Portage pronunciation

rac · Posted: Tue Oct 08, 2002 5:17 am Post subject: Portage pronunciation

Thanks to the official Gentoo FAQ, we all know how to pronounce "gentoo". How do you folks pronounce "portage"? I expect it's probably "port-uhge", rhyming with "court-sludge", but I must confess my favorite pronunciation is the somewhat affected "por-tajj", rhyming with "corsage".
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carambola5 · Apprentice Joined: 10 Jul 2002 Posts: 214

I've just always assumed it to be: port-idge

Then again, the 'p' could be silent... 'orr-tajj' hmm, sounds like a french hors d'oeurve.
-Voulez-vous de l'ortage, monsieur?
-Mais, bien sur. Je l'adore, l'ortage.

(Pardonnez-moi. Ca fait longtemps depuis j'ai pris une class de francais.)

boa13 · Posted: Tue Oct 08, 2002 7:38 am Post subject:

I'm French, so I just say "portage".

Oh, that's "por-tajj" for those who want to have an idea of how to pronounce it.
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pjp · Administrator Joined: 16 Apr 2002 Posts: 20067

Por-tuh-ghee?
Port + Age?

Ok, port-uhge, with a little less "U" sound.
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craftyc · Guru Joined: 23 May 2002 Posts: 443 Location: Behind You.

Portage. As in "large".

Port -(l)arge (The L is not pronounced)
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pizen · Posted: Tue Oct 08, 2002 5:19 pm Post subject:

Port-edge. Kinda like tonnage. But y'all might pronounce that differently, too. If I told two people from the US and UK that something sounded like "Aluminium" then they would both know what I was talking about but one of them would be wrong.

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alshain · Posted: Tue Oct 08, 2002 6:33 pm Post subject:

Port-age
Port as in the drink
age as in how old you are
Equal emphasis on each sylable.

And-rew

Jetlag · n00b Joined: 30 Sep 2002 Posts: 20 Location: UK

"por-taaj" is the nearest i can type it, the "aa" is looong.

{edit} or maybe "por-tidge"?!
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gsfgf · Veteran Joined: 08 May 2002 Posts: 1266

portage

Pronunciation: (pôr'tij, pOr'-, or, for 2, 3, 5, 6, pôr-täzh'), [key]
n., v., -taged, -taging.

n.
1. the act of carrying; carriage.
2. the carrying of boats, goods, etc., overland from one navigable water to another.
3. the route over which this is done.
4. the cost of carriage.

v.i.
to make a portage: On this stretch of the river, we have to portage for a mile.

v.t.
to carry (something) over a portage; make a portage with: We portaged our canoe around the rapids.

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pilla · Posted: Tue Oct 08, 2002 9:33 pm Post subject:

I'm Brazilian, and the French pronounce makes more sense for me than the English one

Another day I tried to say "Bayard" to a bus driver and he replayed (Oh, BEYERD)

(this is American English, I think that the British pronounce is easier to get -- the vowels are more like in Latin-derived languages, I think....)

phong · Posted: Wed Oct 09, 2002 1:43 am Post subject:

My pronunciation is the same as the first dictionary one gsfgf posted (port-ijj). At college there was a body of water called "the Portage" which was actually a lake that was turned into a canal across the peninsula during the mining years (see also Keweenaw county Michigan, Lake Superior, Copper Country, Michigan Tech). During winter when there was like 300" of snow, the very steep roads in Houghton and Hancock would get pretty slick. Usually once or twice a year, someone would do the "Portage Plunge" and drive their car into the portage. Being a canal, it had pretty sheer sides, and you'd sink right to the bottom, 10-20 feet depending on where you went in.

I think when somebody jumps head first into Gentoo, it should be called "doing the Portage Plunge".
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pjp · Administrator Joined: 16 Apr 2002 Posts: 20067

Sounds a little negative to me. Perhaps "Buying a stairway to heaven" is a bit more appropriate

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rac · Posted: Wed Oct 09, 2002 2:58 am Post subject:

phong · Posted: Wed Oct 09, 2002 12:38 pm Post subject:

Not to mention it doesn't have any reference or puns involving Gentoo jargon. Maybe "chroot yourself in the head"?
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rac · Posted: Wed Oct 09, 2002 6:30 pm Post subject:

To fellow French pronouncers:

Do you make the 'r' sound somewhat similar to the 'h' of American "hello"?
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pilla · Posted: Wed Oct 09, 2002 8:42 pm Post subject:

I think so. Not so strong as an American 'r'.

maystorm · Posted: Wed Oct 09, 2002 8:57 pm Post subject:

phong · Posted: Wed Oct 09, 2002 9:02 pm Post subject:

Another question to the por-tajj pronouncers... The second syllable tajj would rhyme with "hodge podge" correct? And the stress would be on the second syllable? My pronunciation has the stress on the first, but I don't think I can pass up an opportunity to try to sound French.

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rac · Posted: Wed Oct 09, 2002 9:03 pm Post subject:

maystorm · Posted: Wed Oct 09, 2002 9:10 pm Post subject:

Hear portage

Hear aluminum
Hear aluminium
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carambola5 · Apprentice Joined: 10 Jul 2002 Posts: 214

Ok. It's time for a definitive answer:
The pronunciation of the word "portage," as used by Gentoo Linux is dependant on the speaker's intentions/place of origin. Here are some examples:

As you can see, it all depends on where the person is coming from.