--- a/mercurial/util.py	Tue Aug 28 17:59:08 2012 -0500
+++ b/mercurial/util.py	Wed Aug 15 22:38:42 2012 +0200
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# util.py - Mercurial utility functions and platform specfic implementations
+# util.py - Mercurial utility functions and platform specific implementations
 #
 #  Copyright 2005 K. Thananchayan <thananck@yahoo.com>
 #  Copyright 2005-2007 Matt Mackall <mpm@selenic.com>
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 # This software may be used and distributed according to the terms of the
 # GNU General Public License version 2 or any later version.
 
-"""Mercurial utility functions and platform specfic implementations.
+"""Mercurial utility functions and platform specific implementations.
 
 This contains helper routines that are independent of the SCM core and
 hide platform-specific details from the core.
@@ -799,7 +799,7 @@
     return temp
 
 class atomictempfile(object):
-    '''writeable file object that atomically updates a file
+    '''writable file object that atomically updates a file
 
     All writes will go to a temporary copy of the original file. Call
     close() when you are done writing, and atomictempfile will rename
@@ -1239,7 +1239,7 @@
         so overriding is needed to use width information of each characters.
 
         In addition, characters classified into 'ambiguous' width are
-        treated as wide in east asian area, but as narrow in other.
+        treated as wide in East Asian area, but as narrow in other.
 
         This requires use decision to determine width of such characters.
         """
@@ -1300,7 +1300,7 @@
                 width = self.width - len(indent)
 
                 # First chunk on line is whitespace -- drop it, unless this
-                # is the very beginning of the text (ie. no lines started yet).
+                # is the very beginning of the text (i.e. no lines started yet).
                 if self.drop_whitespace and chunks[-1].strip() == '' and lines:
                     del chunks[-1]