The first time you stumble over the letters *M-A-S-S-A-C-H-U-S-E-T-T-S*, you’re not alone. Millions of Americans—including many who’ve lived in the Bay State their entire lives—hesitate, second-guess, or outright butcher the spelling of *Massachusetts*. It’s a name that defies phonetic logic, a linguistic puzzle wrapped in colonial history and regional pride. The question “how to spell […]