Despite the popularity of school spelling bee competitions, adults in the US fared poorly in a survey comparing how English speakers on both sides of the Atlantic deal with commonly misspelt words.

• 虽然拼写比赛在学校里很受欢迎，但在一项针对大西洋两岸的英语使用者处理拼写错误的调查中美国成年人的表现差强人意。