Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/08/30
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Herbert & Lee Kanner wrote: "A few months ago, I violated all the rules of good behavior on the rec.photo.equipment.35mm newsgroup by criticizing spelling: I just got fed up at seeing "lense." So, my good natured protest was answered by: "Yank, idiot. That's how it's spelled in the UK. I've been spelling it that way for 50 years." So, I responded stating that the Compact Oxford English Dictionary did not allow that spelling. Answer: "That's a very abridged dictionary." I came back at the guy with a reference to the full multi-volume OED, which had only one definition for "lense," namely "to make lean," as in meat." You were right too. There's no UK dictionary that gives 'lense' as an acceptable alternative to 'lens'. In UK English to use the spelling 'lense' for an optical component or device is *always* wrong. - -- David Morton dmorton@journalist.co.uk "The more opinions you have, the less you see." -- Wim Wenders.