You Might Be A Yankee If...

[angelwing]

You Might Be A Yankee If...

1) You think barbecue is a verb meaning "to cook outside."

2) You think Heinz Ketchup is SPICY!

3) You don't have any problems pronouncing "Worcestershire sauce" correctly.

4) For breakfast, you would prefer potatoes au gratin to grits.

5) You don't know what a moon pie is.

6) You've never had grain alcohol.

7) You've never, ever, eaten Okra.

8) You eat fried chicken with a knife and fork.

9) You've never seen a live chicken, and the only cows you've seen are on
road trips.

10) You have no idea what a polecat is.

11) Whenever someone tells an off*color joke about farm animals, it goes
over your head.

12) You don't see anything wrong with putting a sweater on a poodle.

13) You don't have bangs.

14) You would rather vacation at Martha's Vineyard than Six Flags.

15) More than two generations of your family have been kicked out of the
same prep school in Connecticut.

16) You would rather have your son become a lawyer than grow up to get his
own TV fishing show.

17) Instead of referring to two or more people as "y'all," you call them
"you guys," even if both of them are women.

18) You don't think Howard Stern has an accent.

19) You have never planned your summer vacation around a gun*and*knife show.

20) You think more money should go to important scientific research at your
university than to pay the salary of the head football coach.

21) You don't have at least one can of WD*40 somewhere around the house.

22) The last time you smiled was when you prevented someone from getting on
An on*ramp on the highway.

23) You don't have any hats in your closet that advertise feed stores.

24) The farthest south you've ever been is the perfume counter at Neiman
Marcus.

25) You call binoculars opera glasses.

26) You can't spit out the car window without pulling over to the side of
the road and stopping.

27) You would never wear pink or an appliqued sweatshirt.

28) You don't know what appliqued is.

29) You don't know anyone with two first names (i.e. Joe Bob, Billy Bob,
Bubba Kay Bob, Bob Bob)

30) You don't have doilies, and you certainly don't know how to make one.

31) You've never been to a craft show.

32) You get freaked out when people on the subway talk to you.

33) You can't do your laundry without quarters.

34) None of your fur coats are homemade

[JonathanBelles]

Im guilty of a few things on that list.

[Stephanie]

I do know a few things that are considered southern.

We do have a can or two of WD-40.

I can't afford Neiman Marcus and have been as far south as Florida.

I don't think Heinz ketshup is spicy - it's just right!

I have bangs and I have seen live chickens and cows in "Southern New Jersey".

Yeah, I'm a Yank, through and through and darn proud of it thank you very much!

[coriolis]

Mostly a yankee, but not completely

[angelwing]

Lol I have many things that are considered Southern also, all of what Steph posted plus:

I make doilies
I've had grain alcohol (don't ask )
I eat fried chicken with my hands
I prefer Hunts ketchup over Heinz's
I have bangs

But I'm still a Yankee and proud of it also

[Jinkers]

3) You don't have any problems pronouncing "Worcestershire sauce" correctly.

LOL, I could never pronounce that word...

[swimaster20]

Hmmm, I am a Southern born and bred (in Louisiana of all places!), but there are quite a few on the list that I'm guilty of. #s 3,4,10,12,16,19,23,26,27,28,31, and on a side note, none of my clothes are homemade. LOL I think I was born in the wrong part of the country. Oops, I forgot to add, I did go to the cologne counter at Neiman Marcus, but I don't think it's the furthest south I've gone.

[HollynLA]

Come on swim, you must know what a Polecat is?

It's a stinkin' skunk

[Stephanie]

3) You don't have any problems pronouncing "Worcestershire sauce" correctly.

LOL, I could never pronounce that word...

Phonetically, break it down like this ;

"war", "sester", "shire".

[Jinkers]

3) You don't have any problems pronouncing "Worcestershire sauce" correctly.

LOL, I could never pronounce that word...

Phonetically, break it down like this ;

"war", "sester", "shire".

LOL, my toungue still trips over it...

[Stephanie]

3) You don't have any problems pronouncing "Worcestershire sauce" correctly.

LOL, I could never pronounce that word...

Phonetically, break it down like this ;

"war", "sester", "shire".

LOL, my toungue still trips over it...

Can't say that 3 times fast! You definately have to concentrate on it when you say it.

[Jack8631]

3,4,6,7,14,17 and a few others.

I used to be a yankee, but I outgrew it.

[Janie2006]

3) You don't have any problems pronouncing "Worcestershire sauce" correctly.

LOL, I could never pronounce that word...

Phonetically, break it down like this ;

"war", "sester", "shire".

I thought "shire" was pronounced "shur"?

[DaylilyDawn]

I was born a Yankee but I came south as soon as I could. I have been guilty of saying ya'll , eating a moon pie, peanuts with an RC Cola, and saying there goes a Yankee at the beach when some one comes down the beach red on the front and white on the backside.

[weathermom]

3) You don't have any problems pronouncing "Worcestershire sauce" correctly.

LOL, I could never pronounce that word...

Phonetically, break it down like this ;

"war", "sester", "shire".

I thought "shire" was pronounced "shur"?

Ok you guys! It is pronounced "wooster-sheer". And grain alcohol is not at all unknown to northern teens! Though remembering it in the morning could be another story!

I am definitely a yankee (having relatives in New England as far back as 1639, the side that has been traced anyway...) but some of those are downright insulting!! Sweaters on poodles...come on! We aren't all like that!

[AnnularCane]

A lot of those are true of me, although some don't really apply to me at all. How exactly is "Worcestershire" pronounced anyway?

I would prefer potatoes au gratin to grits. Grits just never appealed to me.

[DaylilyDawn]

This transplanted Yankee grew up eating grits for breakfast with egg and sausage or bacon depending on what Mom choose to fix. I can eat both, grits or au gratin potatoes it makes no difference to me.

[southerngale]

I've always pronounced it the same as I did when I was a kid, and I've always loved the stuff!

Something like, "Wershter" sauce. Everyone always knows what I mean, too.

[Stephanie]

[quote="weathermom
Ok you guys! It is pronounced "wooster-sheer". And grain alcohol is not at all unknown to northern teens! Though remembering it in the morning could be another story!

I am definitely a yankee (having relatives in New England as far back as 1639, the side that has been traced anyway...) but some of those are downright insulting!! Sweaters on poodles...come on! We aren't all like that![/quote]

Okay, so I wasn't right with that one either!

I have family in New England dating back to the 1600's as well.

I think that they put sweaters on poodles in LA.

[AnnularCane]

I think I once knew how to pronounce Worcestershire, but I've been deliberately mispronouncing it for so long that I forgot.