Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site lanl.ARPA Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxr!mhuxt!mhuxv!mhuxh!mhuxi!mhuxm!mhuxj!houxm!whuxlm!harpo!decvax!genrad!panda!talcott!harvard!seismo!cmcl2!lanl!jlg From: jlg@lanl.ARPA Newsgroups: net.rec.photo Subject: Re: My last word on "LENSE" Message-ID: <21179@lanl.ARPA> Date: Thu, 7-Feb-85 00:29:51 EST Article-I.D.: lanl.21179 Posted: Thu Feb 7 00:29:51 1985 Date-Received: Sat, 9-Feb-85 07:17:37 EST References: <1899@sdcc6.UUCP> <1305@bbncca.ARPA> Sender: newsreader@lanl.ARPA Organization: Los Alamos National Laboratory Lines: 16 > ----------------------------- > 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)