America's most misspelled words

Thrasher · June 06, 2017, 03:14:05 AM

This is probably ancient, but I didn't see anything in the last six pages. Seriously Wisconsin? Did you correctly know how to spell your state's word?

Boomdeyadah · June 06, 2017, 03:33:25 AM

How come americans are incapable of spelling the words 'beautiful' and 'tomorrow' ?

June 06, 2017, 03:34:56 AM

Maintenance was a little tricky to spell when I was around 12.

Doctor Doom · June 06, 2017, 03:35:48 AM

fucking rhode island can't do anything right

Jono · June 06, 2017, 03:41:01 AM

Wisconsin is full of inbred Packers fans so what do you expect

Hahahaha very funny Zonda · June 06, 2017, 04:07:15 AM

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Solonoid · June 06, 2017, 04:13:46 AM

Quote from: Flee on June 06, 2017, 04:09:25 AM

Quote from: ねこ on June 06, 2017, 04:07:15 AM
Supercali?
Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious. Famous word and song from Mary Poppins.

you fucking french asshole I know you're the one who forced an time out error so you could respond before I did

Flee · June 06, 2017, 05:18:36 AM

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Casper · June 06, 2017, 07:58:59 AM

Lol oh Pa

The Lord Ruler · June 06, 2017, 10:11:44 AM

What the FUCK JERSEY

Our most misspelled word is "twelve"?

Turkey · June 06, 2017, 10:32:33 AM

Quote from: Boomdeyadah on June 06, 2017, 03:33:25 AM

How come americans are incapable of spelling the words 'beautiful' and 'tomorrow' ?

Because we're all ugly and have no future.

Alternative Facts · June 06, 2017, 10:33:01 AM

This is Donald Trump's America.

Casper · June 06, 2017, 11:06:55 AM

Quote from: The Lord Ruler on June 06, 2017, 10:11:44 AM

What the FUCK JERSEY

Our most misspelled word is "twelve"?

because y'all are full of arrogant wops

big sponge · June 06, 2017, 11:08:37 AM

if i had to guess people are forgetting the a in beautiful or the second r in tomorrow

Casper · June 06, 2017, 11:23:27 AM

Question, is Georgia marked as misspelling gray because people spell it grey?

Turkey · June 06, 2017, 11:27:17 AM

re: beautiful

YouTube

Ian · June 06, 2017, 11:28:09 AM

Why is New Hampshire talking about Diarrhea that much?

Verbatim · June 06, 2017, 11:30:17 AM

>tfw my state isn't completely retarded

Solonoid · June 06, 2017, 11:32:29 AM

Quote from: Casper on June 06, 2017, 11:23:27 AM

Question, is Georgia marked as misspelling gray because people spell it grey?

It's just a list of people googling how to spell a word, and since even I have googled searching for the etymological difference between grey and gray, I'm fairly sure the answer is yes.

Verbatim · June 06, 2017, 11:34:37 AM

grey > gray

gray is one of the only americanizations of a word that i disagree with

Solonoid · June 06, 2017, 11:50:12 AM

Quote from: Jokes about killing Trump on June 06, 2017, 11:34:37 AM

grey > gray

gray is one of the only americanizations of a word that i disagree with

The two words became prevalent spellings within approximately a hundred years of each other.

In contrast to the length of time during which English has been a language (around 1600 years) I don't think either word really has a right to precedence, especially considering the difference existed in middle english between grai and grei.

In all, gray isn't really an americanization at all, just a modernization of grai to the same effect that a hundred years prior the modernization of grei became popular. It wasn't just an American word either, brits have only dropped "gray" from their vocabulary in the last fifty years, where for 150 before that interchangeable use was common.