It seems that the (incorrect) "miniscule" is seen in print more often these days.
Hopefully this film will will do something to make the correct spelling of the more common.
In typography it's more obvious, as minuscule means lower case (a,b,c) while majuscule refers to capitals (A, B, C).
For anyone who thought "valley" was spelled "vallee", this film was created for the sole purpose of clearing up that confusion as well. If the filmmakers really wanted to do some good in this world, they should have crammed more challenging words into an even lengthier title. What a thought-provoking thread!
shareHahaha!! Great response, eric_leichty! You literally got a laugh out loud for that. 😃
I'm interested in word origins so I have seen/heard this argument a few times. Our OP xvzz02 was slightly mistaken. "Miniscule" and "minuscule" are both valid spellings; "minus" was indeed the original, but "minis" has been in use for at least 300 years and is considered equally correct.
To further confuse and annoy word purists, the original spelling "minuscule" is mostly used these days only in regard to printing and typesetting, and as xvzz02 stated, it refers to lowercase letters. For other purposes, when just describing a very small object or amount, "miniscule" is the more commonly used spelling, though "minuscule" is still no less correct in that context.
Language and spelling are continually evolving, so while we may not always like it (don't even get me started on the imaginary word "conversate" now being in many reliable dictionaries), sometimes we have to accept new spellings and definitions as valid.