...And with this mighty oath, Sir Rimbaud, Grand Knight of the Dictionary, laid down his fearsome challenge.
All those who fear his deadly trout should note that it's a matter of a couple of seconds' work to open another browser window and point it at dictionary.com, which is what I always do if I'm not sure how to spell something. They even have both British and American spellings and you'd be amazed at how the flow of one's prose improves with the removal of parentheses, question marks and little abbreviations. There are even off-line dictionaries that may be consulted without recourse to a browser, and which are tailored to the version of English most prevalent in their country of origin (they use a combination of ink and paper as a storage medium, I believe). The manifold wonders of modern technology never cease to amaze me. (sp?)