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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
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Posted: Sat Feb  9 17:49:38 1985
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References: <1899@sdcc6.UUCP> <1305@bbncca.ARPA> <21179@lanl.ARPA>
Reply-To: herbie@watdcsu.UUCP (Herb Chong [DCS])
Organization: U of Waterloo
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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...

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