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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1. How do you pronounce Aunt?Like the word wantLike the word ant Like the word caught I pronounce them all the same RESULT: |
2. How do you pronounce caramel?Two syllables ("car-ml")Three syllables ("car-a-mel") Either Don't know RESULT: |
3. How do you pronounce creek?Rhymes with meekRhymes with kick Either Don't know RESULT: |
4. How do you pronounce the second syllable in pajamas?Rhymes with jamRhymes with father Either Don't know RESULT: |
5. How do you pronounce route?Rhymes with cloutRhymes with toot Either Don't know RESULT: |
6. Do you pronounce "cot" and "caught" the same way?YesNo No answer Don't know RESULT: |
7. How do you address a group of people?You allYouse You'uns, yins Y'all RESULT: |
8. What kind of sale is it on the front lawn?Rummage saleTag sale Yard sale Garage sale RESULT: |
9. What's that long sandwich with lots of cold cuts and toppings?SubHoagie Grinder Hero RESULT: |
10. What's the tiny lobster that crawls around in creek bottoms?CrawfishCrayfish Crawdad I don't know RESULT: |
11. What do you call gym shoes?SneakersTennis shoes Gymshoes Runnning shoes RESULT: |
12. What is spread onto the tops of cakes?FrostingIcing Don't know No answer RESULT: |
13. What's that road along an Interstate highway?Frontage roadService road Access road Feeder RESULT: |
14. What do you put groceries in?BagSack Poke No answer RESULT: |
15. Where might you get water in a public building?Water fountainDrinking fountain Bubbler No answer RESULT: |
16. What is that bubbly carbonated drink called?SodaCoke Pop Soft drink RESULT: |
17. What's it called when you throw toilet paper over a house?TP'ingToilet papering Rolling Papering RESULT: |
18. What's the night before Halloween called?I don't use any word for thisDevil's night Mischief night Cabbage night RESULT: |
19. What's a drive through liquor store called?I haven't heard of any such thing, or none of the belowBrew thru Beverage barn Party barn RESULT: |
20. What's that bug that rolls into a ball when you touch it?Roly polyPillbug Potato bug Sow bug RESULT: |