Andres, those are not "spelling" errors, per se, but are just as ridiculous. I did not know, until I went to Mexico that there are different types/dialects (?) of Spanish. My Spanish instructor was Cuban, my dictionary Castilian. Sooooo, I was wandering around the market in Oxaca asking for un papagayo. Most of the people were polite to the Norte Americana, saying, "Noooooooo, por que?" Finally, one girl said, appalled, "Vivo?" I thought, why would I want a dead one?

When I returned home, I was telling this story at dinner. Present were Cubans, Americans of Mexican descent from Kansas, USA for 4 generations and a girl from Castille. Everyone except the Castilliana was dying with laughter. She was as confused as I was........turned out I was trying to purchase a fighting cock. What I wanted was a parrot........un perrigo in Mexican Spanish. (sorry, my English keyboard does not do accents, etc.)

I have always wondered if part of the spelling problem in English could be because English has so many different languages for sources. Reed, read. Knead, need. Red, read,etc. Source determines spelling. Then there is the UK/USA spelling difference......spelled/spelt. Harbor/harbour.......I grew up reading British literature so it is no problem for me to understand, but my English teachers did not like UK spellings. There is still NO excuse for some of this ignorance, though. Teachers should TEACH!!

Sorcha, who was reading Hemmingway, Faulkner, Tolstoy, Steinbeck etc. at age 12..........I may not have UNDERSTOOD it, but I could read it.