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creek

Hollywood likes to portray Southerners as saying "crick." I have lived in the South almost all my life and have never heard a Southerner say "crick." We say "creak."

The only place I ever heard anyone pronounce it "crick" was when I was in the seminary in Indiana.

Native Texan, creek.

Because I am from Indiana (against my will), I have always made sure I pronounce it "creak."

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My maternal grandmother was one of those crick people though. She also said sparry (sparrow), feesh (fish), warsh (and Warshington), and Estry Loiter (Estee Lauder). I made a concerted effort while I was growing up to not have an accent.

That's okay, many Missouri natives think that it's pronounced "Mizzurruh"

wtf?

I am from rural North Georgia and have never heard anyone pronounce it "crick" unless they were from the Midwest(my father's family is from Illinois).

It's crick among the locals here in Kansas. I try and say creek but growing up, it was common for us kids, to say, "let's go down to the crick and play."

Upstate NY

I played by the crick every day when I was a little girl.

Im in NY and I say creek. When I went to a quad track in PA they said crick. They actually all laughed at me when i said creek.

kr-eeeeeeek

I don't know what strange variant of English the rest of you were brought up on, but "creek" rhymes with "horse."

Literacy in this country has hit a new low. Sigh.

Born and raised Texan - long 'e', creek.

crick where I live and I ain't anywhere close to the south.

In Minnesota I've always heard it both ways. I think it's a midwest thing.

In Oklahoma I've heard both. Most of us from OKC or Tulsa would say creak but I've heard people from out in the country say crick. There's often a big difference here in the way people from the cities and people from the country talk. I'm not referring to anyone's intellegence and no offense is intended, it's just the way we talk that's different.

That's okay, many Missouri natives think that it's pronounced "Mizzurruh"

wtf?
Strange that. My parents grew up in downstate Illinois and have been in St Louis area since the late 50's. They say Mizzurruh. I grew up in the St Louis area and say it Mizzerree. Either way, that school in Columbia is MIZZOU. :D

We said 'creek.' When I lived in Peoria, they pronounced it 'crick.'

In Minnesota I've always heard it both ways. I think it's a midwest thing.
Yeah, I grew up in MN and I've heard both. Haven't heard anyone say it out here.

I am from rural North Georgia and have never heard anyone pronounce it "crick" unless they were from the Midwest(my father's family is from Illinois).
I'm also from Rural North Georgia, no one pronounces it "crick". It must be a midwest thing.

One I was wondering about last night. Do y'all say leisure so it rhymes with seizure or as a close rhyme to ledger?

Some real southern pronunciations:
Co-Cola
'lanta
'leck-tricity
PEA-can not pa-CON

I'm also from Rural North Georgia, no one pronounces it "crick". It must be a midwest thing.

One I was wondering about last night. Do y'all say leisure so it rhymes with seizure or as a close rhyme to ledger?

Some real southern pronunciations:
Co-Cola
'lanta
'leck-tricity
PEA-can not pa-CON
Don't forget bambulance!:p

creek

Hollywood likes to portray Southerners as saying "crick." I have lived in the South almost all my life and have never heard a Southerner say "crick." We say "creak."

The only place I ever heard anyone pronounce it "crick" was when I was in the seminary in Indiana.

living in North Carolina, I could argue that Floridians aren't Southerners. Besides there are many Southern dialects. I was in NY the first 50 yeras of my life, I'm no expert on these dialects,friends I've aquired here are. Different parts of a given state can have very different pronunciations and phrases.

I'm also from Rural North Georgia, no one pronounces it "crick". It must be a midwest thing.

One I was wondering about last night. Do y'all say leisure so it rhymes with seizure or as a close rhyme to ledger?

Some real southern pronunciations:
Co-Cola
'lanta
'leck-tricity
PEA-can not pa-CON
I've always pronounced it pea con. pea can sounds like an alternate term for a bed pan.

I'm from Maine. Here its pronounce "brook", "stream", or "river". "CreaK" is a noise similar to a "squeek". :p

living in North Carolina, I could argue that Floridians aren't Southerners.
You just haven't been to the right parts of Florida.

I was going to say, I pronounce it stream as well.

living in North Carolina, I could argue that Floridians aren't Southerners.

Don't confuse us with the South Beach/Disney World Florida. We are the Real Florida, not the manufactured, imported one.

living in North Carolina, I could argue that Floridians aren't Southerners. Besides there are many Southern dialects. I was in NY the first 50 yeras of my life, I'm no expert on these dialects,friends I've aquired here are. Different parts of a given state can have very different pronunciations and phrases.
Florida is defiantly not Southern. Some southerners may live there, but I've never seen them.

I lived in NC for 10 years, and I concur, there are a ton of dialects there. "Christ my wife makes nice white rice" is the funniest sounding sentence when said by someone from Hickory or Piney.

Florida is defiantly not Southern. Some southerners may live there, but I've never seen them.



Where have you been in Florida?

Where have you been in Florida?
Obviously he's never been anywhere in the middle. With the exception of Orlando/Lake Buena Vista, that place doesn't count.

Where have you been in Florida?
I've been all over the state, the northern end and the keys are great, it's the middle that scares the **** out of me.
One good thing I've heard about Orlando is that every day you spend there takes three off your stay in Purgatory.

{edit, by middle I mean the Orlando/Lake Buena Vista areas**

Blair county PA... crick.

This area also has kellering books, pie-annas & gee-tars too!

Strange that. My parents grew up in downstate Illinois and have been in St Louis area since the late 50's. They say Mizzurruh. I grew up in the St Louis area and say it Mizzerree. Either way, that school in Columbia is MIZZOU. :D

We said 'creek.' When I lived in Peoria, they pronounced it 'crick.'

I live in Kansas and work in Misery (http://veloroutes.org/bikemaps/?route=955).

Blair county PA... crick.

This area also has kellering books, pie-annas & gee-tars too!

Sounds like you grew up deep in the heart of Pennsyltucky. :D

Growing up in a small rural town in Colorado I heard it both ways, but mostly crick.
When I moved to Denver it was mostly creak.

SF Bay Area (East Bay) native here. In the urban and suburban areas, it's universally "creek" except for the cowboy wannabes. Out in the country among the long-time cattle and sheep ranchers, you're pretty likely to hear "crick," although not 100%. Among the newer country denizens, mostly, but not all, "creek."

Amazingly enough, thoughy, everyone pronounces "@$$hole" the same way.

I pronounce it "stream". :)

Crick, y'alls. :)

I grew up in SE Michigan and called it a creek, but I did hear crick a lot. My dad thought that was vulgar. We also pronounced leisure so it rhymed with seizure.