, ▁despite ▁his ▁prest ige , ▁no ▁serious ▁changes ▁were ▁adopted . ▁The ▁Academ ies , ▁however , ▁from ▁time ▁to ▁time ▁have ▁made ▁minor ▁changes , ▁such ▁as ▁allowing ▁ ▁instead ▁of ▁ ▁(' this ▁one '), ▁when ▁there ▁is ▁no ▁possible ▁confusion . ▁ ▁A ▁Mexican ▁Spanish ▁convention ▁is ▁to ▁spell ▁certain ▁ind igen ous ▁words ▁with ▁ ▁rather ▁than ▁the ▁ ▁that ▁would ▁be ▁the ▁standard ▁sp elling ▁in ▁Spanish . ▁This ▁is ▁generally ▁due ▁to ▁the ▁origin ▁of ▁the ▁word ▁( or ▁the ▁present ▁pron unci ation ) ▁containing ▁the ▁vo ic eless ▁postal ve olar ▁fr ic ative ▁ ▁sound ▁or ▁another ▁s ibil ant ▁that ▁is ▁not ▁used ▁in ▁modern ▁standard ▁Spanish . ▁The ▁most ▁notice able ▁word ▁with ▁this ▁feature ▁is ▁México ▁( see ▁Top onym y ▁of ▁Mexico ). ▁The ▁Real ▁Academia ▁Españ ola ▁recomm ends ▁this ▁sp elling . ▁The ▁American ▁Spanish ▁col lo qu ial ▁term ▁ch icano ▁is ▁short ened ▁from ▁me ch icano , ▁which ▁uses ▁ ▁in ▁place ▁of ▁the ▁ ▁of ▁rural ▁Mexican ▁Spanish ▁. ▁ ▁P unct u ation ▁ ▁Spanish ▁has ▁the ▁unusual ▁feature ▁of ▁indicating ▁the ▁beginning ▁of ▁an ▁inter rog ative ▁or ▁ex clam atory ▁sentence ▁or ▁phrase ▁with ▁invert ed ▁variants ▁of ▁the ▁question ▁mark ▁and ▁ex clam ation ▁mark ▁( ▁and ▁), ▁respectively . ▁Most ▁languages ▁that ▁use ▁the ▁Latin ▁alphabet ▁( including ▁Spanish ) ▁use ▁question ▁and ▁ex clam ation ▁marks ▁at ▁the ▁end ▁of ▁sentences ▁and ▁cla uses . ▁These ▁invert