Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/01/21
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]> -----Original Message----- > From: dmorton@journalist.co.uk [SMTP:dmorton@journalist.co.uk] > Sent: Thursday, January 21, 1999 12:51 PM > To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > Cc: dmorton@journalist.co.uk > Subject: RE: [Leica] Unquote, was: Contax color rendition > > > Depends upon which "Webster's." "Webster" is considered to be in the > > public > > domain, anyone can call any dictionary "Webster's" and, indeed, there > > are a > > great many different Webster's available both in print and out of print. > > Ah, I didn't realise that. > > I recall someone citing a version of Webster's (could it have been the > 'New collegiate'?) in defence of the spelling 'lense' and claiming that it > > was an acceptable spelling in Europe. It isn't :-) > > David Morton > I did not make the point about "lense", but I was the one who made the post about the variety of "Webster's." Buzz Hausner