Calgary Stoney Trail [Ring Road] - Page 139

mersar · #**2761** Posted **Dec 10, 2010, 7:44 AM**

Cool to know. I haven't been up on Stoney past Country Hills in over a month if not two now, will have to check it out at some point.

Down in the SE they're making decent progress, I noticed last weekend they're doing the piles for the bridge over the canal south of Glenmore.

craner · #**2762** Posted **Dec 10, 2010, 7:38 PM**

Piling also underway at the Cranston interchange.

korzym · #**2763** Posted **Dec 17, 2010, 8:31 AM**

Hello friends of civilization!

I stumbled across the website for the SE portion of the Ring Road. It includes pictures & is definitely a feature rich website, it's much better than the website for the NE ring road. Enjoy!

http://www.sestproject.ca/

This is a pic they have of 17th ave

Mazrim · #**2764** Posted **Jan 3, 2011, 6:47 PM**

Random question...am I the only that ever noticed the mispelling of Nose Hill Drive on the overhead sign on NB Stoney just after you come off 16th Avenue NW? I thought it was amusing.

Cage · #**2765** Posted **Jan 3, 2011, 7:15 PM**

Are you talking about this sign Nazrim:
http://maps.google.ca/maps?f=q&source=s_...yP3XWiRXQ2SLA6E0A62w&cbp=12,8.51,,0,2.11

Noticed the misspelling but its not that much of a big deal. Back in 90's Edmonton had a bigger mistake for signage. The overhead sign on Whitemud Drive for the Turn onto Calgary Trail read:
Red Deer
International Airport

Here is the corrected version of the sign:
http://maps.google.ca/maps?f=q&source=s_...9nwLGjrlA&cbp=12,291.87585699999994,,0,0

Mazrim · #**2766** Posted **Jan 3, 2011, 7:32 PM**

That corrected sign is quite the cluster**** too. There's a laundry list of problems with signs in Alberta though in general (and I mean new ones in the last few years, not old stuff).

Another Edmonton example...notice how they would put West Edmonton Mall on the Anthony Henday exit from NB Highway 2, take it off, then put it back on? They can't make up their mind, heh. (PS "Rules" say that you're not supposed to put names of malls on guide signs, hence their flip flopping)

freeweed · #**2767** Posted **Jan 4, 2011, 6:47 AM**

That is far from the only typo I've seen in this city. Calgary has far too many "2 word" street names, and signs are frequently messed up as a result. That may be one of the more prominent cases though.

My own street (and the entire neighbourhood around me, because every street is named the same in this city) is like this. Signs say one thing, Google say another, GPS says one thing, Canada Post says another. Etc etc etc. And occasionally the signs disagree within the same neighbourhood (even on the same street). When I lived in Silver Springs it was on Silver Mead Rd. - or is that Silvermead? Same problem.

Mazrim · #**2768** Posted **Jan 4, 2011, 3:47 PM**

Canada Post and the City should be in agreement...definitely problems there if they don't match. Otherwise it's a complete crapshoot for accuracy. I noticed yesterday on google maps that Deerfoot Trail in the North end is also listed as "Queen Elizabeth LI Highway"...yes, not II, but LI or I_I or something that isn't II.

srperrycgy · #**2769** Posted **Jan 4, 2011, 5:10 PM**

Not only is the QE II shown like that, it's shown throughout the city, where it is only designated as such between Calgary and Edmonton's city limits.

Stang · #**2770** Posted **Jan 5, 2011, 6:49 PM**

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Originally Posted by Cage

Are you talking about this sign Nazrim:
http://maps.google.ca/maps?f=q&source=s_...yP3XWiRXQ2SLA6E0A62w&cbp=12,8.51,,0,2.11

Jeez... thanks a lot. I have driven past that sign countless times and never noticed. Now that's all I am going to see.

Mazrim · #**2771** Posted **Jan 5, 2011, 9:21 PM**

Thankfully, as part of the Nose Hill project it will be replaced. All the distances on it will be wrong so it's an opportunity to fix the typo too.

CTrainDude · #**2772** Posted **Jan 5, 2011, 11:43 PM**

While almost totally off-topic, it seems like a good place to insert my rant about people who constantly refer to John Laurie Blvd. as 'John Laurier'. Drives me nuts.

