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[sundial]

Not in my area, it is a creek.

You're close to civilization. I lived out in the back 40.

[OakLeaf]

Spelled "creek," pronounced "crick," the formal name on maps is "run."

[Crankin]

I can always tell when someone is not from New England, because they refer to Boston as "the city." We say "town," as in "I'm going in town for dinner." A native would never say "into town," as it seems like we abbreviate everything. So, "in town" is like going "down the Cape," or "down Maine," or (not heard much around where I live) " down the corner."
My husband says "city," which marks him as the Philadelphian he is. My NY friends call it the city, too.

As a kid, we called the evening meal supper. Lunch was lunch, but when I moved to Florida, some people called it dinner. I stopped saying supper years ago.
My kids have no accent; they speak standard American (midwest) English. When we moved to MA from AZ they both sounded like they were from Chicago, but that sort of flattened out as the years went on. The younger one started talking with a thick Boston accent from listening to friends and teachers, but we put a stop to that. He was doing it on purpose to fit in. All I know is that after moving away when I was 15 and working really hard to rid myself of that accent, I still do not pronounce "r's" at the end of words naturally. It is a forced sound. If I am angry or rushed, the accent comes out. One time, on one of my first job interviews for a teaching position in AZ, I introduced myself to the principal, shook his hand, and he looked at me and said "Cape Cod." I was like, "huh?" He had detected that whiff of accent no matter how hard I tried to get rid of it!

[sundial]

The younger one started talking with a thick Boston accent from listening to friends and teachers, but we put a stop to that.

LOL!