I’m gonna *so* regret saying this but we don’t have “streams” here, we have “runs”.
Go on...have at it...LOL
In descending order:
River
Crick
Run
Spring
If it’s a standing body of water, it’s a pond, regardless of size.
The only “name” exception is Deep Creek Lake which is man-made so maybe that’s why it got an anomalous name.
[and is the only time “creek” is actually pronounced “creek”]
Blairs Valley Lake is technically name that but every local just says they’re going fishing at Blairs Valley.
“Lake” just gets omitted completely.
Dunno why.
[is anybody else having a hard time getting FR to load? I keep getting ‘server timed out’ errors]
Plenty of runs here (SW VA), and we have a lot of "forks" also. "He lives up Lacy's Branch off Lester's Fork."
[and is the only time “creek” is actually pronounced “creek”
I think that’s right. Creek is more formal so used in a formal name. Crik is more informal.
We do the same thing here.
I’m going over to the crik.
Which one?
Ticher Creak.
What part of the country are you talking about? I’ve never heard a branch called a run.