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…
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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.
Feel free to post the Key & Peele sketch now...
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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.
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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.
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.
If it was a proper Scottish word it would be either spelled “Calgary” and pronounced something like “Killshariny” or vice versa.
Like... Kioghrae?
In the past, I noticed a handful of people struggling with the an "RL" sound and would say something like "Car gar ee" or "Caru ga ree". Recently, I feel like I've noticed a pronunciation that is "Cala-gah-lee" and I don't know when I first noticed the switch from hard and soft R sounds to a soft L sound.
I stand by my opinion that this is the most accurate way to type how born and raised calgarians pronounce it day to day, without trying to specifically pronounce it a certain way: “Calg - ary”, with minimal annunciation.
GMG having to navigate our health system and getting a crash course on how it operates. Up until now I've luckily never had to deal with urgent care, but my father recently went to the ER and after an MRI was diagnosed with a severe issue requiring spine decompression surgery. He was referred to the spinal clinic at foothills, then told they would contact him within a few days to arrange surgery. They never did. We called them, and they said there was no need to speak with them, they'll reach out to us, at minimum 8 months from now, then at that point they'll schedule something.
It seems they want to wait for permanent paralysis before they bump him up to needing urgent care, but by that time it'll be too late.
So I'm left trying to help him, but he doesn't have a GP and can't find one in Lethbridge. His pain is a 9/10 and unable to walk, but his pain prescription runs out in 3 days and they tell him he has to keep returning to the ER to get new meds. What bullcrap.
Could use some advice from someone who's gone through back issues needing surgery. Going to start looking at private options, but man, I don't know where to begin. I thought our health system would at least be a little bit of a help.
GMG having to navigate our health system and getting a crash course on how it operates. Up until now I've luckily never had to deal with urgent care, but my father recently went to the ER and after an MRI was diagnosed with a severe issue requiring spine decompression surgery. He was referred to the spinal clinic at foothills, then told they would contact him within a few days to arrange surgery. They never did. We called them, and they said there was no need to speak with them, they'll reach out to us, at minimum 8 months from now, then at that point they'll schedule something.
It seems they want to wait for permanent paralysis before they bump him up to needing urgent care, but by that time it'll be too late.
So I'm left trying to help him, but he doesn't have a GP and can't find one in Lethbridge. His pain is a 9/10 and unable to walk, but his pain prescription runs out in 3 days and they tell him he has to keep returning to the ER to get new meds. What bullcrap.
Could use some advice from someone who's gone through back issues needing surgery. Going to start looking at private options, but man, I don't know where to begin. I thought our health system would at least be a little bit of a help.
I'm sorry to hear about this, I've had lots of issues with my dad in the past 3 years but it's been pretty good service.
Can you go back to who ever referred him?
Also do you have power of attorney? It makes it easier talking to people and getting/giving information.
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So I'm left trying to help him, but he doesn't have a GP and can't find one in Lethbridge. His pain is a 9/10 and unable to walk, but his pain prescription runs out in 3 days and they tell him he has to keep returning to the ER to get new meds. What bullcrap.
Could use some advice from someone who's gone through back issues needing surgery. Going to start looking at private options, but man, I don't know where to begin. I thought our health system would at least be a little bit of a help.
I've recently gone through significant back issues, and I can say that you're not going to get much help from the public system aside from going to the ER enough times to make it a priority. That was legit some advice my GP gave from their experience with other patients - "they can't ignore you if you're on the floor vomiting from the pain". If he can't walk and has 9/10 pain then call an ambulance to get him to the ER. Do that enough times and they'll likely make his case urgent.
Continue being the thorn in everyone's side. Ask all the dumb questions repeatedly, keep calling for more info, keep asking for advice. Try to get more than one opinion. Try calling pain clinics or private clinics - use a walk-in for a referral if necessary. Back injuries are really variable so it's hard to find one solution to fix it all. Everyone has the one thing they try that changes everything, and it's always something different.
It took 6 months for the Foothills spine clinic to call me to book an appointment, and the appointment was a few weeks later. I didn't end up needing surgery (I'm glad because it's not a guaranteed fix) and I didn't feel like they gave me much in the way of helpful advice outside of that. If I had focused on getting other opinions and going private earlier, I wouldn't have been in so much pain for so long.
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