It's not a British spelling.

Samuel Johnson taught us how to spell, in 1755. 250 yeeres ago this yeere,
in fact.

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Cheers,
 Bob 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Graywolf [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
> Sent: 27 May 2005 02:38
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: Looking for a lense
> 
> I would think it is an British variant of lens. They often 
> have a silent e at the end of words, not having had Noah 
> Webster to tell them how to spell. How many know that before 
> he published his spelling book in 1783 English spelling was 
> not standardized?
> 
> graywolf
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