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Old Jun 20th, 2006 | 06:36 AM
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Are you a Yankee or a Rebel?
Fun and interesting story today on NPR.

A linguistics expert has develped a test that'll show if you're a Yankee or a Rebel based on how you pronounce certain words and also phrases you commonly use.

I'm a Yankee. If you want to try, here's the link to the test:

http://www.alphadictionary.com/articles/yankeetest.html
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Old Jun 20th, 2006 | 06:49 AM
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A Yankee...who has people at work bugging me all of the time to say certain words so they can all snicker at my "accent"!
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Old Jun 20th, 2006 | 06:58 AM
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A Yankee @ 59%, I guess my living in the South for over 10 years is starting to rub off.
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Old Jun 20th, 2006 | 07:01 AM
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79% Yankee...
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Old Jun 20th, 2006 | 07:13 AM
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YIKES......73% Dixie!! WAY too much time in TEXAS!! My necks gettin' a bit pink.............or would that be "paink"............
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Old Jun 20th, 2006 | 07:16 AM
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18% Dixie. Wow! You are a Duke of Yankeedom!

oh boy ....
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Old Jun 20th, 2006 | 07:20 AM
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38% Dixie. You are definitely a Yankee.
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Old Jun 20th, 2006 | 07:42 AM
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Okay - I've tried to post this FOUR times...let's see if this one works....

99% Dixie...which speaks to my Mississippi birth and New Orleans upbringing.

DS#1 got an 81% Dixie (that's what I get for marrying a Yank!)
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Old Jun 20th, 2006 | 07:45 AM
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Looking over that quiz a bit more closely there are some serious problems with it on a Linguistic level, but it is fun for a bit of a diversion.
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Old Jun 20th, 2006 | 07:45 AM
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33% Dixie. A Yankee.
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Old Jun 20th, 2006 | 08:12 AM
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55%-Barely in Dixie

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Old Jun 20th, 2006 | 08:23 AM
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33% Dixie. I'm a Yankee, actually a Californian, which I believe is a subset of Yankee. My Dixie score would have been lower, because I gave the only answer I had evern heard of to the last question. It was classified as Dixie, although I never have heard of "roll-up bugs" and have therefore never called them anything.

That being said, I love lots of southern food. And the blues and jazz.
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Old Jun 20th, 2006 | 08:31 AM
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100% TEXAN!
Go Mavs!
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Old Jun 20th, 2006 | 08:35 AM
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TTP.....watch for me on TV tonite...I'll be the redhead with the blue jersey on, cant miss me....
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Old Jun 20th, 2006 | 08:47 AM
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My result was a Yankee. No surprise. I live in CA but the only ancestors that came from another part of the US were from NH. Fun test esm!
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Old Jun 20th, 2006 | 08:51 AM
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I made the Yankee take the test...I am beginning to rub off on him, he was 33%, still a Yankee but close to Rebel ... yeehaw! lol
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Old Jun 20th, 2006 | 08:54 AM
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39% Dixie - how did that happen?

Definite linguistic issues, but amusing nonetheless
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Old Jun 20th, 2006 | 08:56 AM
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I'm a yankee doodle dandy (76%)! I didn't answer #20, because I just don't know about that bug!

Anyhow, around here we speak "Buffalo English."
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Old Jun 20th, 2006 | 08:57 AM
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97% Dixie. No surprise, since I'm a 6th generation Alabamian!

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Old Jun 20th, 2006 | 08:58 AM
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96% Dixie. No surprise here!
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