Oliver Klozov · #**2773** Posted **Jan 6, 2011, 4:16 PM**

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Originally Posted by CTrainDude

While almost totally off-topic, it seems like a good place to insert my rant about people who constantly refer to John Laurie Blvd. as 'John Laurier'. Drives me nuts.

That's #2 for me behind the "Frazier River"

lubicon · #**2774** Posted **Jan 6, 2011, 7:19 PM**

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Originally Posted by CTrainDude

While almost totally off-topic, it seems like a good place to insert my rant about people who constantly refer to John Laurie Blvd. as 'John Laurier'. Drives me nuts.

While we're OT, how about the pronunciation of the city we call home?

What is it folks..do you live in Cal-Gary or Cal-Gree?? Is there actually a correct way to pronounce it?

calgarydude · #**2775** Posted **Jan 6, 2011, 7:46 PM**

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Originally Posted by lubicon

While we're OT, how about the pronunciation of the city we call home?

What is it folks..do you live in Cal-Gary or Cal-Gree?? Is there actually a correct way to pronounce it?

good question, I think people from Calgary pronounce it Cal-gree and out-of-towners pronounce it Cal-gary
which one is correct I don't know, personally I use Calgree

freeweed · #**2776** Posted **Jan 6, 2011, 10:30 PM**

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Originally Posted by calgarydude

good question, I think people from Calgary pronounce it Cal-gree and out-of-towners pronounce it Cal-gary
which one is correct I don't know

When it comes to how things are pronounced, it's a pretty good bet the locals know better than anyone.

Kinda like how if you see a person's name, and you don't know - I'm pretty sure that by definition that person knows how it's pronounced.

And yeah, I've definitely noticed this trend.

Boris2k7 · #**2777** Posted **Jan 6, 2011, 10:41 PM**

While were on this OT, I'll just repost something I said on Twitter weeks ago...

Quote:

Everytime someone pronounces "Calgary" incorrectly, a kitten dies. Take responsibility, it's Cal-guh-ree.

I personally alternate between the "guh" sound and shortening it even further to "gr"

freeweed · #**2778** Posted **Jan 6, 2011, 10:51 PM**

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Originally Posted by Boris2k7

I personally alternate between the "guh" sound and shortening it even further to "gr"

Yeah, it's not *quite* Cal-gree but it's definitely not 3 clearly defined syllables. Almost a slurring, really.

suburb · #**2779** Posted **Jan 6, 2011, 10:53 PM**

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Originally Posted by freeweed

When it comes to how things are pronounced, it's a pretty good bet the locals know better than anyone.

Kinda like how if you see a person's name, and you don't know - I'm pretty sure that by definition that person knows how it's pronounced.

And yeah, I've definitely noticed this trend.

I actually think it is more a Caucasian versus non-Caucasian thing also - the locals who are non-Caucasian often pronounce it more like it is written as well. Many languages have more varieties in the sounds than does English, and thus people who are multi-lingual can often pronounce a hybrid of Cal-gree and Cal-gary where the 'gary' is not stressed as much separately from the Cal. It doesn't come out like the name Gary (which is what happens when most Caucasians try to actually sound out the letters).

EDIT:

Boris got it ...

Quote:

Originally Posted by Boris2k7

I personally alternate between the "guh" sound and shortening it even further to "gr"

freeweed · #**2780** Posted **Jan 6, 2011, 11:01 PM**

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Originally Posted by suburb

I actually think it is more a Caucasian versus non-Caucasian thing also - the locals who are non-Caucasian often pronounce it more like it is written as well. Many languages have more varieties in the sounds than does English, and thus people who are multi-lingual can often pronounce a hybrid of Cal-gree and Cal-gary where the 'gary' is not stressed as much separately from the Cal. It doesn't come out like the name Gary (which is what happens when most Caucasians try to actually sound out the letters).

Interesting. I'll have to pay attention to this - I think part of it may also ESL speakers who are trying to pronounce it phoenetically, which would be Cal-Gare-eee (rhymes with the name Gary as you say). People from outside of Calgary often say it this way, regardless of background.

To me it's like the difference in pronunciation of "Montreal" between Francophones and Anglophones. And resident Anglophones in Montreal (they often say it the "French" way). Mo-ray-al versus Munt-ree-all. If I'm making any sense. Anyway, it's just one of those fun things that make nonlocals stand out.

Edit: come to think of it, "Toronto" has at least 3 very distinct pronunciations too, depending on how one annunciates.