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Originally Posted by Paul mabbott  I've only ever seen the spelling 'lense' once or twice on this forum so it does seem a local thing.
We've been into spelling problems in great detail from time to time but, has anyone looked at this from the direction of the sounds of letters?
In English 's' has two sounds, soft 'z' and hard 'ss'. Lens rhymes with fens (soft s); put an 'e' on the end and it rhymes with sense (hard s).
Not all spelling problems can be resolved so easily, of course ......  |
Ah, but then I give you the word "flense" (not in frequent use in general conversation, admittedly), which is the exception to your rule, being pronounced "flenz". Means to strip blubber or skin off an animal
- apologies to the squeamish!