User:Girth Summit/My username

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[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/girth Girth], as a noun, means the circumference of, or a band around, an object, animal or person.{{cite web |title=Girth |url=https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/girth |website=Collins |accessdate=26 October 2019}}{{cite web |title=Girth |url=https://www.dictionary.com/browse/girth |website=Dictionary.com |accessdate=26 October 2019}} It can refer to the [[Tree girth measurement|

circumference of trees]],{{cite web |title=Girth |url=https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/girth |website=Cambridge Dictionary |accessdate=26 October 2019}} or to a strap that goes around a horse to hold its saddle in place,{{cite web |title=Girth |url=https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/girth |website=Merriam-Webster |accessdate=26 October 2019}} but it is perhaps most commonly used in reference to a person's waist size.{{cite web |title=Girth |url=https://www.vocabulary.com/dictionary/girth |website=Vocabulary.com |accessdate=26 October 2019}}

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[[File:Seas of the British Isles.svg|thumb|As a verb, girth can also mean 'surround', as in "There are four seas that girth Britain"{{cite book |title=Concise Dictionary English - English |date=2014 |publisher=V&S Publishers |isbn=9789350571385 |page=264 |url=https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=LdMoDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA264&lpg=PA264&dq=%E2%80%98the+four+seas+that+girth+Britain%E2%80%99&source=bl&ots=cySGm0KhFc&sig=ACfU3U2gTe0B734xCS5R8eovWin12lMoKQ&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiNur29sbrlAhWzoVwKHXaGCXYQ6AEwA3oECAcQAQ#v=onepage&q=%E2%80%98the%20four%20seas%20that%20girth%20Britain%E2%80%99&f=false |accessdate=26 October 2019}}

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In the Scots language, it has a slightly different meaning: protection or sanctuary, guaranteed by law, usually within a church or on church lands. A girth-cross marks the boundary of church lands, and a girth-house is a place where a fugitive would be safe from persecution.{{cite web |title=Girth |url=https://www.dsl.ac.uk/entry/snd/girth_n2 |website=Dictionary of the Scots Language |accessdate=26 October 2019}}

When I created this account, I was widely known by friends and colleagues as Girth. It is similar to my real name, with a slight modification. I am Scottish, and wish that I could believe my friends called me this because they felt safe and protected in my company; I have a nagging suspicion however that they were referring to my waistline.

Summit means just that - the peak of a hill. I am an eager hillwalker, and confess to having an SMC guidebook, with ticks and dates against all the Munros I have bagged. Some of them even have little Ws against them, indicating a winter ascent. I wanted my username to look like a real name, and Summit seemed as good a word as any to use, particularly since it has a passing similarity to my actual surname.

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