Talk:Mere (lake)

Wiktionary?
Perhaps more appropriate for Wiktionary than for Wikipedia? MikeLHenderson 15:40, 26 February 2007 (UTC)

As for "mere" being important enough to justify its own page, clearly there should be a page that mentions what a mere is. But perhaps this should be

There is a list of "types of lakes" on the page for "lake". http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake#Types_of_lakes It would make sense, as far as I can see, to merge this page with that for "lake". 80.176.151.208 20:29, 9 December 2006 (UTC)

As for a reference, I would give: The Development of Vegetation in the English Lakes, Considered in Relation to the General Evolution of Glacial Lakes and Rock Basins W. H. Pearsall Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Containing Papers of a Biological Character, Vol. 92, No. 647 (Nov. 1, 1921), pp. 259-284

as an example. But I'm not expert enough on geography or limnology to say whether this is the definitive reference. In fact, I doubt that it is the best reference. 80.176.151.208 20:33, 9 December 2006 (UTC)

Notability
The only person who would not find the subject worthy of note would be the one who is determined to remain ignorant and an encyclopaedia is not the place for him.

The subject is much more worthy of note than the assorted pop 'singers' and soap opera 'actors' who have a mention.

Rather than discussing the deletion or merging of the page, get on and write an article, adding what you know and leaving out what you don't. Remove only that which is misleading. If in doubt, discuss it. That is where this page comes in.

That's the way Wikipedia works. (RJP 12:36, 13 March 2007 (UTC))

The article dives straight in with a bold claim about the meaning of the word. As far as I have ever known, mere is simply synonymous with lake, albeit that people don't tend to use the word unless their local lake is called "..... Mere". Perhaps the "shallow lake" usage is geographical terminology, or dialect? 82.36.129.101 (talk) 17:51, 15 September 2011 (UTC)

IJsselmeer
Having made a spelling check, I find that I have reverted an edit which had changed Ijsselmeer to IJsselmeer. I have no special knowledge of the correctness of either but was guided by Microsoft's software. I find that some atlases have it one way, some the other and in some it is all in upper case so I have left the reversion to stand. If you know the double capital to be correct, please put it right. If so, please leave a note here as I am intrigued to learn the reasoning behind it. :) (RJPe (talk) 11:11, 10 January 2008 (UTC))
 * IJ is a digraph of the letters i and j used in Dutch! If you read the article IJ it explanes it all ;-) Scoub (talk) 20:08, 15 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Thanks. (RJPe (talk) 10:06, 5 March 2008 (UTC))

British English
We say mere in British English. Is this needed? I'm wondering if there's an alternative use in another form of English. Pikemaster (talk) 22:02, 21 September 2010 (UTC)

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Area or language
I find this phrasing somewhat peculiar particularly in Great Britain and other parts of western Europe. as it implies that shallow lakes are particular to Great Britain and western Europe (which they are not).

I suggest this would be more precise:

Mere is a British English word for a shallow lake, pond, or wetland.

--Honymand (talk) 18:28, 6 March 2020 (UTC)

Some additional info for Meres in the Netherlands
The Dutch word for mere is actually 'ven'. Which is of course very similar to the Fens mentioned, so I thought I'd tell you about it. A 'ven' is like a large pond: less deep and (generally much) smaller in area than a lake ('meer'), and they often come in groups. Roentie (talk) 11:09, 1 October 2023 (UTC)