How do you say "Calgary"?

[toyboy88]

Taking a break from studying for midterms... :(


Just was curious...how does everyone pronounce "Calgary" the majority of the time?

[Kloubek]

The way the idiots don't.

[pf0sh0]

never really thought about it.

should have added kul-gur- ee for the fob nation.

[sexualbanana]

In my experience:

People born and raised here say 'Cal-Gree'

People who have moved here or not from here say 'Cal-Gary'

[RotaryPower]

^^^

I was born and raised here and i say "cal-gary" :poosie:

[LuxCars]

Originally posted by sexualbanana
In my experience:

People born and raised here say 'Cal-Gree'

People who have moved here or not from here say 'Cal-Gary'


I wasn't born here and i say Cal-Gree

[toyboy88]

Originally posted by sexualbanana
In my experience:

People born and raised here say 'Cal-Gree'

People who have moved here or not from here say 'Cal-Gary'

Yeah, that's why I was curious and started the thread...

From what I've heard/noticed, people from Calgary say "Kal - Ga - Ree" more often, and FOBs/out of towners say "Kal - gree" or "Kal - Guh - Ree" more often haha...

:dunno:

[Melinda]

LOL you can always tell a tourist or a non-naitive calgarian when they say Cal-gar-y. It's just like going to toronto and pronouncing it "tor-on-toe". Not all of them do it, but you'll pretty much never find a native calgarian that says "cal-ga-ry". I'm a proud born and raised calgarian and I say "Cal-gree"

[97'Scort]

You don't even want to know :D

[ZorroAMG]

Calgree. That's how you are supposed to say it.

[Donmega]

frig i kept saying it over and over and now I dont know anymore :dunno:

[slick2404]

Originally posted by RotaryPower
^^^

I was born and raised here and i say "cal-gary" :poosie:

:werd: thats how i say it too haha.

[4lti7ude]

Calgree ftw

[AzNxHyDrA]

Originally posted by Donmega
frig i kept saying it over and over and now I dont know anymore :dunno:

I'm with this guy, I've said it so many times by the time I finished reading all the posts, I'm actually not sure anymore lmao.

[sneek]

Originally posted by AzNxHyDrA


I'm with this guy, I've said it so many times by the time I finished reading all the posts, I'm actually not sure anymore lmao. +1

:S

[redline_13000]

lol you forgot to put the option "CALGREYH"

[Zero102]

Keg-ery
Or at least that's how my german friends say it and it kind of stuck :)

[street]

kal-gree born and raised:thumbsup:

[googe]

kel-guh-REE for the frenchies

[szw]

I kept saying it over and over again and now it sounds like a really stupid name

[sputnik]

Do you guys really say Calgary with only 2 syllables?

All where are you putting the emphasis?

I personally say CAL-guh-ree but the last 2 syllables are very subtle almost to give the impression that they might be one but they arent.

CAL-gree just sounds awkward and forced and should really be spelled Calgry if that is the case. Since you cant pronounce the "a" without adding a third syllable.

Just think of the guy who says "Here are your Calgary FLAMES!"

He certainly doesn't use 2 syllables when saying Calgary.

[projekz]

Call Gary

[im2fst4u]

After doing some extensive research I have found that when pronouncing "CALGARY" it doesn't really matter, as long as somewhere in there you here the faint southern Alberta accent sayin "Oilers & Eskies Blow", thats all that matters cause then you know you have found a true Calgarian!

BTW Oilers SUCK! :goflames: :goflames: :goflames: yaaaaaaaay Cal-ga-reeeeeeee!

[PremiumRSX]

Originally posted by RotaryPower
^^^

I was born and raised here and i say "cal-gary" :poosie:

I was not born here but grew up here and I'm asssiaaannn..

So I say cal-gary.. LA~!!!

[DNSRadio]

Originally posted by pf0sh0
never really thought about it.

should have added kul-gur- ee for the fob nation.



:rofl: :rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl:

[toyboy88]

Originally posted by sputnik
Do you guys really say Calgary with only 2 syllables?

All where are you putting the emphasis?

I personally say CAL-guh-ree but the last 2 syllables are very subtle almost to give the impression that they might be one but they arent.

CAL-gree just sounds awkward and forced and should really be spelled Calgry if that is the case. Since you cant pronounce the "a" without adding a third syllable.

Just think of the guy who says "Here are your Calgary FLAMES!"

He certainly doesn't use 2 syllables when saying Calgary.

Actually, listen to the FAN960 when the flames play...they say Kal-gree lots...?

[Schwa]

Car-gah-lee

[kevie88]

Calgree is how people from out of town pronounce it.. I've never heard anyone say cal-ga-ree when I'm elswhere in Canada.


I say Cal-Ga-Ree, I think it's an older locals thing.. the young people today are corrupted by there eastern parents haha.


