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“Yankee” or “Rebel”?
The folks at alphaDictionary and the Harvard Computer Society have released an amusing little linguistics quiz, “Are You a Yankee or a Rebel?” It’ll calculate your relative score based on how you use or pronounce certain words.
My score was “30% Dixie. You are a Yankee Doodle Dandy.” Not surprising, considering I grew up in upstate NY. That 30% must be from my two Alabama aunts 
Feel free to post your score in the comments.
22 Responses to ““Yankee” or “Rebel”?”
I did that test once, it made me a yankee
which is interesting since I’m Dutch… probably because of Hollywood…
47% Dixie. But I spoke mostly German between the ages of 2 and 6. I am an Army brat and grew up all over. 7 years in Germany included. But my parents and all of my relatives were Southerners. When I talk to them on the phone, I fall back into it. I can’t even understand what I’m saying after a while. I’ve been in Washington state for 13 years now.
Last time I looked, the war between the states was over back in the 1860′s and I found I was just a plain ole U S Citizen from one of the 50 “United” states and I don’t need a test to prove it either.
I scored 60%, or “just below the Mason-Dixon line.” I partly grew up in the Midwest, and partly in the South so I guess it makes sense.
I scored 41% dixie. Makes sense I’m from Maryland
24%. excellent.
36% Dixie. You are definitely a Yankee.
That 36% must be because my dad recently moved to Alabama.
Interesting looking at the comments from some of the other responses to questions.
BTW: I’m one of the few people around here who don’t call a water fountain a bubbler. Guess it’s obvious I’m not native to southern Wisconsin.
Ryan said: BTW: I’m one of the few people around here who don’t call a water fountain a bubbler.
Us squids callem scuttlebutts.
48% for me, which is kind of scary.
I grew up about 10 miles north of the Mason-Dixon line.
What the hell I took the test and got: 56% Dixie. Barely in Dixie
My achybreaky ass…I was born and raise in deep south Texas almost close enough to trip and fall into the Rio Grande.
Maybe I got that score because I travel a lot and don’t live a sheltered life behind a gated community fence.
Who knows?
31% Dixie. Born in Ohio, raised in Miami, Fl, college in Philadelphia, settled back in Ohio. No surprise there.
87% Dixie. Do you still use Confederate money?
Hm, where did that 13% bastard language come from?
36% Dixie – grew up in urban Oregon, lived in Seattle and moved to DC 2 years ago. It’s infesting my speech already!
6% Dixie. I grew up in Upstate New York, and while I went to school in DC, I still am a New Yorker.
79% Dixie. Well, hell (or ‘hale’ as they say down here) I live in Cut &Shoot, Texas. What did you expect?
Actually, based on what I recall from my grad course in dialectology, this was a pretty accurate assessment tool.
“44% Dixie. Barely in Yankeedom.”
…and I’m in Atlantic Canada, next door to Maine. Read into that what you will!
50% Dixie. I’m a border state man through and through. From northern Virginia and I spend my professional life studying Missouri and Kentucky during the Civil War.
86% Dixie. Do you still use Confederate money?
Yup, I do hehe.
Thing is the second day I am up north, and I mean far north (New England), I lose the majority of my accent.
If you think a DIXIEcup is worn under a jockstrap you may be a redneck.
If your mother, your sister, your aunt, and your motherinlaw are all the same person..you may be a redneck….Uhhhhhh make that you are a redneck.
55% Dixie. Barely in Dixie
I was born in Alabama but my family moved to Indiana when I was only 3 months old.
Most of my older family members would probably score a minimum of 70%.
Ha! 58% Barely in Dixie. Makes sense since I grew up in Maryland. The accent that makes New Englanders think you’re southern and southerners think you’re a Yankee.