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A silent "p" has probably made "pneumonia" the most misspelled word in the US, according to data released recently by search engine Google.
搜索引擎谷歌最近发布的数据显示，pneumonia（肺炎）是美国人最常拼错的单词，原因可能是不发音的p。
Google released a comprehensive list of each state's most misspelled words.
谷歌发布了一份有关每个州最容易拼错的单词的综合性列表。
"Pneumonia" appears to be the hardest word for people to spell in Alabama, Illinois, Maine, Michigan and Washington.
对于阿拉巴马、伊利诺伊、缅因、密歇根和华盛顿州的人们来说，pneumonia似乎是最难拼写的单词。
"Beautiful" is the hardest word in California, Kentucky, Minnesota, New York and Ohio while in Arizona, Colorado and Wisconsin, people have trouble with "tomorrow".
而在加利福尼亚、肯塔基、明尼苏达、纽约和俄亥俄州，beautiful是最难的单词，亚利桑那、科罗拉多和威斯康辛州的人们则在tomorrow的拼写上存在问题。
Unsurprisingly, supercalifragilisticexpialidocious, a word popularized by the 1964 film "Mary Poppins," also appears on the list.
不出意料的是，supercalifragilisticexpialidocious（难以置信的）这个由1964年的电影《欢乐满人间》推广的单词，也出现在了该列表当中。
However, one may have difficulty in explaining why people in Hawaii struggle with "people" and South Dakota can't spell "college" correctly.
不过，至于为什么夏威夷人民不太会拼people、南达科他州人民拼不对college，可能就很难解释了。
