Adults in the US performed less well on most of the ten words tested, including millennium (52 per cent wrong, against 43 per cent in UK)， liaison (61 per cent to 54 per cent) and "accommodation" (42 per cent to 36 per cent)。

　　从十个词的测试结果来看，美国人在大多数词语上的表现不如英国人，其中包括millennium(拼错率：美国52%;英国43%)、liason(美国61%、英国54%)和accommodation(美国42%、英国36%)。

　　Only "definitely" and "friend" were spelt correctly by more Americans。

　　仅definitely和friend两个词，美国人拼对的比率较高。

　　Professor Edward Baranowski of California State University said that the results reflected the "horrific" drop-out rates of US high schools。

　　加利福尼亚州立大学的爱德华·巴拉诺维斯基教授说，调查结果反映出美国中学“可怕”的辍学率。