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That said, one of the drawbacks of learning a second language–one that few people seem to mention–is that your knowledge of your first language can, apparently, deteriorate.

I used to be an awesome speller.  I would look at other people’s writing and misspelled words would jump out at me.  Now, I swear, I find myself misspelling atrociously (took me 3 tries to get that one) in English.

Portuguese does not use very many double letters.  No “tt” no “ll.”  Very little “ss” or “rr.”  The spelling rules are completely different.  So when writing in English, I often find myself either not using double consonants where I should or trying too hard and putting them in when I shouldn’t.

So while misspellings are still a peeve of mine, I actually have less idea of when I’m spelling correctly.  It’s disconcerting.

I guess I could be relieved that all the horrible spelling on the internet doesn’t jump out at me the way it once did.

Let us know what you think!