Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site watdcsu.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!watdcsu!herbie From: herbie@watdcsu.UUCP (Herb Chong [DCS]) Newsgroups: net.rec.photo Subject: Re: My last word on "LENSE" Message-ID: <930@watdcsu.UUCP> Date: Sat, 9-Feb-85 17:49:38 EST Article-I.D.: watdcsu.930 Posted: Sat Feb 9 17:49:38 1985 Date-Received: Sun, 10-Feb-85 05:38:24 EST References: <1899@sdcc6.UUCP> <1305@bbncca.ARPA> <21179@lanl.ARPA> Reply-To: herbie@watdcsu.UUCP (Herb Chong [DCS]) Organization: U of Waterloo Lines: 25 Summary: In article <21179@lanl.ARPA> jlg@lanl.ARPA writes: >> ----------------------------- >> Believe it or not, Webster's Ninth New Collegiate Dictionary (Merriam-Webster, >> 1983) lists "lens also lense". I was amazed. I still wince when I see the >> less-standard form. > >It was probably always spelled 'lense'. Daniel Webster himself probably >introduced the 'lens' spelling as part of his spelling reform campaign. >A way of testing this is to ask our British readers which spelling they >use most - the british remain mostly immune to Websterisms. > >J. Giles > >Theatre => Theater >Colour => Color >... >Thanks Daniel (I think) it's lens where i come from. Herb Chong... I'm user-friendly -- I don't byte, I nybble....