Talk:Rigolets

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I find the use of the term "strait" in relation to the Rigolets to be interesting. Although definitions vary, I think of a strait as being a relatively shallow passage between two deeper, larger bodies of water. A pass, on the other hand, can be a deep-water passage between two relatively shallow bodies. This is the case with the Rigolets, a prehistoric Mississippi River channel now connecting shallow Lakes Pontchartrain and Borgne. At one point in the 1980s the NOAA chartmakers considered labelling the Rigolets as "Rigolets Pass."

Muffuletta 00:51, 20 October 2005 (UTC)

Move to The Rigolets?
Any objection to moving or changing Rigolets to The Rigolets, which is now a redirect page? All the decades I've known the Rigolets it's been "The Rigolets," as opposed to, say, Chef Menteur Pass, which is never called "The Chef Menteur Pass." Relevant sources include the U.S. Board on Geographic Names which designated "The Rigolets" as the primary name among variants in 1975; the Lake Pontchartrain article in Britannica; and this and other nautical charts which are labelled "The Rigolets" when other bodies of water are not labelled as, for instance, "The Mississippi River." Anyway, any objection to that? Thanks. -- Muffuletta 16:03, 17 April 2006 (UTC)


 * If I remember correctly, starting an article with "the" is highly discouraged. One the one hand, it often shows up as "The Rigolets" on official maps.  On the other hand, I have often seen it written "the Rigolets" rather than "The Rigolets" if it appears in the middle of a sentence.  My vote would be to keep it as is, but I ain't going to lose any sleep over a move. &mdash;  Eoghanacht  talk 18:36, 18 April 2006 (UTC)