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Hello and welcome to Words to the Wise. I'm Pete Musto. In the studio with me is Learning English intern Olivia.

Hi Olivia!

Hi Pete.

Can you tell everybody where and what you are studying?

I am studying journalism at the University of Missouri.

So, Olivia has been hard at work in her three days here! She has written a piece about an unusual map of the United States. Why is it special, Olivia?

Well, Google published a map that shows all of the states in America, but it does not include their names. Instead, the state is identified with the word its population seems to have difficulty spelling.

How in the world would Google find that out?

Good question. Google examined the search term "how to spell." The word that came up the most for each state became that state's most commonly misspelled word.

Ok, so I will need some examples.

Of course! Let's take a word that the Merriam-Webster Dictionary defines as "very attractive in a physical way." It is similar to pretty.

Beautiful?

Yep.

B-E-A-U-T-I-F-U-L, right?

That's right. But you might find it spelled B-I-U-T-I-F-U-L or B-E-U-T-I-F-U-L in New York, California, Ohio, Kentucky and Michigan! Those five states requested the spelling of beautiful from Google more than any other word.

OK. I can understand the mistake. Many people say the word like that first misspelling "bee-you-tee-full." And the second one was so close to correct – just missing an "a."

Another word commonly misspelled is "pneumonia." Maine, Alabama, Michigan and Washington all have trouble with that one.

Well, it is spelled p-n-e-u-m-o-n-i-a. It is hard because the "p" is silent. Plus, it is easy to mix up the order of "n-e-u."

True. I don't think you can make fun of anyone having trouble with that word.

But, Olivia, there is one state that is probably getting some friendly teasing about its word. Tell us... what was the most commonly searched for spelling in Wisconsin.

I'll spell it for you: W-I-S-C-O-N-S-I-N!

Wow! Poor Wisconsin. That has to be tough to live with!

So, what are some of the words you think are understandably difficult to spell?

Well, probably the most famous is "supercalifragilisticexpialidocious." It is a made up word - 34 letters long - and it is the longest word on Google's map. It comes from a song in the movie Mary Poppins.

I'm not sure if that one is even in most dictionaries!

Another sort-of funny misspelling came from South Dakota. People there have trouble with the word "college."

Guess they need to go to spelling school!

Very funny!

Another word on Google's America's Most Misspelled Words map is "chihuahua." That one covers the states of South Carolina and Arizona. In Delaware and Indiana the winning word is "hallelujah." And Arizona and Colorado most often Google the spelling for "tomorrow."

Google released the map during the 90th Scripps National Spelling Bee.

I bet none of those words were even part of the competition there.

Probably not!

Well, thanks a lot for the report, Olivia!

You are very W-E-L-C-O-M-E, Pete.

To our fans out there, we want to know what you thought of this Words to the Wise and what you'd like us to talk about in the future.

I'm Pete Musto.

And I'm Olivia Liu.

重点解析

1.be identified with 被视为与……等同；与某人持认同；认为……等同于

Each network must be identified with the area to which it belongs.

每个网路必须以它所属区域加以辨识VsO1h^Y5VbGv7K。

2.be similar to 与……相似；和……相似；类似

That way, we hoped to get some historical and literary perspective, as well as an idea of what existing games might be similar to ours.

因为我们希望获得一些历史和文学方面的观点，以及现有游戏中可能与我们相似的构思)f%B!h~YSQ=L20~。

3.have trouble with 在某方面有麻烦/困难

Whenever we have trouble with our studies, our teachers help us patiently.

每逢我们在学习上遇到困难，老师总是耐心辅导.KPO)TtcFeNI4a;|RJB。

4.in the world 世界上；究竟；世上

What in the world is he doing?

他究竟在干什么？

参考译文

大家好 ，这里是《词汇掌故》nN]imN3rWr%-GI(;cB。我是皮特·穆斯托JZ.&XXDp,R!-。和我一起在演播室的是学英语的实习生奥利维娅yqBbyl2C_2Akay+。

你好，奥利维娅！

你好，皮特A1vLauFu*b(1。

你可以和大家说说你在哪里学习以及学什么的吗？

我在密苏里大学学习新闻学W[ZReq9Pv*Cz.z@la。

奥利维娅已经在这里努力工作了三天！她写了一篇关于美国地图的文章，这张地图非同寻常，奥利维娅，为什么这张地图很特别呢？

嗯，谷歌发布了一张展现美国所有州的地图，但是地图上没有显示这些州的名字saAR~mR@bNZ_。代替州名的是该州州民觉得拼写有困难的单词#wHllMxLQ]|i(~。