It's CAL-GA-RY dammit :whipped: Look at the spelling!

[adam c]

i don't know anymore :cry:

first i voted Kal-gree but now im saying kal-ga-ree and now ahhhh!

[hoamic11]

I use to pronounce it as Cal-Gary, and now i pronounce is as Cal-gree, i think it's b/c at first you say it as it's read

[teggypimp95]

yeah i think i always say cal gree

[funkedelic]

you fuckers confused me so much now. I say cal-gree, i hate it when people say Cal-Ga-ry

[403Gemini]

Originally posted by Melinda
LOL you can always tell a tourist or a non-naitive calgarian when they say Cal-gar-y. It's just like going to toronto and pronouncing it "tor-on-toe". Not all of them do it, but you'll pretty much never find a native calgarian that says "cal-ga-ry". I'm a proud born and raised calgarian and I say "Cal-gree"

Haha my buddy at work pronounced it "Calgree" im like "you were born here werent you?" he laughed and knew EXACTALLY what i was talking about and how i could tell... of course we're surrounded by like 95% of people who just moved here and they had a befuddled look on their face

[Melinda]

Calgary is a scottish word. Our city was named after Calgary Bay in Scotland. Get a real scotsman to say Calgary and I guarantee they'll pronounce it Cal-gree. I know they certainly did when I was over there!

[adam c]

isn't calgary named after the meeting of 2 rivers in scotland not a bay

[RotaryPower]

:rofl:

after reading more posts I am starting to think of what a f'd up word CALGARY is

and I don't know how to pronounce it anymore:cry:

[Melinda]

Originally posted by adam c
isn't calgary named after the meeting of 2 rivers in scotland not a bay
Calgary Bay (the gaelic spelling escapes me) on the Isle of Mull in Scotland. There used to be (not sure if it's still there) a GIGANTIC mural of Calgary Bay at city hall with the explination of it all.

[SpoonEK9@STRD]

I'm with kevie, most of us dont have scotish accents so we dont have to say it like them. :dunno:

[dennisaur]

damn you OP

now i find myself listening to how peope pronounce calgary and watching how i say it. it wasn't a big deal before but now i notice it :rofl:

[/////AMG]

Originally posted by sexualbanana
In my experience:

People born and raised here say 'Cal-Gree'

People who have moved here or not from here say 'Cal-Gary'

I wasn't raises in Calgary and I say Cal Gree



Originally posted by Melinda
Calgary is a scottish word. Our city was named after Calgary Bay in Scotland. Get a real scotsman to say Calgary and I guarantee they'll pronounce it Cal-gree. I know they certainly did when I was over there!

I win, I'm british which is close enough lol (along with a few othe rbeyonders) . Cal Gree it is.

[Melinda]

Originally posted by /////AMG
I win, I'm british which is close enough lol (along with a few othe rbeyonders) . Cal Gree it is.
:eek: An englishman saying that he's "close enough" to being a Scots? Haha never thought I'd see the day! :rofl: j/k

[jdmakkord]

Cal-Curry born and raised:rofl:

[/////AMG]

Originally posted by Melinda

:eek: An englishman saying that he's "close enough" to being a Scots? Haha never thought I'd see the day! :rofl: j/k

haha closer than a Canadian! Stop twisting my words! :nut:

[Spoons]

Originally posted by sexualbanana
In my experience:

People born and raised here say 'Cal-Gree'

People who have moved here or not from here say 'Cal-Gary'

I was born in Edmonton, and I say Cal-Gree?

[sputnik]

I refuse to believe that you guys all say "Calgary" with only 2 syllables.

I have been here for 6 years and have never heard someone say "Cal-gree".

Here is the pronunciation as it is in the dictionary (3 syllables)

http://www.bartleby.com/61/32/C0033200.html
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/calgary

Here is the history of the name.

http://geonames.nrcan.gc.ca/education/ab_e.php


Calgary

This city was so named in 1876 by Lieutenant-Colonel James Farquharson Macleod of the North West Mounted Police. It is the name of the ancestral estate of his cousins, the MacKenzies, on the Isle of Mull, Scotland, which he had visited shortly before. In the fall of 1875, there was trouble with the Métis and Indians in the Prince Albert region, and Major-General E. Selby, commanding the Canadian Militia, was sent from the east to investigate. He (Colonel Macleod) was advised by telegraph to meet General Selby at Red Deer with fifty men. At this conference, one of the matters agreed upon was that a police post should be established on the Bow River. On his return south, Colonel Macleod sent E Troop under Inspector E.A. Brisebois to erect a barracks on the west side of the river. It was said that Inspector Brisebois wished to name the establishment after himself but Colonel Macleod who was then Assistant Commissioner of the Force decided it should be called Calgary.

