Talk:Saskatchewan

The population disparity of Regina and Saskatoon is not nearly so great... it appears the author is using the estimated CMA population for Saskatoon, while using older city proper info for Regina... I'm not confident enough, though, to make this alteration. Brithgob 00:37, 18 Jun 2004 (UTC)

How to pronounce?

I'm not from Canada, and I'm not sure how to pronounce Saskatchewan. Maybe someone from Canada could record a short audio clip of how to pronounce it, upload it to Wikipedia, and add it to the article? --137.111.13.34 12:20, 6 Nov 2004 (UTC)

Does this help? sis-KATSH-ooh-WAWN (Is reminded of the song "Cap In Hand" by The Proclaimers which goes "I can says Saskatchewan without starting to stutter") Earl Andrew 19:27, 6 Nov 2004 (UTC)

I think it would look more like "sus-CATCH-u-wun". No one from Sask. actually says an emphatic "wawn" on the end. Lived here 56 years. L.C. Nov.16 2004

In fact Saskers can tell "foreigners" by how many syllables they give to Saskatchewan. The locals often say it in two (SKATCH-wun). Anyone who uses four syllables ending with "wawn" instead of "wun" is considered a clueless tourist. Indefatigable 01:52, 17 Nov 2004 (UTC)

I think I need to watch more episodes of Corner Gas. hehehe Earl Andrew 03:30, 17 Nov 2004 (UTC)

Re: How to pronounce?

In reply to the person who suggested a short audio clip, I just recorded myself pronouncing Saskatchewan into the microphone plugged into my computer (I have the file on my comp). I myself am Saskatchewanian and the clip is pretty much exactly how I (and other Saskatchewanians) would pronounce Saskatchewan in a typical conversation. I said it quite fast, like I usually do, but I think it is quite clear. Infact it can be said faster - when I'm in a hurry I run the two S's together and eliminate the A in between altogether: Ss-katch-uh-wun. I would upload the file onto the article but I wouldn't know how or where to put it (I'm new to Wikipedia). I'd be happy though to send it to someone to add themselves, or if they gave me instructions. I'll be checking back here in a couple of days, please reply! (if you want to listen to the clip first then ask me please)

• I've added a bit more about this. Although the "suh-" pronunciation is common, for people born and bred in Saskatchewan, it's actually more common to say "siss-KATCH-e-wan". As noted above you can usually tell a "foreigner" in several ways. One way is if he or she says "SASS-KATCH-e-wan". I've tried to indicate this in my addition, but it might sound a little POV. If anyone can rewrote the point to be more NPOV, please do. 23skidoo 22:07, 17 January 2006 (UTC)

• OK, I don't want to start an edit war here, so I'm not going to change the page right now, but the current pronunciation on the main page is just plain wrong. Nobody from Saskatchewan pronounces it like the Canadian Oxford Dictionary version: su-SKA-tchu-wahn. As a previous edit of the page said, a "wahn" at the end indicates someone from out of the province, as does the initial "sass". Personally, I say it with the "suh-", but I'm sure some say it with "siss-" (especially when you say it fast), but no one from Saskatchewan says "sass". I suggest the page say the name is commonly pronounced either "sus-KATCH-uh-wun" or "siss-KATCH-e-wun", although other common pronunciations, either with "sass-" as the initial syllable, or "-wahn" as the final syllable, generally indicate someone from out-of-province. Shanemcd 04:45, 18 January 2006 (UTC)

If you can find a reference supporting your understanding of the local pronunciation, then you should add this to the article. Otherwise, it sounds like anecdotal evidence or original research, so it wouldn't belong in an encyclopedia article. The general Canadian pronunciation, as attested by the Canadian Oxford, does. —Michael Z. 2006-01-

18 06:12 Z

• It's how a Saskachewaaniian would prounounce NOT how an Easternaer would it's Sask a chiwin and I have an Ontarion Atlas and it mixed up Alberta and Saskachewan How can that happen.

