"Cancellation/Cancelation" and Linguistic Snobbery

       To show that no one should get too uppity about the right spelling, etc., with language, the letter  from our dentist's office I wrote of last Saturday, with two sub-standard mistakes, also contained four uses of the word "cancelation."

       Connie and I were both ready to turn up our noses.  Several dictionaries, however, confirmed that this spelling is an acceptable option despite the more common use of "cancellation."  One source indicated that it may be only in the United States that the single "l" spelling is acknowledged.  But howsoever that may be, "cancelation" is NOT an "illiterate" spelling, despite the fact I was fully ready to so designate it!

       (Hey, our spell-check wants to get rid of "cancelation" too.  But heck, this spell-check didn't even know the word "blog" till last year!)