It is interesting to note that the Blackfoot name for Calgary was moll-inistsis-in-aka-apewis, translating to "elbow many houses" and the Cree name is O-toos-kwa-nik, translating to "elbow house". Both obviously refer to the Elbow River. The name Calgary is variously spelled as it appears on the Mackenzie estate on the Isle of Mull. In one account it is spelled Calgarry but on a recent map of the Isle of Mull the spelling as used in the Alberta city is evident. The translation of the Gaelic word is "Clear Running Water."

Source: Karamitsanis, Aphrodite. (1992): Place Names of Alberta, Vol. II, University of Calgary Press, Calgary, p. 22.

[Kona9]

Kal-Gary.

I say Kal-gree.

Born here, lived in BC for 20 years, been back 6. Kal-Gree

Perhaps it is fast slang.

Besides, who cares? We all know where each other is talking about. Even when fobtastic asians say Kah-guh-lee I know where they speak of.

[D'z Nutz]

Actually, I'm with sputnik on this one. I say "Kal-gary", except I say it so quickly, it sounds like "kal-gree". Well, more like "kal-g'ree".

[Supa Dexta]

Kal gurreee

But I've been known to say some words funny. Especially while drinking,.

Took mah carr to the barrr which was farrrr

Those are the words ppl out here always want to hear me say.. :dunno:

:rofl:

My edmonton always comes out weird to.. .

shit..hole..

[403Gemini]

Technically everybody is incorrect its: kal-guh-ree, but most people that were born here call it Kal-gree

Kal-gary sounds retarded

[97'Scort]

I've noticed people in Edmonton don't waste hours trying to figure out how to pronounce out city's name... ;)

[asp integra]

Originally posted by ZorroAMG
Calgree. That's how you are supposed to say it.

agreed

i always find that people from out of town say cal-gary which pisses me off cause it sounds dumb and isnt correct

[Melinda]

Originally posted by 97'Scort
I've noticed people in Edmonton don't waste hours trying to figure out how to pronounce out city's name... ;) Haha no, you spend hours burning down whyte ave when your hockey team wins and rioting on Canada Day :thumbsup:

[D'z Nutz]

Originally posted by 97'Scort
I've noticed people in Edmonton don't waste hours trying to figure out how to pronounce out city's name... ;)

I've noticed people in Edmonton can't figure out how to pronounce multisyllabic words. Coincidence? Haha :rofl:

[BlackArcher101]

I asked the same question a while ago.

These are the results I got. It actually varies quite a bit.

http://forum.calgarypuck.com/showthread.php?t=3464&

[dj_Twin_turbo]

Cowtown?

[civic_stylez]

Originally posted by 97'Scort
I've noticed people in Edmonton don't waste hours trying to figure out how to pronounce out city's name... ;)

edmonton is easy to pronounce.. i like to say it gh-ett-o












j/k.;)

[403Gemini]

Originally posted by 97'Scort
I've noticed people in Edmonton don't waste hours trying to figure out how to pronounce out city's name... ;)

Yeah, but nobody likes Edmonton, so that's why there's no importance on that matter. ;)

[rmk]

Calgree

[97'Scort]

Originally posted by Melinda
Haha no, you spend hours burning down whyte ave when your hockey team wins and rioting on Canada Day :thumbsup:

The bonfires are all about staying warm, I swear. Gets a little chilly when you're rioting at 3 am.

[analbumcover]

I say Cal Gary - i dont know why

[KuruptEX]

i hate this its got me saying calgary over and over

[adam c]

screw it.. ill just call it home now

[GQBalla]

KAL GA REE

lol i guess im in the minority ONCE again hehe

[no_joke]

My grandma: "Ca-ga-lee"

[toyboy88]

Originally posted by KuruptEX
its got me saying calgary over and over

haha me too now... :nut: :nut:

I think on the news, they usually city of KAL GREE?

[89s1]

Neither:

I say Cal-gur-ee

[FiveFreshFish]

Originally posted by D'z Nutz
Well, more like "kal-g'ree".

+1

[max_boost]

Kal-gree

or

Kal-gary

or asian fob styles, Kal-ga-lee :rofl:

Two page thread on this? :eek:

[mark4091]

Cal Gry

[Khyron]

This song screwed up a bunch of people:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WA5VnKimBRs

Ed Whalen said it quick in just 2:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zlCNUv26vtM&feature=related

2:40 - that's how I say it too. Speedier.

[Canmorite]

Redneck.

[~Leah~]

I say it both ways now... I used to say Calgary but got in shit from the bf who was born and raised here who preached that it was to be said Cal-gree.

I kinda like the Cal-g'ree one.

[Proboscis]

Moo moo land or cowtown

[/////AMG]

If I'm not bothered I usually say cowgary (kow-gree)

[sputnik]

Originally posted by Canmorite
Redneck.

Easy there Silver Spoon.

[Canmorite]

Originally posted by sputnik


Easy there Silver Spoon.

:dunno: