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World Cup Soccer’s Spanish Accent Mark: For Mexico and a Times Editor, It’s a Win-Win

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It is far from clear what errors the Mexican national team might make this week at soccer’s World Cup on the heels of Sunday’s euphoric victory over Germany, but the team addressed one even before the games started. The way it displays players’ names on its jerseys is, finally, correct.

Ms. Chavira, Twitter phenom and Mexico City grammar queen.CreditHéctor Aguilera

And the team confirmed it was thanks to the keen eye of Paulina Chavira, an editor at The New York Times en Español in the Mexico City bureau.