Pronunciation

ATTENTION: pronunciation from a saskatchewanian. (feb 17/06) first of all..i don't understand why this is even a question. Its not that hard of a word to begin with...if you know your phonics then you should know how to pronounce words. ANYHOW..for all of us crazy flatlanders that call saskatchewan our home province it sounds like this: (really slow like sesame street) suss-cat-chew-in but of course we say this REALLY FAST and it ends up sounding like saskatchewan.

The correct pronounciation would be:

suh-SCAT-chew-an

Also, the population disparity between Saskatoon and Regina is larger than the statistics here indicate (maybe you did change them?), but to give credit where it's due, the number has been decreasing somewhat, particularly since Pat Fiacco became mayor of Regina.

-Dean (Nov 17/04)

blah blah blah

On the disambig page for blah, it says that a person from Saskatchewan is a blah is this true? Could a blah (or any one else knowledgable in such things) confirm or deny this, and either add it to this page, or take it off the disambig page. thanks. The bellman 05:05, 2005 Jan 7 (UTC)

I've never heard this, but I'm from Manitoba. I'm suspicious. Diderot 10:10, 7 Jan 2005 (UTC)

I too have never ever heard this, it sounds like someone making something up. --Computer_Saskboy 19:01, Jun 19, 2005 (UTC)

Population

The population for Saskatoon and Regina is right. Ant additional information for any population of any Canadian City (town, village, hamlet, township, etc) can be found at [ http://www12.statcan.ca/english/Profil01/PlaceSearchForm1.cfm Stats Canada]

I'm not confident in the name of the residents as being Saskatchewanians. The government of Saskatchewan's own web site simply describes them as Saskatchewan People. I see no reason to believe that Saskatchewanian is any more accurate than Saskabusher. --Llewdor 00:05, 19 November 2005 (UTC)

There's no ultimate authority on language usage, so it's not possible to proclaim that any one term is "accurate". However, one thing we can do is look at what people actually use. If Google is any indicator of language use (and it probably is, at least insofar as it is used on the Internet), then it's clear that "Saskabusher", with 29 hits, is not the preferred term. "Saskatchewanian" is about a thousand times more common. —Psychonaut 02:53, 19 November 2005 (UTC)

History

I'm new to Wiki, and added some information to the history section regarding the NWMP, and the outcome of the Riel trial. Let me know if I made any mistakes or if you need sources [which I don't know where I'd cite them, and the knowledge is pretty much from my head after being here for 25 years, and visiting the history NWMP sites]. --Computer_Saskboy 19:00, Jun 19, 2005 (UTC)

Sask Party

Hear is some info [1] [2] Michaelm 04:25, 10 August 2005 (UTC)

the Communist Party of the USSR called itself Democratic. this is no proof. revising Pellaken 04:59, 10 August 2005 (UTC)

Police and corrections agencies

Do these lists really belong here? Ground Zero | t 22:56, 28 November 2005 (UTC)

Pronunciation and IPA

"It is common for residents to use an alternate pronunciation that substitutes "siss-" for "sus-" in the initial syllable of the name. A third common pronunciation, with "sass-" as the initial syllable, generally indicates someone from out-of-province."

What sounds are supposed to be represented? —Michael Z. 2006-01-18 00:14 Z

• "siss-": [sɪs], or [sis]?
• "sus-": [səs], [sʌs], [sas], or [sus]?
• "sass-": [sæs], [sʌs], or [sas]?

A bible belt?

This province has been labeled a Bible belt. Hey could someopne write an article about Manitou Beach it's the saltiest place of Earth and has the largest horse hair Dance place in the countrey.

Language

Does Saskatchewan have language lesgislation? If not, the term "official language" is misleading. The official languages of Canada are English and French. Fishhead64 16:01, 7 March 2006 (UTC)

Saskawaainaiins

We are Saskachewanians it says so on Word even Not Saskers. Also it's a bunny hug NOT a hoodie this is on commercials even!!!

Man-made borders?

While the south-west side of Alberta has a border which runs along a mountain range, the actual placement of the border was still man-made (ie. arbitrarily running where it is). So I don't think Sask. is the only province with "all man-made borders" as the page claims.