Posted by Peter Ceresole on August 04, 2003 at 14:55:37 from 80.177.22.49 user PeterC.
In Reply to: Re: Irritations posted by Peter R on August 04, 2003 at 14:45:30:
Ah that's it... Logical and linguistically correct.- which is probably why it never entered my mind in connection with English.
I've lived here all my life, learnt to read from AR's children's books, but never took that on board. Not that I ever called it "Lake Windermere" but it's interesting to know. Thanks.