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.
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  • This test is based on the Harvard Computer Society Dialect Survey of 30788 respondents, and is for entertainment use only.

  • 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?
    Roly poly
    Pillbug
    Potato bug
    Sow bug
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