Does anybody here seriously pronounce 'creek' as 'crick'?

[2Xtreme21]

Originally posted by: lokiju

Originally posted by: 2Xtreme21
One of the infamous Pittsburghese words said in these parts. I do say it, though I have different definitions of it. A creek to me is a stream big enough that a bridge should be constructed over it if a road goes through it. A crick is a tiny trickle of a stream that you can pretty much step over, like I had in the woods behind my house growing up.

*shrugs*

I don't understand this one...


4. How do you pronounce the second syllable in pajamas?
Rhymes with jam
Rhymes with father
Either
Don't know

Most often I say it as it rhymes with jam. I don't know which way is proper to be honest...

If you're looking for something to bash Pittsburghers on though, I got something for you.

People around here very often leave out the verb "to be" in a sentence like "the car needs to be washed." Up until about high school, I never knew sentences like "the dog needs walked," "the kids want fed," etc. were wrong. Unfortunately, when I figured out it was wrong (we had an English teacher from the UK and she was baffled that we spoke like this), I had to think back and wonder how many times throughout my education I got away with saying stuff like that because my teachers didn't know it was wrong.

Yeah, we need taught.

 

[JujuFish]

Originally posted by: mrSHEiK124

Originally posted by: JujuFish

Originally posted by: mrSHEiK124

Originally posted by: JujuFish

Originally posted by: mrSHEiK124
My Bio lab partner told me to tawss the sample and get a new one. I was all , 'till my other lab partner said toss.

Um, what?

She's a New Yorker. We fucked up part of the lab so she was suggesting that I "tawss" it and start over. I didn't know WTF she was talking about until it was pointed out to me that she meant "toss."

Do you need me to help you burp after you're done eating too?

You keep saying she meant "toss" but you're not explaining how you're expecting it pronounced.

She said it with a New York accent, I wasn't expecting that. Never heard a New Yorker speak?

I know what a New York accent is, but your representation of it by "tawss" doesn't make any sense.

 

[sandorski]

Here in BC it is "creek" regardless of size. 25 minutes drive south to Washington State and you'll hear "crick" regardless of size. You'll also hear "ruff" for roof and "vee hickul" for vehicle(h is silent up here "vee ickle") in Washington State.

 

[DrPizza]

Originally posted by: vi_edit
If it has a name (like when you drive over it on the interstate) I say creek.

If I'm on some farm ground and going fishing it's a crick.

Ditto.

 

[djheater]

Originally posted by: ktehmok

Originally posted by: Whoozyerdaddy

Originally posted by: djheater
My Mom and her family (kin) are from Hazard Kentucky. they say crick, yonder, warsh, etc.

One of my cousins called and my Illinoisan wife couldn't understand a word, pretty funny...
Accents are funny things...

Say hi to Bo and Luke for me! And could you do me a favor? Pass my number on to Daisy... I owe her an explainantion about why I ran out on her like that that morning.

Please. Like you would have a chance w/ her. Even hilljack wimmin have their standards.

Hazzard County Georgia

Hazard Ky, County seat of Perry County

Daisy is a Georgia peach, far more likely to put out than the tough as nails hillbilly women you'll find up in the hollers. They'd shoot ya just for comin' on their property.