Do you always get spellings at the job?

[Marla Sharp]

I always ask anyone and everyone in the room for spellings throughout the day. At every break, I'm the only one in the conference room furiously going through my transcript to find spellings I need. I try not to wait until the end of the day so that no one has to stay too long afterward. Lord knows they never want to and rarely do.

Sometimes I've asked the witness or attorneys if it's okay if I email them my spelling questions. And that's worked out okay most of the time. Except when it's an expedite, of course.

But I thought I would share what an attorney recent said on the record:

Q Mr. Smith. His first name is Ritlesh, R-i-t-l-e-s-h.
A Yes.
Q I'm saying that so the court reporter won't drive us crazy later.

Nice, huh?

[Cynthia S. Bicad]

I also do the whole spel/spel thing. It works out great for me. I think another reporter told me to do that when I became a reporter. It was great advice. But like you Marla, I know that if I have a job all day, at every break ,at lunch I search for my spel/spel and get the names that I need.

[S. Arielle]

Oh yea, that has helped me tremendously today since every other 2 paragraphs has spel/spel in it. lol lol