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Tron_fdc · 05-26-2010, 07:06 PM

I've lived in Calgary all my life (born in '75) and it's amazing to see some of this stuff. I actually remember hearing about the villages around the city.

I heard a neat thing on the radio regarding the pronunciation as well as the meaning of a few ofour roads. Eg:

Marquis of Lorne trail is pronounced "Markwiss", which makes no sense to me as I thought it was French?

Richard road isn't pronounced in the english sense....it's actually named after Rocket Richard. So it's "Reeshard" road.

I didn't know either of those.

05-26-2010, 07:06 PM	#9
Tron_fdc In Your MCP Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Watching Hot Dog Hans Exp:	I've lived in Calgary all my life (born in '75) and it's amazing to see some of this stuff. I actually remember hearing about the villages around the city. I heard a neat thing on the radio regarding the pronunciation as well as the meaning of a few ofour roads. Eg: Marquis of Lorne trail is pronounced "Markwiss", which makes no sense to me as I thought it was French? Richard road isn't pronounced in the english sense....it's actually named after Rocket Richard. So it's "Reeshard" road. I didn't know either of those.