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[bleeb]

Alright so I was having a discussion with a relative.

Can someone explain why the word "lake" is sometimes after or before a lake name. For example: There is "Crater Lake." Notice how the word "lake" comes after "Crater?" The next example is "Lake Michigan." Notice how "Lake" comes before "Michigan"? Why is this? Is it because of the size of the lake? Why do they do this?

Similarily, for Mountains, Why do they put "mount" in front of some names and "mount" afterwards? (i.e. "Mount Hood" and "Rocky Mountains").

 

[Ryan]

Originally posted by: bleeb
Alright so I was having a discussion with a relative. Can someone explain why the word "lake" is sometimes after or before a lake name. For example: There is "Crater Lake." Notice how the word "lake" comes after "Crater?" The next example is "Lake Michigan." Notice how "Lake" comes before "Michigan"? Why is this? Is it because of the size of the lake? Why do they do this? Similarily, for Mountains, Why do they put "mount" in front of some names and "mount" afterwards? (i.e. "Mount Hood" and "Rocky Mountains").

Whatever phoenetically (sp?) sounds right

 

[AreaCode707]

Originally posted by: bleeb
Alright so I was having a discussion with a relative.

Can someone explain why the word "lake" is sometimes after or before a lake name. For example: There is "Crater Lake." Notice how the word "lake" comes after "Crater?" The next example is "Lake Michigan." Notice how "Lake" comes before "Michigan"? Why is this? Is it because of the size of the lake? Why do they do this?

It's definitely not size, because our local Lake Mendocino is smaller than Clear Lake.

 

[bleeb]

Can it be because some nerdy person liked the way it sounded one way and not the other?

 

[LordMaul]

Not sure about the lake question, but for mountains...when there is more than one mountain, it is "<name> Mountains." When there is ONE mountain, it is "Mount <name>."

I think so, anyway. I could be wrong.

 

[bleeb]

Lord MAUL what happend to yoru lyrics trivia? i enjoyed doing that.

 

[conjur]

Originally posted by: LordMaul
Not sure about the lake question, but for mountains...when there is more than one mountain, it is "<name> Mountains." When there is ONE mountain, it is "Mount <name>."

I think so, anyway. I could be wrong.

And...you *are* wrong

Grandfather Mountain in NC, for one.

 

[BruinEd03]

"Question for smart people. If you are dumb do not enter..."

So how were u able to post Bleeb?

-Ed

 

[bleeb]

Isn't it obvious, I'm smart.

 

[thirtythree]

Originally posted by: bleeb
Lord MAUL what happend to yoru lyrics trivia? i enjoyed doing that.

Too many cheaters I think.

 

[Scouzer]

I _THINK_ it has something to do with French/English stuff. In French, it'd be Lake Turd, but in English it'd usually be Turd Lake.

E.G. We have a Lac St Anne around here (Lake St Anne) and a Long Lake.

Thats just a complete unfounded guess though.

 

[Yossarian]

Sorry I thought this thread was for dumb people, I misread.

<----runs away

 

[BruinEd03]

Originally posted by: PipBoy
Sorry I thought this thread was for dumb people, I misread.

<----runs away

If bleeb can post...you certainly can too

-Ed

 

[LordMaul]

Originally posted by: Deslocke

Originally posted by: bleeb
Lord MAUL what happend to yoru lyrics trivia? i enjoyed doing that.

Too many cheaters I think.

Yep...it became a battle of who could Google the lyrics the fastest.

 

[LordMaul]

Originally posted by: conjur

Originally posted by: LordMaul
Not sure about the lake question, but for mountains...when there is more than one mountain, it is "<name> Mountains." When there is ONE mountain, it is "Mount <name>."

I think so, anyway. I could be wrong.

And...you *are* wrong

Grandfather Mountain in NC, for one.

That's just an exception.

 

[BurnItDwn]

THE ANSWER IS SOOOO SIMPLE!
Here is the formula used for lake blablabla vs blablabla lake. It does not work for mountains though, since fish do not generally live in mountains.


Step 1. Solve for Za.
Za = Integrate the square of all the lengths divided by 37 pi and the multiply by the cosine of the sharpest angle on the lake and the add the number of birds and then divide by the number of fish.

Step 2. Solve for Zb
Zb = The average annual maximum temperature at the deepest point in the lake (in deg C) minus the median temperature for the northernmost and shallowest cubic decimeter of the lake

Step 2. Solve for Zc
Zc = Multiply Zb by by the average number of crayfish that get eaten by giant sea monsters in this lake every 86 days.

Step 3. Solve for X
X = (Za squared) divided by the sqruare root of (four times Zc + e times PI) = X

Step 4. Complete
If X > Za + Zb + Zc then its lake blablabla, otherwise its blablabla lake.

This formula works EVERY time.

 

[Fritzo]

It depends who named it. There's no difference. It's kind of like having a street named a "Parkway" or and "Avenue". There's no difference, it's just the way it was named by the person that named it.

 

[Cuda1447]

Originally posted by: BurnItDwn
THE ANSWER IS SOOOO SIMPLE!
Here is the formula used for lake blablabla vs blablabla lake. It does not work for mountains though, since fish do not generally live in mountains.


Step 1. Solve for Za.
Za = Integrate the square of all the lengths divided by 37 pi and the multiply by the cosine of the sharpest angle on the lake and the add the number of birds and then divide by the number of fish.

Step 2. Solve for Zb
Zb = The average annual maximum temperature at the deepest point in the lake (in deg C) minus the median temperature for the northernmost and shallowest cubic decimeter of the lake

Step 2. Solve for Zc
Zc = Multiply Zb by by the average number of crayfish that get eaten by giant sea monsters in this lake every 86 days.

Step 3. Solve for X
X = (Za squared) divided by the sqruare root of (four times Zc + e times PI) = X

Step 4. Complete
If X > Za + Zb + Zc then its lake blablabla, otherwise its blablabla lake.

This formula works EVERY time.

I didnt read that, knowing its a joke...


but you have waaaaaaaaaay to much time on your hands to even write that lol.

 

[XZeroII]

It's just whatever the person who named it decided.

 

[JetBlack69]

Originally posted by: conjur

Originally posted by: LordMaul
Not sure about the lake question, but for mountains...when there is more than one mountain, it is "<name> Mountains." When there is ONE mountain, it is "Mount <name>."

I think so, anyway. I could be wrong.

And...you *are* wrong

Grandfather Mountain in NC, for one.

Mount Grandfather wouldn't sound too good...

 

[Encryptic]

So, the idea behind the naming scheme is just whatever sounds the best? Not very scientific, but I guess it works.

 

[MercenaryForHire]

Originally posted by: Encryptic
So, the idea behind the naming scheme is just whatever sounds the best? Not very scientific, but I guess it works.

Hey, if it's good enough to name human beings, I'm sure it's good enough for inanimate objects.

- M4H

 

[conjur]

Originally posted by: JetBlack69

Originally posted by: conjur

Originally posted by: LordMaul
Not sure about the lake question, but for mountains...when there is more than one mountain, it is "<name> Mountains." When there is ONE mountain, it is "Mount <name>."

I think so, anyway. I could be wrong.

And...you *are* wrong

Grandfather Mountain in NC, for one.

Mount Grandfather wouldn't sound too good...

Yeah...that's what I was thinking...just wasn't going to say it.

 

[SoylentGreen]

The rule was broken in the initial post so the subject doesn't apply.

 

[BatmanNate]

Oops, didn't mean to click that, putting a start to a chain of events which resulted in my inadvertenly ending up in this thread festooned with ideas that I can't comprehend. Better go find a dumb people thread.