谷歌究竟是如何发现这一点的呢？

好问题wR~&VuJ.K0sxb,Q~。谷歌研究了搜索词“how to spell”u.M7oSU;H[r3KAT^。每个州出现最多的单词成为该州最常见的拼写错误单词La48Yuq^bO(Y。

好的，我需要一些例子@R4&qTMe0MPNFLV*QX。

必须滴！我们以韦氏词典定义为“外表很吸引人”的这个单词为例.eJ49@o]^ggyYs。它和“pretty（漂亮）”意思相近YwF-ZGWRIAF;gxrSQK。

是“beautiful（美丽）”吗？

是的^VvmS7wCCs()&Rr。

“B-E-A-U-T-I-F-U-L”，对吗？

对的bd~Ilf;-Y!kW9#2。但是你也许会发现在纽约，加州，俄亥俄州、肯塔基州和密歇根，它被拼成“B-I-U-T-I-F-U-L”或者“B-E-U-T-I-F-U-L”！这五个州对谷歌拼写“beautiful”的要求比其他任何一个词都高&t;[Cx,lwP5!_。

好的A9.2QRBX[[!+。我可以理解这个错误Wz1h4,7+WWg。许多人说"bee-you-tee-full"这个词就像第一个拼写错误一样|7b_JZtUYLmHdcP71z_。第二个非常接近正确拼写--只是漏掉了一个"a"r+Sg|6X=[m7ID6K。

另一个经常被拼错的单词是“pneumonia（肺炎）”W0|dowRChgPIBy%sN。缅因、阿拉巴马、密歇根和华盛顿的人们拼写这个单词都有问题DdXo_xI+_Kkmrm@Rwb。

嗯，这个单词拼出来是“p-n-e-u-m-o-n-i-a”vTc|rZE;)BDJ。这个单词之所以难是因为“p”不发音wBIn4q)v*W。此外，“n-e-u”的顺序很容易搞混5Ukq[o5K^R+P。

的确pkZtBnm@TLd5。我认为你不能取笑任何拼写不出这个单词的人v9js]=cQ^=mHD。

奥利维娅，但有个州的易误拼单词很大可能会遭到一些善意的调侃BS@yt)pM#j@[)*e(3W。告诉大家威斯康星州（Wisconsin）最多搜索的单词是什么D.bfyX;(mfmb&yKyPlqr。

我拼给你听：W-I-S-C-O-N-S-I-N!！

哇！可怜的“威斯康星州（Wisconsin）”K|UI0X6z4;_m7i^gpl。这一定是很难接受的！

那么，还有哪些单词拼写困难你认为是可以理解的呢？

嗯，也许最有名的就是“supercalifragilisticexpialidocious（难以置信）”;],|xi.aGo#0ayMswkw。这个单词是由长达34个字母组成的，也是那张哥哥地图上最长的单词hqP2@%[ex])a。它是出自电影《欢乐满人间（Mary Poppins）》的一首歌Jw=K&w[zWYO2G]@T]j。

我不确定大多数词典里是否有这个单词！

另一种有趣的拼写错误来自南达科他州7H1HuxV#R*-vmkGs-M。那里的人觉得拼“college”这个单词有难度rXW&;rAuTOL]5zWgxx1G。

想想他们要拼写校名的时候！

画面很搞笑啊！

谷歌的“美国最常拼错单词”分布地图上的另一个单词是“chihuahua（吉娃娃）”8=sdt;REUkUZ@t。这个单词（在地图上）覆盖了南卡罗来纳州和亚利桑那州AGfsqDYryhq。在特拉华州和印第安纳州，拼写错误率登顶的是“hallelujah（哈利路亚）”nnQC@yt&P!。亚利桑那州和科罗拉多州最常用谷歌搜索"tomorrow"的拼写u_H|r73S@CE0_YLX。

谷歌是在第90届斯克利普斯全美拼写大赛期间发布这张地图的E(hqyAm,2(U)Mr-HmT。

我敢打赌，拼写大赛不会出现这些单词B-_GBP~3+Ij!P。

应该不会！

嗯，谢谢你带来的报道，奥利维娅！

你太客气（W-E-L-C-O-M-E）了，皮特uTsYtYXjc-。

对于我们的听众朋友们，我们想知道你们对于本期《词汇掌故》的看法，以及你们期待我们后期节目聊些什么内容E[Tny[jwJ_X|Trb33。

我是皮特·穆斯托6!;nuw^F%U!MEwEpB4r。

我是奥利维亚·刘cj(H.vG!4Ud~Qk。