>    Soudns like you were responding to a post where
 > people were hunting for
 > resources for finding spelling words.  This might be
Yes, that was me. (Does all your mail arrive in from "All" and go out to 
"all"? For instance, I am addressing this to you, Laurene Wells, directly. 
Does your mail come in addressed otherwise?)
Around here, somewhere in one of my two or three dozen teaching boxes, there 
is a list of "100 commonly misspelled words". I think it's a good list to 
work from.
 > locally is a Jiffy Mart type place that spelled
 > Capuccino "Capachino".  That
Oh, ouch. My husband also says he's embarrassed to be with me some times, 
because I will go into those places and point out the spelling error.
Wanna know something even more embarrassing? I started working last fall for 
a construction laboratory testing and inspection facility. In reading the 
sign on the front wall, which was really *beautiful*, they spelled one of the 
names of the counties that our company is certified to work in, wrong. 
Instead of San BernaRdino, they spelled it San Bernadino. If that weren't 
embarrassing enough, I politely pointed it out to one of the owners when we 
were discussing the sign. He said he never even noticed that!
 > is a deterrent to business in my opinion.  I realize
Yes. One of my jobs at the above company is to type inspector's handwritten 
reports. I always fix spelling and obvious errors in grammar. My trainer was 
furious: "you type those the way the inspector gave it to us!" I refused. I 
went to the supervisor and explained it to her. She told me to fix the errors 
as long as I wasn't changing what was said. (I was fixing words like :their, 
there, they're, or was/were, wear or where, etc.) My trainer was not happy, 
but it was because I went over his head.
                                 -donna
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