TSN's Jay and Dan tackled the question this past week, critiquing a sports announcer's pronunciation of the province. Four people called in, each with their own distinct pronunciation and even a lesson on how to say other Canadian stumpers like "Cal-gree" and "Toranta." Listen to four different ways Saskatchewanians say Saskatchewan 1:15The team then turned to Cree speaker Simon Bird to explain the etymology of the word, "Saskatchewan." He said the word is derived from the Cree words, saskan, meaning warm wind, and pimiciwan, meaning it is flowing. Simon Bird explains how to say Saskatchewan in Cree.

Source: CBC News January 10, 2019 21:45 UTC