How Southern Are You? (A Quiz)

[GrayTide]

Check this out for a little break from football and politics. I got 33 out of 35.

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[Tidewater]

Check this out for a little break from football and politics. I got 33 out of 35.

https://play.howstuffworks.com/quiz...jX&parent_source=facebook&utm_source=share-fb

I had never heard of referring to a vacuum cleaner as a "sweeper."

On the other hand, when I lived in England, I heard supposedly high brow Brits use the word "reckon" all the time. They would say, "How do you reckon?" as in, "What is your reasoning?"

 

[gman4tide]

I had never heard of referring to a vacuum cleaner as a "sweeper."

On the other hand, when I lived in England, I heard supposedly high brow Brits use the word "reckon" all the time. They would say, "How do you reckon?" as in, "What is your reasoning?"

I use "how do you reckon" all the time...mine comes out more like "how ya reckon". But my engrish drives english teachers nuts, so there's that.

32 out of 35

 

[crimson fan man]

I scored 33 out 35. Its hard to believe that only the south has these sayings.

 

[SavanaBama]

Perfect score for me -- you can take the girl <somewhat> out of the country, but you can't take the southern out of the girl :wink:

I'm sure my momma will be proud :blush:

 

[TIDE-HSV]

"Reckon" is an ancient Germanic word. To calculate in German is "rechnen." At a restaurant, the bill is the "Rechnung." (reckoning) Nothing wrong with it...

 

[Tidewater]

I scored 33 out 35. Its hard to believe that only the south has these sayings.

I had the same reaction.
Then again, southerners frequently do not recognize southernisms as southernisms. When I lived and DC and used to hang out with people from NY and NJ, and I said, "Hey, I'm fixin' to go to the Watergate. Need me to pick up anything for you?"
My colleagues would say "You're "fixin' to?"
Then I would amend what I said by saying, "I am holding myself in readiness to go to the Watergate."

 

[BamaFlum]

33 out of 35. Just a couple I wasn’t familiar with.


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[alabama mike1]

33 out of 35 for me.

 

[rolltide_21]

33/35. I've never heard a vacuum referred to as a sweeper. And, "the rode it hard and put away wet" phrase I had never heard of before that quiz. Sounds like the title of an adult film not something a southerner would use.

 

[dayhiker]

32/35. I'd never heard the herd of turtles or the sweeper one. Heck, use the head made more sense to me than use the sweeper. I'm a sailor, though, so that's why I answerd, "head." The other one I missed was carrying on instead of moving on. I've used both phrases.

 

[BamaFlum]

33/35. I've never heard a vacuum referred to as a sweeper. And, "the rode it hard and put away wet" phrase I had never heard of before that quiz. Sounds like the title of an adult film not something a southerner would use.

That was one of the ones that caught me plus the turtle one. I think the rode it one refers to riding a horse hard and putting it in the barn sweaty.


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[willie52]

That was one of the ones that caught me plus the turtle one. I think the rode it one refers to riding a horse hard and putting it in the barn sweaty.

It does, if you ride the horse long enough or hard enough to work up a lather they need be cooled off before you stable them. That was what I had to do before I brushed and curried them but then again I haven't rode a horse in years.


ETA - 34 out of 35. The sweeper got me.

 

[GrayTide]

Back teeth are "floating"? Never heard that, also missed "sweeper".

 

[Bamaro]

Growing up we had a 'carpet sweeper'. Used for cleaning up small messes. Completely manual, no electric, just push it, similar to this:

 

[FitToBeTide]

32/35. I'd never heard the herd of turtles or the sweeper one. Heck, use the head made more sense to me than use the sweeper. I'm a sailor, though, so that's why I answerd, "head." The other one I missed was carrying on instead of moving on. I've used both phrases.

Wasn't a sailor either, but "head" is the first thing that popped into my southern mind. 34-35.

 

[FitToBeTide]

Looked up "back teeth floating", means "the intense need to urinate". Never heard of the phrase, but I lucked out on it anyway.

 

[gman4tide]

Looked up "back teeth floating", means "the intense need to urinate". Never heard of the phrase, but I lucked out on it anyway.

That's one i missed also. Now, i've used "my eyeballs are floating" for that intense need to urinate. Never teeth floating.

 

[GrayTide]

That's one i missed also. Now, i've used "my eyeballs are floating" for that intense need to urinate. Never teeth floating.

Or "pee like a racehorse".

 

[seebell]

33 of 35. Missed sweeper and back teeth floating.