Here are a few ways to know whether or not you are in the South:
1) When you order iced tea in a restaurant, you will be brought sweet tea. This is, without doubt, the single most important factor in determining whether or not you are in the South. Seriously. If this doesn?t happen when you order iced tea at your local Applebee?s or greasy spoon, you are not living in a southern state.
2) If, when a waiter/waitress asks you what you want to drink and you say ?coke? and the server does not immediately respond with ?what kind?? you are not in the South. In the South, ?coke? can mean coca-cola, pepsi, sprite, 7-up, dr. pepper, orange soda. You name it. It?s a term used to describe any carbonated beverage. Thus, ordering ?coke? is in no way a complete order.
3) If you have to pay $13 for a measly plate of, say, TWO catfish fillets, you are not in the South. In the South, $8 should get you all the catfish you can eat. Hell, an afternoon of fishing in the pond out yonder in the pasture should get you all the fish you can eat for a couple of days. They?ve got some fish out there ?about yay long? (holds hands about 2 feet apart).
4) If no one around you knows what kudzu is, you are most definitely not in the South.
5) If people around you say ?PEE-can? rather than ?pe-KAHN,? you are not in the South.
6) If no one around you knows what chess pie is, you are not in the South.
7) If sweet potatoes are not a viable dessert, you are not in the South.
8) If ?coke? is referred to as ?pop? or ?soda,? you are most definitely not in the South.
9) If someone describes something in relation to a ?hollow? or a ?bottom,? there is a good chance you are in the South. I have had great difficulty lately trying to describe to people how my father used to live ?on a hollow? and not ?down in a hollow.? These are two different geographic locations. Very few people will live down in a hollow, much less in a bottom, as they are often uninhabitable.
10) If you can hear the difference between the words ?hail? and ?hell,? you are not in the South.
11) If you cannot clearly understand Boomhauer from King of the Hill, or if you do not know anyone who sounds like him, you are not a southerner.
12) If you think that Carey Elwes in Twister sounds like a southerner and Holly Hunter (in Copycat) sounds like she?s trying to sound like a southerner, you are most definitely not a southerner. (hint: Elwes is an Englishman; Hunter is from Georgia). Similarly, if you think that the bit from the Insider where the guy yells "WIPE THAT SMIRK OFF YO' FACE!" is a speech delivered by a southerner, you are not a southerner. It is clearly delivered by a Texan.
13) If you think you are a southerner, and when you see people from the South on television and do not think they sound like horrible rednecks, you are probably not a southerner.
14) If you think the area around Tulsa is ?green country,? you are not a southerner.
15) If, when someone mentions barbeque, you immediately think ?beef? instead of ?pork,? you are not a southerner.
i got "56% (Dixie). Barely into the Dixie category." first try. i kept hitting compute and it went to 100%. i think they forgot to initialize a variable somewhere. but anyway, i'm from new york city. i was born in new york city. and i've never been away from the city for more than a two-month. the longest i've been in the lower states is a week or so stint, a few times spread by years, in florida; which is a decidely unsouthern state for the south. that page is teh gae. i dun hait tha sa'owth.
i got "56% (Dixie). Barely into the Dixie category." first try. i kept hitting compute and it went to 100%. i think they forgot to initialize a variable somewhere. but anyway, i'm from new york city. i was born in new york city. and i've never been away from the city for more than a two-month. the longest i've been in the lower states is a week or so stint, a few times spread by years, in florida; which is a decidely unsouthern state for the south. that page is teh gae. i dun hait tha sa'owth.
The first time I heard the New Orleans accent, I thought the person was from Brooklyn.
Born and raised in New Jersey. Parents from Camden and Trenton, relatives from Ireland, Poland, New York and Philadelphia. I've only been further south than DC 3-4 times (a few weekend trips, a one week trip to Austin, and one visit to Disney World, not that the latter counts) in my life before I moved here 6 months ago.
The first time I heard the New Orleans accent, I thought the person was from Brooklyn.
my little cousin has pretty much never been to brooklyn (she's from queens; physically close, but the areas sound very different), but to the day she sounds very much like a brooklyn-ite. its quite surprising; and possibly disturbing.
What pissed me off was the "how do you address a group of people." It was painful that all of the choices had some sort of inclusion of the word "all," aside from the Pittsburgh area "Yins," which I was absolutely not going to put down. I don't know any Northerners that use "you all." Perhaps "you guys," but never "you all."
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Originally posted by Scott
They left out my favorite plural which is "all y'all". I say it all the time.
Damn straight. They also left out the plural possessive, which would be "All ya'll's cows got out the pasture and been down in the hollow."
Here are a few ways to know whether or not you are in the South:
1) When you order iced tea in a restaurant, you will be brought sweet tea. This is, without doubt, the single most important factor in determining whether or not you are in the South. Seriously. If this doesn?t happen when you order iced tea at your local Applebee?s or greasy spoon, you are not living in a southern state.
