Sea Girt. September, 2014. By Bob Bowné. ©
Paul,
“So why? do the LG stands in Sea Girt have ramps?? Interesting.”
Bob
Editor’s note: Bob, I think the ramp is so the lifeguards can slide down and reach the beach a split second earlier–like the firemen have the pole.
And why do they call that place Sea Girt? What the Heck Avenue does “girt” mean?
Love the photo, by the way. —Paul
MICHELLE WILLIAMS. from the movie “My Week With Marilyn.” And Bob, apropos of the sky in your photo:
TCos dictionary submission for “seagirt:”
“Adj. 1. seagirt – surrounded or enclosed by the sea.”
Paul says: But the town name is two words, so the word in question is not seagirt, it is “girt” (as in Sea Girt.) There is a word called “gird” which means to surround, but it is a verb, so the town should be renamed “Sea Gird” if you can use a verb that way. Or maybe gird and girt are the same thing, however…….
Also Sea Girt or Sea Gird is not surrounded by the sea, so , at the least, it is a misnomer. (def: “A wrong or inaccurate name.”)