Talk:Portage

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Is this an encyclopedia or is this some sort of game? I could come up with dozens of examples of place names which suggest derivations that aren't actually true. Do you really think it would be appropriate to list all those in the different articles, simply adding notes that they aren't actually relevant "since there has been no" portage or animal or whatever? IanHistor 01:26, 14 June 2007 (UTC)

Malay(si)an Peninsular Portage

somewhere in Jempol, river Muar & river Pahang almost meet, separated by only 300 m. it was used as a shortcut between indian ocean and south china sea since 1300, as opposed to going down the Malacca Strait, through Singapura strait and up into SCS, a route infested with pirated. the route of the portage was named 'jalan penarikan' meaning pulling road.

since Malacca strait is one of the world's busiest and most important shipping lane, i think this should be included in the article. but i am not good with essay; can a wikipro write it for me.?

And yes, i do not find a list of meaningless american townname informative at all. this is an encyclopedia, not yellow pages. Azar2804 (talk) 10:43, 21 December 2008 (UTC).

first order idiocy

""across the Isthmus of Corinth between the Gulf of Corinth and the Saronic Gulf. It was constructed to transport high ranking Despots to conduct business in the justice system. "" 93.221.221.229 (talk) 12:26, 23 November 2015 (UTC)

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'See also fitzcarraldo' - add context?

I feel like the 'see also' link to the movie 'Fitzcarraldo' could use a bit of context or explanation. When I first clicked on it, I thought it was a joke or a mistake and considered editing it away. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2601:249:F00:670A:C081:AD63:4E84:6322 (talk) 05:37, 8 May 2018 (UTC)

Well, it would be a pretty good joke, but I don't see it in there. Or, is your post here the delivery?  :-) North8000 (talk) 10:00, 16 May 2020 (UTC)

What joke? The plot of Fitzcarraldo involves someone moving a ship from one riversystem to another, by way of a hillside. If that isn't portage, I don't know what is.

Nuttyskin (talk) 15:38, 21 August 2024 (UTC)

The definitions and usages of portage overwhelmingly include "carrying". But I enjoyed the joke, and I enjoyed the movie. :-) North8000 (talk) 17:54, 21 August 2024 (UTC)