# Gaudere's Law strikes Google **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 1, 2017, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gauderes-law-strikes-google/787868 "2017-06-01T19:31:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2017, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gauderes-law-strikes-google/787868/1 "2017-06-01T19:31:14Z")
[Top searched “how to spell” by state, 2017](http://kmov.images.worldnow.com/images/14014487_G.jpg) Can you spot the misspelling? It’s the one for DC. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2017, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gauderes-law-strikes-google/787868/2 "2017-06-01T19:53:12Z")
Hard to make out at the resolution on my phone, but is it “nintey” for ninety? ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2017, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gauderes-law-strikes-google/787868/3 "2017-06-01T20:05:46Z")
[They’ve since fixed it.](http://a.abcnews.com/images/US/HT-goggle-trends-jpo-170531_12x5_1600.jpg) The ninnies. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2017, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gauderes-law-strikes-google/787868/4 "2017-06-01T20:11:19Z")
Hard to make out the resolution on _anything_. Do you have a better image, like maybe the original one this came from? ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2017, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gauderes-law-strikes-google/787868/5 "2017-06-01T20:31:44Z")
[Ask and ye shall receive.](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DBFjBjSVwAAXU3Y.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![leftfield6](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leftfield6/32/18780_2.png) [@leftfield6](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/leftfield6)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2017, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gauderes-law-strikes-google/787868/6 "2017-06-01T20:35:17Z")
Poor New Hampshire. ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2017, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gauderes-law-strikes-google/787868/7 "2017-06-01T20:46:44Z")
At least Michigan’s is kind of hard. ---
**Author:** ![Zyada](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zyada/32/3028_2.png) [@Zyada](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zyada)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2017, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gauderes-law-strikes-google/787868/8 "2017-06-01T21:02:24Z")
Tomorrow is listed for two states, but AZ it’s colored as a 6-10 character letter, and CO it’s colored as a 11-19 character letter. Mistake, or the common length of the guessed spelling? ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2017, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gauderes-law-strikes-google/787868/9 "2017-06-01T21:34:32Z")
I am worried about Wisconsin. ---
**Author:** ![CairoCarol](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cairocarol/32/3825_2.png) [@CairoCarol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CairoCarol)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2017, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gauderes-law-strikes-google/787868/10 "2017-06-01T21:49:47Z")
This reminds me of a map blooper that occurred when I outsourced the production of my organization’s annual special-edition magazine. I’ve done lots of publication management over the years, and I would NEVER allow anyone involved in the printing process to make last-minute changes without getting an approval from an editor. However, the firm I used had no such qualms. The magazine included a map of the US, with names of each state superimposed. Most of the states were able to have the names spelled out, but states with small areas and long names were labeled with abbreviated forms. This was the case for “Louisiana,” which had been reduced to “LA.” The magazine was being published in Indonesia, where a certain lack of familiarity with US state names is understandable. So some know-it-all local spotted the “LA” and said, “Wait a minute, there is enough room to spell that out!” and changed it, without consulting anyone, to … _Los Angeles_. :smack: It was especially awful because the president of the board was from New Orleans. At least the mistake wasn’t MY fault. ---
**Author:** ![Roderick\_Femm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/roderick_femm/32/14875_2.png) [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2017, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gauderes-law-strikes-google/787868/11 "2017-06-01T22:12:48Z")
> [@psychobunny](#): > > I am worried about Wisconsin. Well, maybe there’s lots of people who don’t want to be there. I’m worried about Oregon. I’m not surprised by Mississippi, Tennessee, North Carolina or Georgia (yes, I’m generalizing about the South). But I grew up in Oregon and I thought they were better than that. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2017, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gauderes-law-strikes-google/787868/12 "2017-06-01T22:23:06Z")
I call bullshit on West Virginia and Connecticut. ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2017, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gauderes-law-strikes-google/787868/13 "2017-06-01T22:52:45Z")
> [@leftfield6](#): > > Poor New Hampshire. :eek: I’m with, what is that, Iowa? I always want to type “vaccuum”. ---
**Author:** ![Amateur\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/59ef9b/32.png) [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2017, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gauderes-law-strikes-google/787868/14 "2017-06-01T22:58:32Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > I call bullshit on West Virginia and Connecticut. Yeah, CT’s is probably “Masshole” or “Tradishunul.” ---
**Author:** ![buddha\_david](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ee7513/32.png) [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2017, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gauderes-law-strikes-google/787868/15 "2017-06-01T23:39:11Z")
Disappointed that “misspell” itself wasn’t the top misspelled word in any state. ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2017, 12:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gauderes-law-strikes-google/787868/16 "2017-06-02T12:27:58Z")
Brand new and quite apt obligatory [XKCD](https://xkcd.com/1845/). ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2017, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gauderes-law-strikes-google/787868/17 "2017-06-02T19:22:22Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > I call bullshit on West Virginia and Connecticut. Maybe they’re overwhelmed by an overpopulation of _Mary Poppins_ fans.