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Title: Spelling by State
Post by: Ben on June 01, 2015, 11:18:23 AM

Best and worst spellers by state, and the words each state has the most trouble with. Interestingly, it's "grey" in CA, and I have to say I have always been confused myself, but generally use "grey". Doing some searching, the sites I found all say that either "gray" or "grey" or okie dokie.

http://www.marketwatch.com/story/the-worst-spellers-in-america-live-in-this-state-2015-05-28

Title: Re: Spelling by State
Post by: 230RN on June 01, 2015, 12:21:44 PM

Heh!

Delaware's most troublesome word is "Parynichia."

Say, whut, now?

I'm surprised "separate" and "ridiculous" aren't on the list, unless I missed them. (Mnemonic:  There is "a rat" in sepARATe.)

I discovered on a trip to Georgia that the Southern use of the word "receipt" is correct for "recipe."  As in "Grandma's old time book of Southern Receipts."

Well, spellings change over time anyhow.  Like "gonne" for gun.

Terry

REF (re:Parynichia):
http://hashtagmaine.bangordailynews.com/2015/05/28/statistics/the-one-word-mainers-just-cant-spell/

Title: Re: Spelling by State
Post by: Perd Hapley on June 01, 2015, 01:56:03 PM

Are they saying that's a correct spelling for "hors d'oeuvre"?

'Cause that's rediculous!

Title: Re: Spelling by State
Post by: RevDisk on June 01, 2015, 02:05:03 PM

Quote from: Ben on June 01, 2015, 11:18:23 AM

Best and worst spellers by state, and the words each state has the most trouble with. Interestingly, it's "grey" in CA, and I have to say I have always been confused myself, but generally use "grey". Doing some searching, the sites I found all say that either "gray" or "grey" or okie dokie.

http://www.marketwatch.com/story/the-worst-spellers-in-america-live-in-this-state-2015-05-28

I was taught

gray = America
grey = England.

I still spell it as "grey".