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Memo to Steve Ryan re $100 grand reward
Is pronounced "Wah-sah-ga" Beach, NOT "Wah-say-ga" Beach
Ms. C.
P.S. - always glad to help
- Radiowiz
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NOPE!
It IS WAH SAY GA or I'm not buying any products there as a tourist.
I know, I hate people calling Toronto Ta ra na, but if they're spending a lot of money here, I guess I can tolerate it a bit...
RadioWiz & RadioQuiz are NOT the same person.
RadioWiz & THE Wiz are NOT the same person.
- djwildbill
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Same thing as to-MAY-to or to-MAH-to. No right or wrong.
- newsguy1
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I called Wasaga Beach city hall.
A recording said "thankyou for calling the wa-SAH-gah Beach municipal office"
Could the person who made the recording on the official city hall answering service be wrong in pronouncing it wah-SAH-gah?
- Jody Thornton
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Are you guys serious? I got called out here for reporting traffic saying WAH-SAY-GAH Beach, and changed it to WAH-SAW-GAH. I had heard WAH-SAY-GAH since childhood.
Cheers,
Jody Thornton
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Ms. C. wrote:
Is not too late (is never too late) to get it right, Jody
I have always known it to be Wa Say Ga beach.
Even the Greyhound bus drivers used to say it that way.
There's no more Greyhound today.
RadioWiz & RadioQuiz are NOT the same person.
RadioWiz & THE Wiz are NOT the same person.
- The Weed
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It's the same pronunciation as the Nottawasaga River or Nottawasaga Inn.
- newsguy1
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Years ago when Libyan madman Moammar was still running rampant, news organizations could not settle on how to spell his last name. They used Kahdaffi, Gadaffy etc. Until one clever AP news reporter in Libya actually got to meet with the dictator in person.
The story goes he pulled out his notepad and pen and handed it to the Libyan nutbar and asked him to spell his name in English.
The result -- Gadhafi. Straight from the horse's mouth so to speak.
AP has used the spelling ever since.
- Glen Warren
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Pronunciation is not an issue for reporters covering the mayor of Wasaga Beach
His name is Smith
But, are you absolutely sure that it is not spelled Smyth? or even Smythe?
- Big Doug
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The issue is respect for 24,800 proud residents, mainly senior citizens, with little else to do but sit in front of the TV all day watching CTV news mangle the name of their town. Oh, the humanity
Reminds me of how almost everyone misspells 'St. Catharines' as 'St. Catherines'.
- Glen Warren
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The issue is respect for 24,800 proud residents, mainly senior citizens, with little else to do but sit in front of the TV all day watching CTV news mangle the name of their town. Oh, the humanity
Seems like the aging demographic coupled with the small town feel would make Wasaga Beach prime territory for a franchise expansion of High Street Fish and Chips?
- mace
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Clearly this is another case of people putting the emPHAsis on the wrong sylLABle.
- cash
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Ryan has a book out about his time as a homicide detective.
https://www.torontopubliclibrary.ca/detail.jsp?Entt=RDM4264969&R=4264969
- mic'em
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Ms.C. , you will soon see me cruising the streets of Wah sah ga in a new tow truck again. Finally getting the approval to return to work very shortly.
Last edited by mic'em (January 14, 2023 12:43 pm)
