crick vs. crook in the neck (was: Eggcorn v. dialect)
David W. James
vnend at ADELPHIA.NET
Sat Apr 23 13:28:47 UTC 2005
On Apr 22, 2005, at 11:18 PM, Victoria Neufeldt wrote:
> I've always said (and, to the best of my knowledge, heard/read)
> 'crick' for this. I don't recall ever encountering 'crook', either in
> my native Canada or the U.S.
> Victoria
Ditto, save for starting location (mostly Indiana/Kentucky, but a lot
of other places in the US as well.)
David
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