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It's about respect- for one's self and others. The fact that many people the world over massacre their respective native tongues is no proper reason to regurgitate what you hear them say. Anything worth doing is worth doing well. That certainly applies to learning any language- first, second or third. It grates me when I hear that someone is planning to herver some water or says conducieron. I respect them enough(si son de confianza) to correct them. To say "they're uneducated...that's how they talk" is condescending. To go to the trouble to correct someone says "you're smart...you're capable of expressing yourself well". Regionalisms and accents are charming and make language interesting. Lazy speech and poor spelling is not to be excused, especially in the case of a language as elegantly simple as Spanish.