beyond the pail

[A. Maberry]

On Thu, 6 Mar 2003, Kathleen E. Miller wrote:
>
> It happened to me, sort of.  I was born in Delaware and lived there for the
> first 5 years of my life. We then moved to Indiana where I started grade
> school. I flunked an out-loud reading assignment in 3rd grade because I
> refused to say crick, instead of creek. That would've been in 1979.
>

Thank heavens I grew up in Oregon. For me, "creek" and "bucket" are normal
and "crick" and "pail" are not. I would probably STILL be in 3rd grade ...

allen
maberry at u.washington.edu