What word can't your state's residents spell?
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Apparently they never learned the A/E rule. Gray has an A because that's how they spell it in America. Grey has an E because that's how they spell it in England.
Color? That’s just embarrassing. Not nearly as embarrassing as the fact that a lot of people down here pronounce “crayon” the same as “crown” but embarrassing nonetheless.
Maybe we need an entity like Spain has: The Spanish Academy of Language. They are the guardians of their language. They take great offense at other "Spanish speaking" people interjecting slang or "Americanized" terms into what they would consider pure Spanish. That would probably be impossible to pull off with English because it still seems to be evolving and so many words have multiple meanings in America, the U.K. Australia, New Zealand, etc.
I have a lot of questions for Connecticut, Kentucky and North Carolina.
Anyway, very interesting MAP you posted.
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they should do a percentage of people by state who know enough not to put an apostrophe in plurals
Bigger question is why Pennsylvanians are searching the word “cousin” so much…..tracking their spouses? I kid, I’m from PA, so I can joke about that.
I have a lot of questions for Connecticut, Kentucky and North Carolina.
The snobbery of the New England states, and i'm sure the midwest screws up many 5 letter words. Mississippi i doubt it.
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I am dyslexic on a major scale. I am guilty of both in your post. My corporate email corrospance (like my posts here) read like a 4th grader. I often explain to those outside of my company of why I prefer calls to email. Lol.
Some of these I can understand because there have been alternate spellings, like “ grey “ and “ colour “ ( English usage ).
Some are not commonly used like “ aesthetic “ or “ exorbitant “.
When you are spell checking words like “ quiet “, “ because “ and “ beautiful “, it’s probably because you don’t read.
And having to spell check your home State ( CO ) is just pathetic.
Some are not commonly used like “ aesthetic “ or “ exorbitant “.
When you are spell checking words like “ quiet “, “ because “ and “ beautiful “, it’s probably because you don’t read.
And having to spell check your home State ( CO ) is just pathetic.
That cracks me up. Only one state with a four letter word and it's colored red so nobody can miss it. They could have also drawn an arrow pointing to TN with the message, "These morons can't even spell a four letter word!!"
But to be honest, when I write gray/grey I use whichever one strike me in the moment. There's no rhyme or reason.
And what's the deal with Oklahoma. A lot of cheating spouses???
They are fighting a losing battle. Plus, “pure” Castilian Spanish is ridiculous with that lisping sound.
Just as Spain has lost control of its language to Latin America (and the corrupting influence of American English), England lost control to us.
Thankfully society hasn’t managed to confuse noose and nose. That could be awkward.
Follow your noose.
The noose knows.
That’s just uneducated hillbillyism. In the south they put a t at the end of seen.
I actually like the Castilian sound. You are right about the fact that the Spanairds are fighting against the wind.. Noble effort on their part.
Here in md, specifically Baltimore its lose vs lost, not spelling but similar.
We lose last night.
If we play like that we gonna lost every game
I came across an article a few weeks ago where the premise of it was that languages around the world were facing an extinction event from globalization.
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