Spelling fixes. (#42)

docs/about/index.md

@@ -57,16 +57,16 @@ are being used for!
 
 ### Supported hardware platforms
 
-illumos currently best suports 64-bit x86 hardware from Intel and AMD.
+illumos currently best supports 64-bit x86 hardware from Intel and AMD.
 
 There are also several SPARC distributions of illumos; if you are interested in
 running illumos on SPARC, please refer directly to those distributions' docs.
 
 To determine if a specific piece of hardware will work with illumos, please
-refer to the [Hardware Compatability List](https://illumos.org/hcl/).
+refer to the [Hardware Compatibility List](https://illumos.org/hcl/).
 
 For pre-defined builds of server-grade hardware, you may also refer to [Joyent
-Engineering Manufactoring
+Engineering Manufacturing
 database](http://eng.joyent.com/manufacturing/bom.html).    
 
 ### illumos Development Model

docs/about/who.md

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ have been ported to other operating systems.
 
 If you'd like to be included in this list, please use the [documentation
 contribution process](../contributing/docs.md) to add details about your
-organisation!
+organization!
 
 ## Organizations
 
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ organisation!
 | [FreeBSD](https://www.freebsd.org/)                    | Incorporates ZFS, DTrace, mdb |
 | [Apple](https://github.com/opensource-apple/dtrace)    | Incorporates DTrace |
 | [Joyent](https://www.joyent.com/)                      | Public and on-prem cloud, object storage |
-| [Lucera](https://www.lucera.com/)                      | Finanial infrastructure services |
+| [Lucera](https://www.lucera.com/)                      | Financial infrastructure services |
 | [Delphix](https://www.delphix.com/)                    | Database virtualization |
 | [Nexenta](https://nexenta.com/)                        | Storage appliance |
 | [EveryCity](http://www.everycity.co.uk/)               | Managed cloud services |

docs/community/index.md

@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ you should be able to find the help you need.
 
 !!! danger "The Golden Rule"
     Please be respectful and civil in your communications.  Harassment and
-    other poor behaviour will not be tolerated, and preventative action _will_
+    other poor behavior will not be tolerated, and preventative action _will_
     be taken by moderators.  If you would like to report an incident, please
     contact a member of the [leadership teams](../about/leadership.md).
 

docs/community/lists.md

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 !!! danger "The Golden Rule"
     Please be respectful and civil in your communications.  Harassment and
-    other poor behaviour will not be tolerated, and preventative action _will_
+    other poor behavior will not be tolerated, and preventative action _will_
     be taken by moderators.  If you would like to report an incident, please
     contact a member of the [leadership teams](../about/leadership.md).
 

docs/contributing/index.md

@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ describes your plan and seek feedback from advocates and others.
 Our guide to [building illumos](../developers/build.md) covers setting up a
 build environment and getting the source.  To make sure you have a functional
 build environment, it helps to try at least one build without modifying
-anything.  This also helps you to familiarise yourself with the build system
+anything.  This also helps you to familiarize yourself with the build system
 and source tree layout.
 
 An unparalleled resource for understanding the operating system is the book,
@@ -179,7 +179,7 @@ It is up to you as a contributor to gather reasonable review to satisfy your
 RTI advocate that the code is correct and of high quality. Exactly what this
 means will vary based on the nature and scope of the change, but here are some
 guidelines that will give the advocates confidence in your changes. As always,
-trust your avocate and apply "shrink to fit".
+trust your advocate and apply "shrink to fit".
 
 * There should be at least one code reviewer (focused on the implementation
   details) that is different from the advocate (focused on ensuring overall

docs/contributing/quality.md

@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ well-implemented, they generally don't need a whole lot of work. So you'll get
 to use them, appreciate them, and be inspired by them -- but you probably won't
 spend much time modifying them. (And because many of these subsystems have been
 implemented by engineers who are now part of the active illumos community, many
-of the changes will be done by the original implementor(s) anyway.)
+of the changes will be done by the original implementer(s) anyway.)
 
 ## Fetid