Template:Did you know nominations/Skerray

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The result was: promoted by Allen3 ^talk 20:25, 4 January 2012 (UTC)

Skerray

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• ... that Skerray means "between the rocks and the sea" because it is situated on a rocky promontory on the Atlantic Ocean on the coast of northern Scotland?

Created/expanded by Dr. Blofeld (talk), Rosiestep (talk). Nominated by Dr. Blofeld (talk) at 12:37, 28 December 2011 (UTC)

• The hook does not say what it intends to. It essentially says that the meaning of the word is dependent on the hamlet's location. I've corrected this in the article, and suggest the following hook.
• ALT1: ... that Skerray, whose name means "between the rocks and the sea", is so called because it is situated on a rocky promontory on the Atlantic Ocean on the coast of northern Scotland? MANdARAX • XAЯAbИAM 20:32, 28 December 2011 (UTC)

nice and sourced. May I propose another alternative:

ALT2: ... that the name of the crofting hamlet Skerray in northern Scotland describes its location on a rocky promontory on the Atlantic Ocean, meaning "between the rocks and the sea"? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 22:23, 3 January 2012 (UTC)