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  • Bananas or banannas? These are the top misspelled words in each U.S

    From RH Draney@21:1/5 to Dr. Jai Maharaj on Wed May 31 03:35:03 2017
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    On 5/31/2017 12:43 AM, Dr. Jai Maharaj wrote:

    Here's a look at the most misspelled search words in each
    state:

    Alabama: pneumonia
    Alaska: schedule
    Arizona: tomorrow
    Arkansas: chihuahua
    California: beautiful
    Colorado: tomorrow
    Connecticut: supercalifragilisticexpialidocious
    Delaware: hallelujah
    Washington, D.C.: ninety
    Florida: receipt
    Georgia: gray
    Hawaii: people
    Idaho: quote
    Illinois: pneumonia
    Indiana: hallelujah
    [...]

    End of excerpt.

    I looked at the full list and I can't believe that "weird",
    "fluorescent" or "minuscule" didn't show up even once....r

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  • From Byker@21:1/5 to RH Draney on Wed May 31 12:39:45 2017
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    "RH Draney" wrote in message news:[email protected]...

    I looked at the full list and I can't believe that "weird", "fluorescent"
    or "minuscule" didn't show up even once....r

    I had a sixth-grade teacher in California who added "supercalifragilisticexpialidocious" to our list of spelling words when Mary Poppins was all the rage...

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  • From M.I.Wakefield@21:1/5 to Byker on Wed May 31 17:09:08 2017
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    "Byker" wrote in message news:[email protected]...

    "RH Draney" wrote in message news:[email protected]...

    I looked at the full list and I can't believe that "weird",
    "fluorescent" or "minuscule" didn't show up even once....r

    I'm dubious because the most misspelled word in Wisconsin was reported to be "Wisconsin". Okay, it's Wisconsin, but still ...

    More on spelling:

    https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/what-makes-the-spelling-bee-so-hard/

    I had a sixth-grade teacher in California who added "supercalifragilisticexpialidocious" to our list of spelling words when
    Mary Poppins was all the rage...

    I was on a Disney cruise where a comedian was teasing the signer for a deaf couple because of how long it took to sign
    "supercalifragilisticexpialidocious" ... a word he said a gratuitous number
    of times. I suggested that the three of them agree on a short-cut, like
    "S!", and the next time, use that, and then just look up at the comedian and smile.

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  • From Peter Moylan@21:1/5 to RH Draney on Thu Jun 1 11:06:20 2017
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    On 31/05/17 20:35, RH Draney wrote:

    I looked at the full list and I can't believe that "weird",
    "fluorescent" or "minuscule" didn't show up even once....r

    I can well imagine the possibility that the people who prepared the list
    didn't even realise that "wierd" and "miniscule" are spelling errors.

    I don't recall seeing common misspellings of "fluorescent", though.
    Perhaps that's because poor spellers rarely have a need to use the word.

    --
    Peter Moylan http://www.pmoylan.org
    Newcastle, NSW, Australia

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  • From occam@21:1/5 to RH Draney on Thu Jun 1 09:49:29 2017
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    On 31/05/2017 12:35, RH Draney wrote:
    On 5/31/2017 12:43 AM, Dr. Jai Maharaj wrote:

    Here's a look at the most misspelled search words in each
    state:

    Alabama: pneumonia
    Alaska: schedule
    Arizona: tomorrow
    Arkansas: chihuahua
    California: beautiful
    Colorado: tomorrow
    Connecticut: supercalifragilisticexpialidocious
    Delaware: hallelujah
    Washington, D.C.: ninety
    Florida: receipt
    Georgia: gray
    Hawaii: people
    Idaho: quote
    Illinois: pneumonia
    Indiana: hallelujah
    [...]

    End of excerpt.

    I looked at the full list and I can't believe that "weird",
    "fluorescent" or "minuscule" didn't show up even once....r

    'miniscule' appears to have been around for so long that it is probably accepted as a valid variant: https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/miniscule

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