http://www.elite.net/~runner/jennifers/thankyou.htm
Spelling a japan word in english is more a form of guesswork then science.

Japanese (Japan) Arigato
Japanese (Japan) Domo arigato
Japanese (Japan) [act of thanks not ended] Arigato gozaimasu
Japanese (Japan) [act of thanks has ended] Arigato gozaimashita
Japanese [Izumo] (Japan) Dan san
Japanese [Kansai Ben](Kansai, Osaka Japan) Ookini
Japanese [Kansai Ben](Kansai, Osaka Japan) Ookini arigatou
Japanese [Kumamoto] (Japan) Kora doshi
Japanese [Kyo Kotoba] (Kyoto Japan) Ohkini
Japanese [Shodoshima] (Shodoshima Japan) Ookini
Japanese [Tohoku Ben] (northeast Japan) Oshoshina
Japanese [Uchinaaguchi] (Okinawa Japan) Nihwee-deebiru

ありがとう。
a-ri-ga-to-u.

That's all I was trying to say.

It's much less guesswork than, say, Mandarin or Cantonese.

I think I missed something...

What about Domo Kun (sp?) ???

Well, in the commercials he's from, it says on the screen:
どーも、BS です。

Which means, "Do-mo, it's BS." which is actually yet another pretty hilarious case of Engrish. They mean Broadcast Satellite, I think, not realizing the connotations of "BS".

Anyway, どーも is pronounced Dômo, with a long first o.

Yarr... At least I tried...
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http://www.southparkcows.com/ascii/cartmanhitler.html

hehe ascii art

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