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

[Dennis R. Preston]

I don't doubt that the natives of Charlotte MI get annoyed since they speak
standard English (just ask them), but where do those guys in NC get off
(just ask the guys in MI).

dInIs (who confesses not to have done studies of lingusitic insecurity in NC)

dInIs >Beverly Flanigan wrote:
>
>> "Proper"?  "as spelled"?  Spelling doesn't dictate pronunciation, and there
>> ain't no "proper" way of pronouncing anything!
>
>That may well be true. But it's a hard sell in specific locales, e.g.,
>Charlotte,
>MI and Charlotte, NC(?)
>The natives get irked when the outlanders confuse the two pronunciations.
>
>Bob

Dennis R. Preston
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