Enlightenment is breaking out all over

Two:

[Chicago’s] Mayor Daley said Wednesday he would have “no problem” with County Clerk David Orr issuing marriage licenses to gay couples — and Orr said he's open to a San Francisco-style protest if a consensus can be built.

Three:

A Democratic state senator from Providence plans to submit legislation allowing same-sex marriage in Rhode Island when the Senate reconvenes on Feb. 24 after a week-long break.

So I'm 54% Met?

The Yankee or Dixie linguistic quiz has me at 46% Yankee. Which is fair — “Yankee” is a moving target.

( Old “Who’s a Yankee” joke )

On the other hand, Wikipedia’s entry on the word suggests that it might have originated in a nickname the Dutch had for English settlers in New York’s early days: Jan Kees, or “John Cheese”.

I got the quiz from immlass, whose definition of “Yankee” will soon be shifting a slot down that list.