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spicymaki
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Very funny and interesting thanks for posting this.
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cowllin
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Thanks! We have so many more to investigate... I'm thinking "cirque du soleil" is my next one. I see at least 48 different spellings on it at first glance...
dmckeon
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There was a post office in New Mexico that had collected over 100 misspellings of:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pojoaque,_New_Mexico
bombcar
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I’d be interested in the state most misspelled (maybe California or Pennsylvania) and the one least (probably Ohio or Iowa).
cowllin
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Not about spelling but we had someone investigate what state is
guessed
when a different state is the answer... here's the gif showing that data:
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/connorwaldoch_python-matplotl...
dehrmann
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Massachusetts and Connecticut have got to be up there.
chrysoprace
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I would've thought Arkansas would've been at the top of that list.
TMWNN
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I'd be shocked if Mississippi is not the most misspelled US state name.
edgarvaldes
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Why California?
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