crick vs. crook in the neck (was: Eggcorn v. dialect)

[neil]

on 23/4/05 2:28 pm, David W. James at vnend at ADELPHIA.NET wrote:

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> 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.
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>> Victoria
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> Ditto, save for starting location (mostly Indiana/Kentucky, but a lot
> of other places in the US as well.)
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> David

Here in the UK, if I had a crick in the neck, I'd feel crook.

--Neil Crawford