Subscribe | UPI Odd Newsletter Subscribe SEATTLE, May 15 (UPI) -- A Seattle company said its analysis of recorded telephone calls between customers and businesses indicated Washington state residents use the cleanest language. Advertising firm Marchex said it used "call mining" speech recognition technology to analyze more than 600,000 calls from the past year to businesses in 30 industries and discovered customers from Washington state were the least likely to use profanity during calls, with only one out of 301 callers using a curse word, The Seattle Times reported Wednesday. Advertisement Callers from Ohio were found to be the most likely to use profanity, with one out of 147 phone calls featuring salty language. Meanwhile, the analysis found South Carolina callers were the most likely to use "please" and "thank you" during calls while Wisconsinites were the least likely to use polite language. Read More Oregon's non-profit pub gives proceeds to charities Couple see image of Jesus in newspaper ink blob Suspect shot after victim forced into closet with gun Man who stripped in airport contests $1,000 fine Couple busted on nudity charge at S.C. beach
