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I hear crick as an alternative pronunciation all over the northeast.
by nommm-nommm 11y ago
I hear crick as an alternative pronunciation all over the northeast.
- jdhzzz 11y agoI grew up 30ish miles west and moved out > 40 (Yikes!) years ago. We used both crick (a small creek) and creek (a larger crick). My mother lived all her life near or around Philly (and hated that that term) and put an 'r' in wash: Warshington D.C. I don't know if that was regional or not. I can still instantly tell someone has the accent if I hear them say 'On' (the 'o' gets caught in their nose, almost if followed by a 'w') or 'now' as it sounds like an 'e' preceeds the o.
- bitwize 11y agoFunny, I think of it as a midwestern kind of thing. My mom's family is from Wisconsin, and crick is to them standard pronunciation.