2) If, when a waiter/waitress asks you what you want to drink and you say ?coke? and the server does not immediately respond with ?what kind?? you are not in the South. In the South, ?coke? can mean coca-cola, pepsi, sprite, 7-up, dr. pepper, orange soda. You name it. It?s a term used to describe any carbonated beverage. Thus, ordering ?coke? is in no way a complete order.
3) If you have to pay $13 for a measly plate of, say, TWO catfish fillets, you are not in the South. In the South, $8 should get you all the catfish you can eat. Hell, an afternoon of fishing in the pond out yonder in the pasture should get you all the fish you can eat for a couple of days. They?ve got some fish out there ?about yay long? (holds hands about 2 feet apart).
4) If no one around you knows what kudzu is, you are most definitely not in the South.
5) If people around you say ?PEE-can? rather than ?pe-KAHN,? you are not in the South.
6) If no one around you knows what chess pie is, you are not in the South.
7) If sweet potatoes are not a viable dessert, you are not in the South.
8) If ?coke? is referred to as ?pop? or ?soda,? you are most definitely not in the South.
9) If someone describes something in relation to a ?hollow? or a ?bottom,? there is a good chance you are in the South. I have had great difficulty lately trying to describe to people how my father used to live ?on a hollow? and not ?down in a hollow.? These are two different geographic locations. Very few people will live down in a hollow, much less in a bottom, as they are often uninhabitable.
10) If you can hear the difference between the words ?hail? and ?hell,? you are not in the South.
11) If you cannot clearly understand Boomhauer from King of the Hill, or if you do not know anyone who sounds like him, you are not a southerner.
12) If you think that Carey Elwes in Twister sounds like a southerner and Holly Hunter (in Copycat) sounds like she?s trying to sound like a southerner, you are most definitely not a southerner. (hint: Elwes is an Englishman; Hunter is from Georgia). Similarly, if you think that the bit from the Insider where the guy yells "WIPE THAT SMIRK OFF YO' FACE!" is a speech delivered by a southerner, you are not a southerner. It is clearly delivered by a Texan.
13) If you think you are a southerner, and when you see people from the South on television and do not think they sound like horrible rednecks, you are probably not a southerner.
14) If you think the area around Tulsa is ?green country,? you are not a southerner.
15) If, when someone mentions barbeque, you immediately think ?beef? instead of ?pork,? you are not a southerner.
Originally posted by thuh Freak
i got "56% (Dixie). Barely into the Dixie category." first try. i kept hitting compute and it went to 100%. i think they forgot to initialize a variable somewhere. but anyway, i'm from new york city. i was born in new york city. and i've never been away from the city for more than a two-month. the longest i've been in the lower states is a week or so stint, a few times spread by years, in florida; which is a decidely unsouthern state for the south. that page is teh gae. i dun hait tha sa'owth.
The first time I heard the New Orleans accent, I thought the person was from Brooklyn.
Originally posted by midwinter
Damn straight. They also left out the plural possessive, which would be "All ya'll's cows got out the pasture and been down in the hollow."
Damn hick.
WTF!?!
Born and raised in New Jersey. Parents from Camden and Trenton, relatives from Ireland, Poland, New York and Philadelphia. I've only been further south than DC 3-4 times (a few weekend trips, a one week trip to Austin, and one visit to Disney World, not that the latter counts) in my life before I moved here 6 months ago.
Originally posted by midwinter
The first time I heard the New Orleans accent, I thought the person was from Brooklyn.
my little cousin has pretty much never been to brooklyn (she's from queens; physically close, but the areas sound very different), but to the day she sounds very much like a brooklyn-ite. its quite surprising; and possibly disturbing.
56% (Dixie). Barely into the Dixie category.
raised in NYC and CT.
The only thing I picked up from Southern friends is "y'all"
Bah
Originally posted by ZO
this test is full of shit.
Bah
I agree - I got all the Northern answers and it still gave me 38-or so Yankee.
I´m the most average american you can find
What pissed me off was the "how do you address a group of people." It was painful that all of the choices had some sort of inclusion of the word "all," aside from the Pittsburgh area "Yins," which I was absolutely not going to put down. I don't know any Northerners that use "you all." Perhaps "you guys," but never "you all."
Here's one that could easily tell a Yankee:
You say you are going "downstreet" to the store.
You say you are going "down cellar" instead of going to the basement.
Originally posted by Protostar
Says Im 85% Dixie and asks if I have any Confederate ancestors. I find this ironic since I'm black but I guess anything's possible.
That is rude of the website. It is like asking a German if they have any Nazi ancestors.
"100% Texan, bitch" should be my real score.