Posted by Kath on October 11, 2009, at 15:45:18
In reply to Re: Anyone pronounce creek as 'crick' ?, posted by Dinah on October 11, 2009, at 14:19:16
> Nope.
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> I'm trying to remember if I use the word creek at all...
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> I suppose when I'm saying "up the creek without a paddle."
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> We don't have creeks, I don't think. Funny word when you think about it.Yes it is a funny word! Lots of words are if I say them a few times in a row.
> Pronunciation is a funny thing. There's a town in, I think, northwest Louisiana named Natchitoches. And of course I was familiar with the famous "Nackadish" meat pies. But I was over thirty by time I figured out that they were the same town! My husband still laughs at me.
How did you ever find out it was one & the same? That word looks nothing like Nackadish to me! LOL
K
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