I couldn't find it but I wasn't searching for those terms.hallin222 said:Wasn't there a thread somewhere else on here about the most commonly mispronounced biking terms?
Bike, collapsed volcano, same thing.Spinny said:emphasis on second syllable. "Cal" as in "calculus", or "California"-- the way everyone except Schwarzenegger pronounces it.
At least I can recall something from geology class twelve years ago.
Bah, humbug.. that's means I've been saying it wrong. Glad I asked.Spinny said:emphasis on second syllable. "Cal" as in "calculus", or "California"-- the way everyone except Schwarzenegger pronounces it.
At least I can recall something from geology class twelve years ago.
Thanks for the info. I wondered where the name came from.bulletbob said:Bike, collapsed volcano, same thing.
lol - another interestingly, odd, quirk of the english language that's entirely dependant upon your geographic location IMO.Shawn595 said:I say CALdera as in CALL me sometime. I've heard others say CALdera is in CALifornia.
So how do you say it?
Warshington indeed has an invisible "R" and only folks from west virginny think that Idaho is I-der-ho... and NO Chicago is the mid-west and Memphis is mid-south for some reason...Descalzo said:lol - another interestingly, odd, quirk of the english language that's entirely dependant upon your geographic location IMO.
Kinda like wether you say Wash-ing-ton, or somehow discover an "r" & say War-shing-ton. Is it Or-ee-gone, or Or-ee-gun? lol... 'pends on where you are.
I can say that up here around Mammoth, caldera, is most definately pronounced Call-dare-ah, including the geologists with the USGS here studying/monitoring the Long Valley caldera.
However, I've no doubt that people in ...Boston, probably say Cal-der-a. Simply because they use cats-up, made out of toe-mot-oh's on their french-fried, I-der-hoe, po-tot-tow's while they're in Niv-odd-uh. Meanwhile, I prefer to use catch-up, made from two-may-toe's, on my french-fried, I-da-ho, poe-tay-toe's when I'm in Nev-add-ah.
But then you must remember that a whole bunch of N.E. right-coaster's think that Chicago is way-WAY out west (no joke). Why it's darn near on the Pacific ocean according to them - So that explains a very small part of their wackiness in most all things.
Ha! Definitely the funniest post I've read on the topic!Descalzo said:lol - another interestingly, odd, quirk of the english language that's entirely dependant upon your geographic location IMO.
Kinda like wether you say Wash-ing-ton, or somehow discover an "r" & say War-shing-ton. Is it Or-ee-gone, or Or-ee-gun? lol... 'pends on where you are.
I can say that up here around Mammoth, caldera, is most definately pronounced Call-dare-ah, including the geologists with the USGS here studying/monitoring the Long Valley caldera.
However, I've no doubt that people in ...Boston, probably say Cal-der-a. Simply because they use cats-up, made out of toe-mot-oh's on their french-fried, I-der-hoe, po-tot-tow's while they're in Niv-odd-uh. Meanwhile, I prefer to use catch-up, made from two-may-toe's, on my french-fried, I-da-ho, poe-tay-toe's when I'm in Nev-add-ah.
But then you must remember that a whole bunch of N.E. right-coaster's think that Chicago is way-WAY out west (no joke). Why it's darn near on the Pacific ocean according to them - So that explains a very small part of their wackiness in most all things.