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Originally Posted by getbak
I've often said that you can tell where somewhere is from based on how they pronounce Calgary and Saskatchewan.
- If they pronounce Calgary as "Cal-gree" and Saskatchewan so the final syllable rhymes with "win", they're from Calgary.
- If they pronounce Calgary as "Cal-Gary" with three distinct syllables and Saskatchewan so the final syllable rhymes with "win", they're from somewhere on the Prairies, but not Calgary.
- If they pronounce Calgary as "Cal-Gary" with three distinct syllables and Saskatchewan so the final syllable rhymes with "Juan", they're from somewhere in Canada other than Prairies.
- If they pronounce Calgary as "Cal-gree" and Saskatchewan so the final syllable rhymes with "Juan", they're from the States.
I have found that this almost always holds true. |
Born and raised Calgarian, but I say CAL-gary and Sas-KATCH-ew-an. It's really just because I care about enunciation though.