Spelling and the fear of new technology

I read an article in The Sydney Morning Herald today that talked about a poll conducted by Galaxy. They asked 400 people in Sydney and Melbourne aged over 16 to spell eight commonly mis-spelled words. The words in question were:

embarrass

accommodation

accessory

February

guarantee

opportunity

eighth

receipt

According the article, people should be red faced about their inability to spell. Apparently around two thirds couldn't spell embarrass, seventy per cent couldn't spell accommodation and a quar