Today 's topic is words that vary by region.

Creek

I say " creek ", you might hear the word " creek ", " creek ", and the word " creek " means

a... a small river, essentially.

There's a creek in my back yard, for example.

Sure... the next word is " coyote ", I say " coyote ".

How do other people say this word?

... " coyote "., Yeah, " coyote ".

I don't say that.

A coyote is kind of a dog-like animal, it's a wild animal, about the size of a dog,

but they howl at night.

We have them in Oregon where I'm from.

I definitely heard them at my house.

Last night I heard the coyotes out in my pasture?

Okay, the next word is " route ",, " route " is how I say it,

you might also hear the word pronounced " route ".

" Route ", means the way through a city or a town or some kind of path, in other words.

R o o t, which this word sounds like, is the system that's at the bottom of a plant,

that the plant uses to get nutrients, you know, with the little hairy fibers.

I'm so good at explaining plant biology.

Oh, I know a good route to get from school to the park later.

Let's take that on our bicycles.

That was oddly specific.

The next word is " apricot ", or you might hear " apricot " as well.

It's a fruit, so you might say, " Hey, did you bring any apricots to the picket... picket... to the picket... apricots, no apricots.

" Picket ", on the other hand, is a word that means " protest ".

There's a freebie in there.

For example, you might say " Hey, I really liked those apricots you brought me the other day, they were delicious."

Okay, the next... the next word is " caramel ", I say...

I think I say " caramel ", oh this is making me doubt myself.

There's " caramel " and there's " caramel ".

They both refer to a sugary, sweet substance that's often a type of candy,

or often inside a type of candy.

It's really, really delicious.

So you might say, " Oh, my favorite kind of candy is caramel " or

" My favorite kind of candy is caramel ".

Just depends on where you're from.

Apparently in the east... the east coast they say " caramel ",

on the west coast it seems we say " caramel ".

That sounds about right to me.

You can choose.