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Crick Or Creek
A shot of Spring Creek located in the Gogebic County countryside north of Ironwood, Michigan.
What do you call that quiet stream that meanders through the woods and fields? It might depend on where you grew up. The Webster's New World College, Fourth Edition Dictionary lists both creek and crick as acceptable pronunciations for creek. "Creek" is common everywhere but New England (where they are referred to as "brooks") and the Northwest; "crick" is more common in the West, North Midland, and the North except for New England, and both are common in Wisconsin where I live. Writer and humorist Patrick McManus describes the difference this way: “First of all a creek has none of the raucous, vulgar, freewheeling character of a crick. If they were people, creeks would wear tuxedos and amuse themselves with the ballet, opera, and witty conversation; cricks would go around in their undershirts and amuse themselves with the Saturday night fights, taverns, and humorous belching. Creeks would perspire and cricks, sweat. Creeks would smoke pipes; cricks, chew and spit." Crick or creek or something else? What do they call it where you live or where you grew up?
Crick Or Creek
A shot of Spring Creek located in the Gogebic County countryside north of Ironwood, Michigan.
What do you call that quiet stream that meanders through the woods and fields? It might depend on where you grew up. The Webster's New World College, Fourth Edition Dictionary lists both creek and crick as acceptable pronunciations for creek. "Creek" is common everywhere but New England (where they are referred to as "brooks") and the Northwest; "crick" is more common in the West, North Midland, and the North except for New England, and both are common in Wisconsin where I live. Writer and humorist Patrick McManus describes the difference this way: “First of all a creek has none of the raucous, vulgar, freewheeling character of a crick. If they were people, creeks would wear tuxedos and amuse themselves with the ballet, opera, and witty conversation; cricks would go around in their undershirts and amuse themselves with the Saturday night fights, taverns, and humorous belching. Creeks would perspire and cricks, sweat. Creeks would smoke pipes; cricks, chew and spit." Crick or creek or something else? What do they call it where you live or where you grew up?