In the US at least people spell based on how words sound in their head if they don't really remember the correct way to spell it. No one is thinking about the

In the US at least people spell based on how words sound in their head if they don't really remember the correct way to spell it. No one is thinking about the history of the word, in fact I personally was wondering why they chose an elephant as their mascot until I remembered what a Mastodon was.