"Sierra" vs "Sierras" once and for all. According to Brower

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Crimpergirl

Sport climber

Boulder, Colorado!

Jul 31, 2014 - 10:56am PT

Two things I've learned here over the many years are below. Failure on either point will bring an immediate and brutal attack:

1. It is "Sierra" and not "Sierras"
2. It is "Lightning" and not "Lightening" when speak of electrical charges in the sky.

And some say this place offers nothing.

CA.Timothy

climber

California

Jul 31, 2014 - 10:59am PT

Someone upthread mentioned 'the rockies'

is that also a grammatical error?

overwatch

climber

Jul 31, 2014 - 11:01am PT

"there is not such thing"...that denizen sounds like a dipshit

CA.Timothy

climber

California

Jul 31, 2014 - 11:03am PT

i thought that as well. I would politely tell that denizen to stfu

JEleazarian

Trad climber

Fresno CA

Jul 31, 2014 - 11:27am PT

I discovered the "Sierras" mistake perhaps 30 years ago, and have tried to stay correct, but this discussion really reminds me of a Taco Bell commercial of many decades ago.

The commercial asked its listeners "Whenever you think of taco, think of bell." This caused a voice on the commercial to ask "Well, then shouldn't the name be Taco Taco, or Bell, Bell, or Bell Taco, or maybe none of these?"

John

overwatch

climber

Jul 31, 2014 - 11:32am PT

VIN number is another one

Per mouse's post

micronut

Trad climber

Fresno/Clovis, ca

Topic Author's Reply - Jul 31, 2014 - 11:33am PT

This thread is making me crave an "expresso".

or a Chai Tea. Which means Tea tea.

overwatch

climber

Jul 31, 2014 - 11:34am PT

Ha! That is another good one

Vertizon

climber

Seattle, WA

Jul 31, 2014 - 11:38am PT

Well, Good. I'm glad that's been settled.

coolrockclimberguy69

climber

Jul 31, 2014 - 11:47am PT

Zion, not Zions. It's a national park, not a bank.

JEleazarian

Trad climber

Fresno CA

Jul 31, 2014 - 11:55am PT

Zion, not Zions. It's a national park, not a bank.

Zions has been one of our clients for at least the last eight years. Our version of Word still flags "Zions" (but not "Sierras") as a misspelling.

John

coolrockclimberguy69

climber

Jul 31, 2014 - 12:25pm PT

Is "sierras" the plural of "sierra"? My spanish consists mainly of insults and curse words.

"Zion's" doesn't even make sense. The possessive form of Zion is "Zion". Am I wrong? Some grammar nazi should clue me in.

edit: I think I'm wrong on the "Zion's" thing

overwatch

climber

Jul 31, 2014 - 12:26pm PT

Apogee?

Gary

Social climber

Desolation Basin, Calif.

Jul 31, 2014 - 12:33pm PT

What a bunch of loosers!

aspendougy

Trad climber

Los Angeles, CA

Jul 31, 2014 - 12:52pm PT

In CA, we also have La Brea, which means "The Tar Pits" in Spanish.

But everyone calls them The La Brea Tar Pits, which literally means

The the tar tar pits.

Splater

climber

Grey Matter

Jul 31, 2014 - 01:22pm PT

"or a Chai Tea. Which means Tea tea."

nice pics.

But I would argue that where I live Chai does not mean tea. It is a kind of tea.

speaking of drinks (acai juice), in English,
acai might be pronounced something like [ah-kay] or [a-kiy]
as in Caiman, cairn, or caisson.
If you pronounce it [ah-sa-yay], you are not speaking English.

Tvash

climber

Seattle

Jul 31, 2014 - 02:14pm PT

We Washingtonians call 'em the Sierras and we get to, cuz apparently we're the only ones that ski 'em.

I'm from CA. Only East Coast out of towners, with John Muir as their poster child, call it the Sierra.