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dalton99a

(81,455 posts)
Wed May 31, 2017, 07:40 PM May 2017

Wisconsin residents most frequently searched for how to spell "Wisconsin"

and South Dakota residents most frequently searched for how to spell "college"

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/31/us/misspelled-words-states.html

Is Wisconsin Really That Hard to Spell?
By CHRISTOPHER MELE | MAY 31, 2017



“Beautiful” and “pneumonia” hardly go together, but they ranked as the top two words that Americans most sought how to spell in the first four months of this year, according to an analysis by Google Trends.

The analysis, which covered Jan. 1 through April 30, identified in each state what word was searched most often when users typed “how to spell” into the company’s search engine. Google Trends posted a map of the results on Twitter on Tuesday, one day before the start of the Scripps National Spelling Bee.

Naturally, the map, labeled “America’s Most Misspelled Words,” included a misspelling.

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Wisconsin residents most frequently searched for how to spell "Wisconsin" (Original Post) dalton99a May 2017 OP
Well, I guess that explains Paul Ryan. smirkymonkey May 2017 #1
Angel. One state had angel , all the others I could see, but angel and the actual state lunasun May 2017 #2
Why does Mississippi mispell nanny? LeftInTX May 2017 #3
Ah, but do the Welsh ... area51 Jun 2017 #4

lunasun

(21,646 posts)
2. Angel. One state had angel , all the others I could see, but angel and the actual state
Wed May 31, 2017, 11:25 PM
May 2017

name, those two l think to myself Really??

LeftInTX

(25,258 posts)
3. Why does Mississippi mispell nanny?
Wed May 31, 2017, 11:40 PM
May 2017

At least Mississippi isn't the most mispelled. I can only remember to spell Mississippi from an old "follow the bouncing ball" cartoon.

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