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Isn’t Lakeland a shop?
by retrac98 3y ago
Isn’t Lakeland a shop?
- gambiting 3y agoI was going to say - Lakeland to me as a Brit is a store, lake district sounds way more proper.
- retrac98 3y agoLakeland makes it sound like a theme park!
- OJFord 3y agoThat took me a minute - it's pronounced 'lake-lund' (as in French lundi), which doesn't sound so theme-parky!
- laurencerowe 3y agoFor us the shorthand term was always 'The Lakes'. I never really heard anyone use the term Lakeland, though there is a South Lakeland District Council so maybe some people do.
- noneeeed 3y agoI've definitely heard people refer to Lakeland the place. But it's unusual, mostly people seem to just refer to it as "the lakes".
- tomcart 3y agoLakeland is how wainwright referred to the area in his guides, which is probably the main reason the author is using it: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pictorial_Guide_to_the_Lakeland_Fells https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pictorial_Guide_to_the_Lakel...