Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/08/29
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]My compact OED claims that the two words come from different roots: Lens from lenticular (bean shaped) and lense from elensed (cleaned). My wife's Concise OED and my American Heritage Dictionary recognize only "Lens". Zpersonally, I never did like the Merriam Webster, but I don't really see the problem. People from British cultures (like my wife) do all sorts of strange and endearing things.... Mike Quinn Kyle Cassidy wrote: > i don't know why this seems to come up all the time, but it does ... > anyway ... my mirriam websters collegiate dictionary (an american edition > even) does indeed list "lense" as an accepted alternate spelling to > "lens". i checked, and it's on their web version as well > (www.yourdictionary.com):