This is my thought, I think it stems from the Gaelic word sráid, which means “street”, in those days, a beach would resemble a street, non?
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marisk:
July 14th, 2016 at 5:54 am
in modern german, “strand” means “beach”
Goldie Sirois:
September 4th, 2016 at 3:32 am
This is my thought, I think it stems from the Gaelic word sráid, which means “street”, in those days, a beach would resemble a street, non?