Why is this a problem???

Question

allot of people pronounce Creek

Creek with a long E sound

but the rest of us say

Creek with a short E kinda like Crek

LOL what do you say? Creek or Crek :)

Answer 1

Long E.

Answer 2

Creek... though my dad says it the country way of Crik. I think it might be the Maryland form...not sure. Depends on where you are.

Answer 3

I say creek. But sometimes when I'm goofing off I say crick.

Answer 4

Um, creek. Only a psycho would do otherwise. Or a liberal!

Answer 5

I'm originally from NY so i say it like EEEK or like Creep or like GEEK.

Same thing with the word "roof". I say it like goof, like dufus etc my boss says it like RUFF and i keep telling him its ROOF not ruff! lol

We have our faults in ny too. I used to say the word Pecan as similar to the word Peeking instead of pronouncing it like PEE-Kahn. When I got to Arizona i was wondering why they were pronouncing it like PEE-Kahn since it sounded so french or like they were exaggerating it. I found out that that was actually the proper way to pronounce it.

Answer 6

Creek but when we were kids we called it "Crick", I don't know, we lived in MI

Answer 7

You say Tomato, and i say Tomatoe...
lol... :)
Sometimes though, i might just figure out where you are from in how you pronounce something..
insights start conversations... conversations create understandings..
good luck..

Answer 8

Long E sound.

Answer 9

Or crik? One language, different dialects.

Answer 10

long e