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Whoa! My kid thinks it is funny that say "crick" for creek...

Thought I was one of the few....


47 posted on 12/21/2004 10:21:50 AM PST by dakine
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To: dakine

Last year when my daughters were in first grade, their class was trying to find lots of homophones (words that are spelled differently and sound the same).

I grew up in Texas and these words sound the same in Texas.

Pin & Pen, Din & Den, Bin & Ben, Tin & Ten

However, we live in California and they are not considered homophones here. I've told my daughters that their teachers are wrong, and they are homophones.


82 posted on 12/21/2004 10:33:10 AM PST by luckystarmom
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Whoa! My kid thinks it is funny that say "crick" for creek...

I think you're funny, too. Everyone knows a crick is smaller than a creek.

188 posted on 12/21/2004 11:23:04 AM PST by LexBaird ("Democracy can withstand anything but democrats" --Jubal Harshaw (RA Heinlein))
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To: I want to know; LexBaird

Oops, my last post was suppose to convey that "I" say crick instead creek...


272 posted on 12/21/2004 12:40:41 PM PST by dakine
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Whoa! My kid thinks it is funny that say "crick" for creek... Thought I was one of the few....

My husband, whose speech has apparently been heavily influenced by his mother who grew up in far southern Illinois, has this habit of saying "LAW-yer" instead of "LOY-er". Interesting.......

342 posted on 12/21/2004 5:37:59 PM PST by NotJustAnotherPrettyFace (Michael <a href = "http://www.michaelmoore.com/" title="Miserable Failure">"Miserable Failure"</a>)
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