Date:    Mon, 2 Mar 1998 11:32:11 -0500
<br>From:    Jesse T Sheidlower  jester[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]PANIX.COM 
<br>Subject: Semantic distinc. betw. "crick" and "creek"?
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<br>A correspondent wrote in about an alleged semantic distinction
<br>between "crick" and "creek." This writer, who is from an unspecified
<br>but "rural" part of the country, claims that he uses both pronunciations,
<br>but that a "crick" was smaller than a "creek." He states that he has
<br>had a long-running disagreement with his wife about this, and he recently
<br>found someone else who makes this distinction. DARE doesn't show any
<br>semantic distinction, and Joan Hall isn't otherwise aware of any.
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<br>Is this distinction familiar to anyone on the list?
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<br>Jesse Sheidlower
<br>Random House Reference
<br> jester[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]panix.com 
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