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[powderjunkie]

I typically say CalGary. If it wanted to be called Calgree it should have been called Calgree.

[CliffFletcher]

CAL-gree and CalGARY are both wrong.

It’s CAL-gu-ree.

[topfiverecords]

Originally Posted by powderjunkie

I typically say CalGary. If it wanted to be called Calgree it should have been called Calgree.

You’re a monster.

[AC]

Originally Posted by CliffFletcher

CAL-gree and CalGARY are both wrong.

It’s CAL-gu-ree.

I feel like the most common pronunciation has been shifting from Cal-gu-ree to Cal-gree over the years.

[bizaro86]

Originally Posted by powderjunkie

I typically say CalGary. If it wanted to be called Calgree it should have been called Calgree.

Moved here from Ontario or farther East?

It's a Scottish-origin name - Calgree or cal-gu-ree are the correct pronunciations.

[Scroopy Noopers]

Originally Posted by CliffFletcher

CAL-gree and CalGARY are both wrong.

It’s CAL-gu-ree.

And it’s almost always pronounced that way by everybody until you have a conversation about how to pronounce it… and then all of a sudden all these weird versions come out…

[darockwilder]

Originally Posted by troutman

My cousin from Ottawa was perplexed by all our Trails and especially Mac-lee-odd Trail.

Years ago we flew to Chicago, I think WestJet had just added is as a destination so we figured let's check it out. When at the O'Hare for the flight back the agents were asking for certain people to come up to the gate. Certain names were a real struggle for them to pronounce, and MacLeod was one of them. "Mac Lee Odd" indeed. When the plane was backing away all those agents were outside holding a giant WestJet banner for us to see.


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[powderjunkie]

Originally Posted by bizaro86

Moved here from Ontario or farther East?

It's a Scottish-origin name - Calgree or cal-gu-ree are the correct pronunciations.

Born and raised here with Scottish ancestry. The proper way to pronounce any Scottish word is to make it undecipherable

[powderjunkie]

Originally Posted by troutman

My cousin from Ottawa was perplexed by all our Trails and especially Mac-lee-odd Trail.

It's weird that we call Fort McMurray Fort Mack when it's really Fort Mick. Fort Mac is due south.

[PepsiFree]

The correct and most common pronunciation from what I can tell is Cal-gree. That’s how I picked it up. Cal-guh-ree seems yokel and Cal-Gary is usually people that have mostly just read the name.

Originally Posted by powderjunkie

Born and raised here with Scottish ancestry. The proper way to pronounce any Scottish word is to make it undecipherable

If it was a proper Scottish word it would be either spelled “Calgary” and pronounced something like “Killshariny” or vice versa.