersey, Durham resident for five and a half years. Would have been higher except for the "Mischief Night" question.

By the way, carbonated beverages are soda. Coke is a brand of soda. It's not so much a cultural thing, as it is factually wrong. ;)

As for y'all... I've always said its grammar is perfect compared to the New Jersey alternative: yous guys. Blech. I'm glad I never picked up the Joisey accent, and have been known to slip into a drawl at times.

[dukepsy1963]

Lived in D.C. much much too long! Score was 73%.

[dukemomLA]

Then again, as a dyed-in-the-wool Northeasterner -- and then on to L.A., I was HORRIFIED that I scored 57%. ....thought I'd be in the low 20's at best/worst. Go figure.

[billybreen]

My 49% is the lowest score yet reported. What do I win?

[DevilAlumna]

My 49% is the lowest score yet reported. What do I win?

Geez, competitive much?

[EarlJam]

My 49% is the lowest score yet reported. What do I win?

A live bayonetting at little round top at Gettysburg, you Yankee bastard.:D

-EarlJam

[hc5duke]

My 49% is the lowest score yet reported. What do I win?

I actually got 47%, but I only lived in the South 11 years (6 in Houston, 5 at Duke). IIRC you're from Charleston, so if you take that into account, your score is probably worse than mine.

[billybreen]

Ok, the west coast people have an excuse, but what are EJ and I doing up at midnight debating this? Let's all agree that I'm a huge traitor to my southern upbringing but also just a swell guy and call it a night.

[billybreen]

I actually got 47%, but I only lived in the South 11 years (6 in Houston, 5 at Duke). IIRC you're from Charleston, so if you take that into account, your score is probably worse than mine.

Ahh, I stand corrected. Kudos.

I may have picked some up by osmosis in Charleston, but very few people I knew had accents (no value judgment there, I just think Colbert and I ran in similar circles). On the other hand, after spending 4 years at Clemson, my sister has a _raging_ drawl.

[EarlJam]

Ok, the west coast people have an excuse, but what are EJ and I doing up at midnight debating this? Let's all agree that I'm a huge traitor to my southern upbringing but also just a swell guy and call it a night.

I took the lead in my tennis division tonight, am a self-proclaimed bad-a&&, and hence and celebrating by drinkin a glass or seven of wine.

Please do not respond by saying, "get a life." I know. I know.

-EarlJam

[EarlJam]

Jesus Christ BillyBreen!

2,629 posts?


I'm laughing my arse off right now and not even sure why! Good God.

-EJ

[dukemomLA]

As the-most-unsouthern person on the planet, I've got to take this test again -- even if I have to cheat.

If I can't get below 50%....well, then I've got to get my-cousin-who's-married-to his-cousin to shoot me in the foot. Or eat some grits. Yikes!

[Lavabe]

I took the same exact test last year when it was posted on the DBR. :o After four questions this year, I quit because I knew I had answered these before.

Perhaps we should enter this into the HPR, OTB-version! :eek:

Cheers,
Lavabe

[ArkieDukie]

Jesus Christ BillyBreen!

2,629 posts?


I'm laughing my arse off right now and not even sure why! Good God.

-EJ

You're closing in fast, EJ. Pot, kettle. :)

[Tommac]

89% for me. Maybe could have been higher but some of that "Yankee" talk rubbed off from going to college and working with people from north of Caswell County.

[billybreen]

I took the lead in my tennis division tonight, am a self-proclaimed bad-a&&, and hence and celebrating by drinkin a glass or seven of wine.

Please do not respond by saying, "get a life." I know. I know.

-EarlJam

Tennis? Wine? Go back to France, Pierre.

[CMS2478]

Rednecks and people with poor grammer is everywhere. Pisses me off.

-EarlJam

People who can't spell GRAMMAR. ;)

[EarlJam]

Tennis? Wine? Go back to France, Pierre.

Okay, that is funny.

Too Shey. :o

-EarlJam

[EarlJam]

People who can't spell GRAMMAR. ;)

You DO know that was on purpose, right? Hence the "is" as well.

Still, I must confess, I stink at grahamer.

-EarlJam

[CMS2478]

You DO know that was on purpose, right? Hence the "is" as well.

Still, I must confess, I stink at grahamer.

