Guest Tuco Ramirez Posted September 2, 2010 Share Posted September 2, 2010 It's in Ambleside Stevie, not Windermere. Aye, but the lakes Windemere ye knew where a meant [pedant]Windermere is a mere, not a lake [/pedant] A mere is a lake though So the team from Prenton Park, their name literally means cross dressing lake. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Tuco Ramirez Posted September 2, 2010 Share Posted September 2, 2010 It's in Ambleside Stevie, not Windermere. Aye, but the lakes Windemere ye knew where a meant [pedant]Windermere is a mere, not a lake [/pedant] A mere is a lake though In the context that it's a body of water, aye. Next you'll be arguing a stream's a river! Popular quiz question - how many lakes in the lake district? 43 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew 4214 Posted September 2, 2010 Share Posted September 2, 2010 It's in Ambleside Stevie, not Windermere. Aye, but the lakes Windemere ye knew where a meant [pedant]Windermere is a mere, not a lake [/pedant] A mere is a lake though In the context that it's a body of water, aye. Next you'll be arguing a stream's a river! Popular quiz question - how many lakes in the lake district? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest alex Posted September 2, 2010 Share Posted September 2, 2010 It's in Ambleside Stevie, not Windermere. Aye, but the lakes Windemere ye knew where a meant [pedant]Windermere is a mere, not a lake [/pedant] A mere is a lake though So the team from Prenton Park, their name literally means cross dressing lake. I would think it'll be the same root meaning as 'mere' in the Lakes as it's also the NW and the names there are often from Norse (Viking), e.g. 'thwaite' which means forest clearing iirc. Nice dull answer there for you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shackbleep 0 Posted September 2, 2010 Share Posted September 2, 2010 It's in Ambleside Stevie, not Windermere. Aye, but the lakes Windemere ye knew where a meant [pedant]Windermere is a mere, not a lake [/pedant] A mere is a lake though In the context that it's a body of water, aye. Next you'll be arguing a stream's a river! Popular quiz question - how many lakes in the lake district? 1 Is the correct answer. Bassenthwaite. All the rest are either Meres, Waters, Tarns or Reservoirs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest alex Posted September 2, 2010 Share Posted September 2, 2010 It's in Ambleside Stevie, not Windermere. Aye, but the lakes Windemere ye knew where a meant [pedant]Windermere is a mere, not a lake [/pedant] A mere is a lake though In the context that it's a body of water, aye. Next you'll be arguing a stream's a river! Popular quiz question - how many lakes in the lake district? It is a type of lake though tbf. There's only one called 'lake' isn't there? Lake Bassenthwaite? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monkeys Fist 38737 Posted September 2, 2010 Share Posted September 2, 2010 True, the rest are "mere" or "water". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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