While the majority of Hondurans are literate (80%) they don't seem to place as high of a premium on accuracy of spelling as most Americans do. Part of this is due to the fact that Spanish has far fewer wonky rules than English and it doesn't necessarily make sense to devote entire classes to the subject in primary school. But in general, I think there is less importance applied to spelling.
Not a big deal but sometimes results in some funny situations. For example, I'm working with one Javier Quan down here. Javier is the man when it comes to bees in Honduras, let me tell you. This guy knows everything about bees. You might think that would mean he could give me a cost model for beekeeping but you would be wrong. I digress. Javier Quan. I have his seen his name in various official documents as:
Javier Kuang
Javier Cuan
Javier Quan (nice!)
Javier Quant (my favorite)
There is also my boy Marco. Poor guy. His last name is Teodorocopulus...
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