Yankee Quiz

Free Web Hosting Provider - Web Hosting - E-commerce - High Speed Internet - Free Web Page

refleXions - updated November 25, 2001
Yankee Quiz

How to know you're a true New Englander:

	You've been called a "Yankee" or a "Damn Yankee" when traveling further south than New Jersey.
	People have asked you to "pahk tha cah" when traveling further south than New Jersey.
	You know what a "quaddah" is.
	You know that a "rotary" has nothing to do with an old type of telephone.
	You can spell "Massachusetts", or it's alternative, "Taxachusetts".
	You can pronounce "Peabody" (PEE-bud-EE) and "Worcester" (WUSS-tur, or WOOS-tuh, depending on how far East you go).
	The words, "Big Dig" cause you to roll your eyes and sigh.
	The words, "Route 128" cause you to roll your eyes and sigh.
	You know that a "Turnpike" is not a directionally challenged fish.
	You have never used the phrase, "ya'all".
	You know that "wicked" is an adjective meaning "very".
	You know that lobsters aren't born red.