Phrase origins
Jun 13, 2018 11:33:22 #
1Feathercrest
Loc: NEPA
starlifter wrote:
Some one recently posted something about the origins of phrases we see an or use alot. I wanted to save it but now can't find it. The one phrase I remember was about the creek rising. Would you please repost it our tell me what to search for if I want to try searching for it again.
Thank You.
Thank You.
"A" and "lot" are two separate words. There is no such word as "alot". The confusion is that people hear "a" and "lot" and memory of the word "allot" (meaning to parcel or dole out) is conflated with (a & lot) to make a (written) non word.
Jun 13, 2018 22:06:56 #
Jun 14, 2018 11:17:46 #
I believe the natives referenced were the "CREE" Indians which then was turned into 'Creek'/'Crick' in local vernacular.
Jun 14, 2018 15:27:57 #
Bill Hancock wrote:
Back in my day, it meant exactly what is stated, and had to do nothing with the Creek Indian Nation. Creek, meaning stream of water. I was raised in the country and the roads often did not have bridges over the streams. Thus, when it rained, the streams rose and often stopped ones traveling until the creek fell far enough to be crossed again.
Jun 18, 2018 10:16:12 #
Bill Hancock wrote:
Back in my day, it meant exactly what is stated, and had to do nothing with the Creek Indian Nation. Creek, meaning stream of water. I was raised in the country and the roads often did not have bridges over the streams. Thus, when it rained, the streams rose and often stopped ones traveling until the creek fell far enough to be crossed again.
I agree, back in the hills of Kentucky my granddad used to say that and he never heard of the Creek Indians!
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