PEAS: "crick" in North, N Midland; "creek" in South, S Midland

[Bob Fitzke]

D. Ezra Johnson wrote:

> This from "Pronunciation of English in the Atlantic States" (1961):
>
> "creek (Map 97)
>
> "_Creek_ has either the vowel /i/ of _peak_ or the /I/ of pick. The
> dissemination of the variants is largely regional.

I was born, and mostly raised, in Battle Creek, MI. A high proportion of the
natives, perhaps 50-67% (by recollection, not survey) said "Battle Crick". This
pronunciation was often the subject of good-natured kidding among my cohorts,
but everyone seemed to know that the proper pronuciation was as spelled.

Bob