Calgary

[BlackArcher101]

Okay... was thinking during my mechanics of materials midterm that there are different ways to pronounce Calgary. I thought of the following 3, add more if I'm missing any:

1) Cal-gary
2) Cal-garee
3) Cal-gree
4) Cal-gereee
5) Calg-ree


I myself am guilty of using both #1 and #2. I rarely use #3 for some reason. What's the correct way?

edited to add more options

[Eddie Bronze]

#1 and #3 are wrong in so many ways...

Edited for proof:
http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=calgary

[Tron_fdc]

"Cahgree" after a night at the Ship

"Hey baby, am frum cahgree, born and raised. D'ya have any cahgareeean in you? Do ya wan sum?"

[KevanGuy]

I say it Cal-Gary.

[Fobulous]

Alright,

I have been a cp'er for a couple of months now and this might just be the most weird post I have ever seen.

I happen to use #3!

[lucid]

For me it's not quite Cal-gree. There is an "a" in there after the 'g"... it 's just on the unstressed part of the word, so it's harder to distinguish.
But as soon as I hear someone say Cal-gary (like the name Gary) they've just signaled that their probably not a native Calgarian. I know there are exceptions... but generally, it works.

[troutman]

I think most people in conversation here say CAL-GREE and CAL-GAIR-EE-UN (or CAL-GAIR-EE-YUN).

HyperDictionary:

Pronunciation: 'kalguree

Factmonster: [kăl'gurē]

http://collections.ic.gc.ca/calgary/calgary.htm

Originally established in 1875 as a fort by a contingent of the Northwest Mounted Police, Calgary has grown from a frontier settlement to a world class city. In 1876 A.G.Irvine, Assistant Commissioner of the NWMP, officially named the fort Calgary, after Calgary Bay on Scotland's Isle of Mull as suggested by his colleague Colonel James F. Macleod who had ancestral connections to the Scottish Bay.

http://www.calgary-castle.com/

In 2003 Calgary Bay was voted one of the Top 50 beaches in the World.

http://www.ceantar.org/Dicts/MB2/mb06.html#cala

cala, caladh
a harbour, Irish caladh, Middle Irish calad. It is usual to correlate this with It. cala, French cale, bay, cove (Diez, Thurneysen, Windisch), and Stokes even says the Gaelic and Irish words are borrowed from a Romance *calatum, It. calata, cala, French cale, cove. More probably the Celtic root is qel, qal, hide, as in English hollow, Middle English holh, hollow, cave, also English hole, possibly. the root of cladh, has also been suggested.

http://www.ceantar.org/Dicts/Manx/mx20.html#garey%20gib

garey
garden, allotment, arbour



http://www.trailofthegreatbear.com/calgary...y_stampede.html

Founded and named in 1875 by Colonel James Macleod of the scarlet coated Northwest Mounted Police, Calgary is Gaelic for "bay farm".

http://www.albertaplacenames.ca/300_names_...ons/calgary.htm

But what about the name itself? On the Isle of Mull, Scotland, Col. Macleod's sister, through marriage, was related to a family who owned a small castle. James Macleod had visited it years before and decided to remember it in the name of the Fort. The Blackfoot name for Calgary was moll-inistsis-in-aka-apewis, “elbow many houses,” and the Cree name is O-toos-kwa-nik, translating to “elbow house.” Both refer to the Elbow River. Of this we are sure.

What the word Calgary means has been the subject of heated debate. For decades people relied on an explanation found in a letter from Colonel Irvine to the Deputy Minister of Justice Bernard, dated February 29, 1876: “Colonel Macleod has suggested the name of Calgary which I believe in Scotch means clear running water, a very appropriate name, I think.” This explanation was refuted in a 1976 pamphlet produced by the Glenbow Museum in Calgary. In the booklet, a good case was made for the meaning “enclosed pasture by the bay,” or “bay farm.”

[calgaryred]

I call it cal- gary just like the name looks.

[the_only_turek_fan]

Cal-Garee

I guess #2.

EDIT:

hmmmmmmmmm I have lived here all my life.

After seeing habernac's and KevanGuy's response, maybe I talk funny.

[habernac]

anyone I've talked to that was born and raised here would pick #3.

[KevanGuy]

I was born and raised here and use #1. I've had people think I was from out of town because of the way I pronounce it.

[moon]

Sitting here at my computer it would appear I use either 1 or 3 and definately never use 2.

Also agree with Troutman in that I say CAL-GAIR-EE-AN.

[Calgary Flames]

It's #3 Cal-gree and if you say Cal-Gary you aren't a real Calgarian.. j/k KevanGuy... :P that is just odd that you say it as #1 though.

It drives me nuts when people say Cal-Gary

[Fuzzy McGillicuddy]

Originally posted by SuperNilson@Oct 13 2004, 04:40 PM
It's #3 Cal-gree and if you say Cal-Gary you aren't a real Calgarian..

:yes:

This original Calgarian says Cal-Gree.


Edit: Note the post says "How do you say it" -- not how it's supposed to be properly pronounced. There is a difference.

[peter12]

Cal-gree
My mangled mouth can barely say Calgary.

[BlackArcher101]

Originally posted by Fuzzy McGillicuddy@Oct 13 2004, 06:59 PM
This original Calgarian says Cal-Gree.


Edit: Note the post says "How do you say it" -- not how it's supposed to be properly pronounced. There is a difference.

Well... it's kinda both... the correct way and how you say it.

Seems to be a wide variety here, more than I thought there would be.

[icarus]

I say any of the three depending on how I'm feeling. Although I've lately strayed away from #1 a bit because of ridicule.

[Bertuzzied]

Umm it's Cow-garee right? thats why we are called cowtown.

[Displaced Flames fan]

Originally posted by habernac@Oct 13 2004, 09:54 PM
anyone I've talked to that was born and raised here would pick #3.

I wasn't and say it that way as well. My wife grew up in Northern BC and she says Cal-Gary.

[Cube Inmate]

CAL-grr-ree...or something like that.

A variation on this one is "Your Caaalgeryyyyyyyyyy Flaaaaames," as announced by Beasley at the start of the games.