Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/08/29
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]It's interesting the way some threads take off and have a life of their own. 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. A month later, the damn thread was still going strong; it had the same title, but had wandered off into some sort of a political discussion, totally off topic. I sent in a plaintive follow-up, saying that I had started the thread and wished that it would die. Herb - -- Herbert Kanner kanner@acm.org 650-326-8204