With Canadians, I tend to say "TRAWna", with emphasis on the first syllable (Traw) and the second syllable barely pronounced.

In London (UK), when people ask where I am from, I will say it fully - To-RON-toe.

Greg

actually, we say Torono, a limited number of people would basterdize it to na but for most, it's no...

for the OP Q, i call it cal gree like in green.

And Regina rhymes with... you-know-what. :D

If I'm away from home and asked where I'm from, my city is pronounced "London, no the other one" LOL. The city to the east is either Tronno, or Tronto to me, and is actually spelled that way on the hoodie I bought from nhl.com lol

Most people overseas probably don't know of it, though...
(remember that the majority of people overseas see Canada having 3 major cities-YVR/YMQ/YTO and the rest is uninhabited.)

But a lot of UA fliers are becoming aware of YHZ (IIRC) where 752 often make a fuel stop in winter coming back to US due to strong headwinds, particularly in winter ;) :eek:

At any rate, one of those airports in eastern Canada, Halifax, perhaps Newfoundland, don't recall which one they favor to land.

Gander used to be the main refueling point for TA flights, and I think it's more convenient on TA routing, especially on flights going to/coming from further west.

I thought UA favored YYR/YQX as diversion points?
Using YHZ would be more practical with preclearance there as well (though I have never entered the US from there, so I am not sure how a international to US connection would work there without entering Canada.)

Yes it's YYR/YQX...very few UA 757 diversions to YHZ.

At YHZ, for an International to US connection......you would have to enter Canada first.....then right up-stairs to US Pre-clearance. It's a small, convenient airport!

www.hiaa.ca

http://hiaa.ca/travel-checklist/travel-to-the-us/

Cal-gary?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calgary,_Mull

Um,

We don't pronounce the second A.

Why not? Everyone else does.

Angry Calgry?

I don't pronounce the second and third syllables in the same way as the man's name "Gary". But there's a little more between the g and the r than "gree" as in the colour "green". More emphasis on the Cal part though.

This is all well and good (and I knew most of it), but my original question (perhaps buried) is about the pronunciation as cal-GAR-ee, with the accent on the second syllable.

I know I've heard it more than once and from several sources, but it appears that Canadians do not use it. So, who does?