crick

[RonButters at AOL.COM]

In a message dated 10/24/1999 4:22:26 PM, bkane at TIGGER.JVNC.NET writes:

<< Query by J. Wetenkamp: To help establish the isogloss, I can contribute the

Wissahickon Crick, which flows into the Schuylkill River below the Falls of

the Wissahickon (very attractive at this time of year); Schuylkill is a

tributary of the Delaware, junction of Schuylkill and Delaware Rivers formed

the original center of Philadelphia, PA. Right in back of my tiny little

property is Stony Crick which flows into the Delaware a few miles further

south. PA-NJ localism? Probably.

Bernie Kane

resident of lower Delaware County, SE part of PA

lurker >>

Off the top of my head I'd say this is generally a North Midland form: CRICK
is what we used in East Central Iowa.