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Howdy Kelly, Pat 'n Anita, Yep, at there stewarduss shore'nuff done got the EMM-fassiss on the wrong SILL-abbull!! ....... :-) ........... murray (ex CALgarian) On 3 Sep 2000, at 10:14, Kelly Grant wrote: > Howdy Pat and Anita, > Sure wish I would have known you were comin to town...I would have baked a > cake!! > In response to your question the proper way to say it is Cal gry......the > ones who say Cal Gary are usually transplants.....either that or else they > grew up with a bunch of brothers....one named Cal and the other named Gary > ...lol > Glad you enjoyed the trip!! > Kelly in Cal'gry > 40\39\36 > > > You wrote: > We got off the plane in Calgary last week and the stewardess > said, "Welcome to Cal gary' " . The emphasis was on the last > syllable. I said that I had always heard the city name as Cal' gry > with the accent on the first syllable. > > So our group made a point of asking people that we met--drivers, > clerks, waitresses. The response was about 9-1 in favor of the > Cal' gry pronunciation. > > Anyway, we enjoyed ourselves and really spurred on the economy > with the shopping and sightseeing. > > Pat and Anita [log in to unmask]