-EarlJam

I get it........:D Sorry about that. I stink at grammar too and grammar is one of the words I always spell wrong, which is why I pointed it out. Sorry about that Earl, sometimes it is hard to detect sarcasm. I merely meant it as a joke anyway and not a slam on you. Accept my apologies and I will gracefully retire from this thread. :o

[EarlJam]

I get it........:D Sorry about that. I stink at grammar too and grammar is one of the words I always spell wrong, which is why I pointed it out. Sorry about that Earl, sometimes it is hard to detect sarcasm. I merely meant it as a joke anyway and not a slam on you. Accept my apologies and I will gracefully retire from this thread. :o

No apology necessary! I knew you were being "light" about it. I'm in a bad mood this morning. With no umbrella, I walked into work in the pouring rain....cold, hungry, then got slapped on the wrist for my "God is in my Toes" thread (okay, perhaps a bit over the top, comes with the EarlJam territory).

And it's still pouring rain outside. AND I'm flat OUT of narcotics and can't drink on the NEW job.

I'm going home and going to bed.

-EarlJam

[bjornolf]

I went back and forth on a few answers, as my wife, who is far more southern than I, has been working on me (ironically root vs. route is one where I appear to be MORE southern than she). I cleared my answers each time so they wouldn't affect the outcome as some have pointed out. Depending on my answers, I am anywhere between 79% and 87%, so any way I go, I'm pretty dixie. Maybe I should change my monniker to dixiedevil, though I think somebody already has that one.

I was born in Illinois, missing being born in Hawaii by less than a month, but only lived there for two years, so it probably didn't influence me TOO much. My parents are from California, so I'm sure that affected me some (not to mention that I went to high school in California), and I noticed this in a few answers. Other than that though, I have spent most of my life in some variation of the south (Texas, North Carolina, and Virginia mostly), so I guess it makes sense. Of my 32 years of life, 6 were spent NOT in the south, plus add a little for my parents, and you'd get anywhere from 15%-20% of me NOT being dixie, so I guess that makes sense.

[knights68]

I am despondent, I need an intervention. I feel so bad, I am afraid they will come and take my membership to the southern party away!
I need help before I do something stupid... like buy a bagel... with Lox!
66%, I will never live this down!!

aaahhh, better when I retested myself and came up 74% Dixie!!

[dukestheheat]

A live bayonetting at little round top at Gettysburg, you Yankee bastard.:D

-EarlJam




!!!

dukestheheat

[captmojo]

Well, I came in at 81% on this Dixie thing.
As for the Burlington Quiz.............
I ain't from Alamance County, but I can say that I did eat at every single Huey's restaurant in the place. They've been closed long enough that some people may not remember them.

[Tommac]

Actually the last of the Huey's resturaunts closed last September in West Burlington near the intersection of South Church St and Williamson Ave. this one was run by Paul Huey who retired. In its place is a new re-incarnation of J&G Barbecue which used to be located on North Church in East Burlington near Haw River (river and the town). The new J&G supposedly has the same recipes as the old one, but under new ownership and management. I tried it once, and it was ok, but not as good as the original.

Earl Jam, you remember the old J&G don't you?

[4decadedukie]

I'm disappointed: 76 percent.

[EarlJam]

Actually the last of the Huey's resturaunts closed last September in West Burlington near the intersection of South Church St and Williamson Ave. this one was run by Paul Huey who retired. In its place is a new re-incarnation of J&G Barbecue which used to be located on North Church in East Burlington near Haw River (river and the town). The new J&G supposedly has the same recipes as the old one, but under new ownership and management. I tried it once, and it was ok, but not as good as the original.

Earl Jam, you remember the old J&G don't you?

The old J&G!? Oh yes. Hell yes!

I grew up about a mile from that place. Remember when the old drive-in theater was just across the street? I also played a lot of basketball at the gym at the Haw River church.

Anyway, J&G was a staple in my senior high school diet. Awesome food....and sweet tea. It eventually burned down right?

Oh memories of Burlington; turn pages in my mind!

-EarlJam

[CathyCA]

I got 94%. I guess these ten years I've spent in California didn't affect me as much as I had feared.

[DukieInKansas]

I got a 68%, then a 73%, then 100% - all the same answers - just clicked the score button three times. South Korea must have had more of an influence than I thought. :)

[devildeac]

My 49% is the lowest score yet reported. What do I win?

PW champ?