Hi George:
> I am confused. Which is the correct spelling:
>
> Dentori or Dentory
The word is a Japanese word. The translation of
a Japanese word is a phonetic translation. The
spelling of the word is inconsequential as long as
the phonetic is maintained.
Spelling is an english language phenomenon. Mis-
spelling can be quite dramatic without loosing
meaning.
If you go to Korea, you will find many English
language words mis-spelled because they are phonetic
to the Koreans.
Both Dentori and Dentory are correct because they
are the same phonetically. There is no loss of
meaning with either spelling. We who speak the
english language have yet to come to an agreement
on how to spell dentori/dentory (i.e., it is not
in our dictionary -- which is our rule-book for
spelling).
Best regards,
Rich
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