Posted by Adam Quinan on January 12, 1999 at 01:28:26:
In Reply to: Un-Lake Windermere posted by Robert Dilley on January 11, 1999 at 17:01:26:
How about the River Avon? Or that famous Toronto street Avenue Road!
I read that the Lake Ontario, Lake Superior etc. construction came from the French word order. So of course you are right, Lake Windermere is totally wrong, it should be Windermere Lake ;-)