Real live places that wrote this map up include sports illustrated https://www.si.com/extra-mustard/2017/05/30/spelling-bee-google-trends-america-misspelled-words … and Ariz. local TVhttp://bit.ly/2qyCZGB
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Replying to @mccanner
Or, apparently, apply critical thought. (I'm still flummoxed by the stupid color coding.)
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Danny Sullivan Retweeted GoogleTrends
On this, they did issue a correctionhttps://twitter.com/GoogleTrends/status/869624196921303040 …
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On what? The correction was for its own misspellings. I've seen both versions, yes.
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They changed a few of the colors to match the actual number of letters for each state's word.
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My problem was with why they thought that was a useful visualization at all.
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Graphics designers got to graphics design :) I would guess someone thought was useful to easily see states where shorter words have issues
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A skilled graphic designer would know how to present information in a way that informs. I don't imagine one was anywhere near this.
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FYI, here in California, my "how to spell" suggestions don't include what we supposedly don't know how to spell :)pic.twitter.com/x2LXfNzJ52
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(I'm also mad about the grey/gray thing which is less a misspelling and more a cultural/style thing.)
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