to think that this is NOT a word

[gilmoregirl]

a document I received recently had the word "lense" in it.

I queried this as an error - assuming it was meant to be "lens".

The response I got defended its use: "....used the term 'lense' which is actually an older spelling (still appearing in some dictionaries)"

Being pendantic I looked it up in my Dad's dictionary from 1965 and in it the only spelling for lens is "lens". There is no mention of lense (the COED gives the origin of the word as lentil but no mention of lense either)

Surely words should be spelt with their current accepted spelling?

Or do I have to get hold of a 14th century olde dictionairie ?

Maybe I should go to pendants corner with my AIBU?

www.thefreedictionary.com/lense

Sorry

www.thefreedictionary.com/lense

Even!!

YANBU - that is not a word. I HATE it when people just make up new spellings, grrrr.

dictionary.reference.com/browse/lense

so it is on dictionary.com but not in a hard copy dictionary - I don't get it!

Is it a word or is it not? I would tend to go with the COED (and word spell check!) which both agree not

dh says he thinks 'lense' is the American way of spelling it.

Is dictionary.com American? If so then maybe it is a favourite / favorite type thing?

In the UK I have only come accross lens

cross posts

Lens is the correct spelling, lense is a variant used sometimes but it is not correct.

common errors in english

English is not my first language so I always get stumped by things like this.

There's another one that I use sometimes. When you display something, you show it. I use shew sometimes. It's not as common now as it was some eyars ago.

*years