Lake District name claim by South Norwood tourist group

[cronus]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-22027322

Lake District name claim by South Norwood tourist group

When is a lake not a lake?

This question is the basis of a unlikely demand being made by a group of people from south London.

South Norwood Tourist Board (SNTB), run by four friends, has pointed out that only one of Cumbria's lakes is actually a lake, and the rest are meres, tarns or waters.

In an email to the county's tourist board, Cumbria Tourism, it says it has a greater claim to the label "Lake District" since it has two lakes.

Ian Bone, from SNTB, is adamant they are completely serious about their demand Cumbria stop using the label "Lake District" so South Norwood - which is part of Croydon - can use it instead.

"People are astounded to discover the Lake District only has one lake," he said.

He said tourists had historically been misled and the area's attractions were overrated.

"To be honest, if it's raining there's nothing to do," he said.

"It's a bit gloomy and, if you've got kids with you, once they've seen one lake they've seen them all."

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[Blind groper]

That Bone guy is a wanker.
You can use the term 'lake' for mere, tarn, or even village pond if you like. There is no error in doing so.

[Horwood Beer-Master]

...South Norwood Tourist Board (SNTB), run by four friends...

How the fuck did these jokers get themselves featured on the BBC news website? That's some serious trolling...

[Audley Strange]

Who gives a fuck about any on this? Seriously?

[Gawdzilla Sama]

In other news, water is wet.

[Jason]

Water is wet. Pussy is wet. Coincidence?

[Tyrannical]

I guess there is no cut and dry definition for a lake.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake

There is considerable uncertainty about defining the difference between lakes and ponds, and no current internationally accepted definition of either term across scientific disciplines or political boundaries exists.
For example, limnologists have defined lakes as water bodies which are simply a larger version of a pond, which can have wave action on the shoreline or where wind-induced turbulence plays a major role in mixing the water column. None of these definitions completely excludes ponds and all are difficult to measure. For this reason there has been increasing use made of simple size-based definitions to separate ponds and lakes. One definition of lake is a body of water of 2 hectares (5 acres) or more in area;[5]:331[6] however, others[who?] have defined lakes as waterbodies of 5 hectares (12 acres) and above,[citation needed] or 8 hectares (20 acres) and above[citation needed] (see also the definition of "pond"). Charles Elton, one of the founders of ecology, regarded lakes as waterbodies of 40 hectares (99 acres) or more.[7] The term lake is also used to describe a feature such as Lake Eyre, which is a dry basin most of the time but may become filled under seasonal conditions of heavy rainfall. In common usage many lakes bear names ending with the word pond, and a lesser number of names ending with lake are in quasi-technical fact, ponds. One textbook illustrates this point with the following: "In Newfoundland, for example, almost every lake is called a pond, whereas in Wisconsin, almost every pond is called a lake."[8]

[JimC]

Our words often try to chop up continua into chunks. Imperfect but understandable...