“Straits” or “Straights”
Our name sometimes gets mixed up and people get “straits” confused with “straights”. It’s an honest mistake. Some of the definitions of “straight” apply to us: we exhibit honesty and fairness, and we consider ourselves a trustworthy source of information.
We use Northwest Straits to mean the body of water that is between Georgia Basin to the north and southern Puget Sound. We’ll continue to be honest and trustworthy, but we’ll stick with being named Northwest Straits, not straights.
Strait
1 a archaic : a narrow space or passage b: a comparatively narrow passageway connecting two large bodies of water —often used in plural but singular in construction
Straight
1 a: free from curves, bends, angles, or irregularities <straight hair> <straight timber> b: generated by a point moving continuously in the same direction and expressed by a linear equation <a straight line> <the straight segment of a curve>2 a: lying along or holding to a direct or proper course or method <a straight thinker> b: CANDID, FRANK <a straight answer> c: coming directly from a trustworthy source <a straight tip on the horses> d (1): having the elements in an order <the straight sequence of events> (2): CONSECUTIVE <12 straight days> e: having the cylinders arranged in a single straight line <a straight 8-cylinder engine> f: PLUMB, VERTICAL <the picture isn't quite straight>3 a: exhibiting honesty and fairness <straight dealing> b: properly ordered or arranged <set the kitchen straight> <set us straight on that issue>; also : CORRECT <get the facts straight> c: free from extraneous matter : UNMIXED <straight whiskey> d: marked by no exceptions or deviations in support of a principle or party <votes a straight Democratic ticket> e: having a fixed price for each regardless of the number sold f: not deviating from an indicated pattern <writes straight humor> <a straight-A student> g (1): exhibiting no deviation from what is established or accepted as usual, normal, or proper : CONVENTIONAL; also : SQUARE 5f (2): not using or under the influence of drugs or alcohol h: HETEROSEXUAL4: being the only form of remuneration <on straight commission>