[gambiting]

I was going to say - Lakeland to me as a Brit is a store, lake district sounds way more proper.

[laurencerowe]

For us the shorthand term was always 'The Lakes'. I never really heard anyone use the term Lakeland, though there is a South Lakeland District Council so maybe some people do.

[retrac98]

Lakeland makes it sound like a theme park!

[OJFord]

That took me a minute - it's pronounced 'lake-lund' (as in French lundi), which doesn't sound so theme-parky!