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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Larry Moran, post: 527445, member: 4580&quot;]Nickels are made of nickel.</p><p><br /></p><p>Just to confirm the spelling of the word <u>nickel</u>.&nbsp; <i>There is no word in the English language spelled nickle. </i></p><p><br /></p><p><i>There are people named Nickle, or Nickles, or even Nichols.&nbsp; But those are names, and proper nouns.</i></p><p><br /></p><p>Having been a teacher, but now retired, I&#039;d like to point out that often, a person misspelling a word will see others type the same word spelled properly and think that those people are making a mistake.&nbsp; When I see that possibility, I usually interject this tip to help avoid confusion and perpetuation of certain continued misspellings.&nbsp; I hope this post helps somebody. In no way do I believe that I am better than any other member or person.&nbsp;&nbsp; Thanks.&nbsp;&nbsp; : )&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Other commonly misspelled word include: dependent, consistent, quarter, penny, dollar, collectible, calendar, separate.&nbsp; Here&#039;s a nice list with explanations about some words that will show why words are spelled the way they are, which isn&#039;t always what we might expect:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.yourdictionary.com/library/misspelled.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.yourdictionary.com/library/misspelled.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.yourdictionary.com/library/misspelled.html</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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