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Introduction: What do you call a running stream of water that’s smaller than a river but larger than a brook? Many would say it’s a creek (rhymes with peek), but others would call it a crick (rhymes with pick). Then there are those, myself included, who use both terms.
Recommended Citation
Hoy, Jim (2018). "Creek or Crick?," Symphony in the Flint Hills Field Journal. https://newprairiepress.org/sfh/2018/culture/5
Creek or Crick?
Introduction: What do you call a running stream of water that’s smaller than a river but larger than a brook? Many would say it’s a creek (rhymes with peek), but others would call it a crick (rhymes with pick). Then there are those, myself included, who use both terms.