Have fun with this.

[IknowMe]

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

My score -> 46% (Yankee). Barely into the Yankee category.

COuld someone please tell me if that's good or bad.

Wow, I'm having amnesia and deja vu at the same time.
I think I've forgotten this before.

 

[mjldba]

I've always understood the word to be "packed" which means "good for compressing" as in "the snow is good packing today for making snowballs & snowmen".

Can't perform either of those tasks with dry, powdery snow.

 

[Welshbird]

I scored only

54% (Dixie). Barely into the Dixie category.

But then, I'm Welsh.

Fee

The question should be [red]Is it worth trying to do?[/red] not [blue] Can it be done?[/blue]

 

[tsdragon]

76% (Dixie). That is a pretty strong Southern score!

My mother, a (US) Georgian would be proud! My father, from the eastern shore of Maryland, would not.

Not bad for a boy from So. Calif. I guess the 1 1/2 years I spent in Texas as a child and the fact that I've lived in VA/DC for 29 of my 50 years has something to do with it.

Y'all is just so damned useful a word.


Tracy Dryden

Meddle not in the affairs of dragons,
For you are crunchy, and good with mustard.

 

[sggaunt]

But then, I'm Welsh.

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Steve: Delphi a feersum engin indeed.

 

[ncotton]

50% Yankie....and I'm an Englishman.

Hope this Helps.

Neil J Cotton
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[Welshbird]

WShy is that Odd Steve?

We're not back on that daft danish Sandi convo again are we?

We could fall out you and me you know....

Fee

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[WTKnow]

OK all, don't laugh, please, what IS 'Dixie'?

 

[Gooser]

Main Entry: Dix·ie
Pronunciation: 'dik-sE
Function: geographical name
the states of the SE United States & especially those which constituted the Confederacy

 

[SantaMufasa]

OK all, don't laugh, please, what IS 'Dixie'?

I would never laugh at a serious/sincere question, but WTK, you are from the U.S., right? If you are a high-school graduate, you are required by all American states to take a minimal amount of U.S. History, which definitely includes references to, and explanations of, Dixie. How did you miss that class? (Just curious...I'm not being critical.)

Mufasa
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[ncotton]

Mufasa, would the classes necessarily have refered to it as "Dixie", isn't it a slang/deminutive word.

I only know of it from a fast food shop here called Dixie Fried Chicken...the slogan "Taste of the South"

Hope this Helps.

Neil J Cotton
njc Information Systems
Systems Consultant

 

[CajunCenturion]

Yes, some people consider 'dixie' to be pejoritive, but I have no idea how widespread that feeling is.

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[SantaMufasa]

Neil,

You are correct in that "Dixie" is a nickname, but it is so institutionalised in the U.S. that "Citizens of Dixie" consider it to be their nationality, with their National Anthem being "Dixie" ("I wish I was in the Land of Dixie...") and their elected (Democratic-party) officials are referred to as "Dixie-crats" since the officials' politics often more closely align with Conservative Republicans than with other Democrats.

So, then, I believe that any natural-born American that hasn't lived their life in solitary confinement would typically recognise "Dixie" and understand its meaning(s).

Mufasa
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[Gooser]

Oh, I wish I was in the land of cotton,
Old times there are not forgotten, {Alt Original: Cinnamon seed and sandy bottom,}
Look away, look away, look away Dixie Land.

In Dixie Land, where I was born in,
early on one frosty mornin',
Look away, look away, look away Dixie Land.

I wish I was in Dixie, Hooray! Hooray!
In Dixie Land I'll take my stand
to live and die in Dixie.
Away, away, away down south in Dixie.
Away, away, away down south in Dixie
...

Source: niehs

 

[SilentAiche]

As a native-born Southern kid, may I offer this? I think "Dixie" and "Yankee" have achieved the same status - depending upon the speaker's intent, either can be used to signal pejoration or pride.

I got biscuits; you got bagels. I win. See you at lunch. I prefer my tea sweetened.

BTW, don't them locks on a bagel keep you out? Is that when you call the [green]Key[/green]stone Cops? You know, for a round up?

Tim

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[guitarzan]

So, then, I believe that any natural-born American that hasn't lived their life in solitary confinement would typically recognise "Dixie" and understand its meaning(s).

Also depends on age, and where the person grew up. I grew up and live in New York, and dont recall having ever learned the term "dixie" in school (maybe, but I don't remember). I learned it from books, movies, etc.

Of course, to me a dixie is a cup and a yankee plays baseball in the Bronx

 

[Jomama46]

100% (Dixie). Is General Lee your father?

Far out! At last I have a label!

Jomama

 

[SantaMufasa]

Jomama, Sorry...I must have missed something...Where did your Quote: "100% Dixie..." come from?

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[AnotherHiggins]

Jomama just took the test and those are the results. I got the same quote, "Is General Lee your father?" when I scored 94% Dixie.

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[SantaMufasa]

Thanks for solving the mystery, John.

That's actually kind of scary that you two are siblings now: "John and Jomama Lee"

Mufasa
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[Jomama46]

and thats what I like about the south"

Jomama