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When Japanese incorporates a Western word, especially English, often the
spelling rather than the pronunciation is respected in the transcription,
thus, ending up with a transcription that is not the closest possible within
the limitation of Japanese phonology. And then, later on, on some occasions,
(often young) people start to use a form that is closer to the original
pronunciation, and there arise two forms. What examples can you think of for
such cases?

Examples

  * Michael

> マイケル (traditional)  
>  マイコー(recent slang, especially referring to Michael Jackson)

  * Volley ball 

> バレーボール (traditional)  
>  バリボー (recent slang)

  * People

> ピープル (traditional)  
>  ピーポー (recent slang, as in `一般ピーポー`)

  * Apple

> アップル (traditional)  
>  アポー (recent slang, especially referring to Apple computer Inc.)

The following are examples of different forms both respecting the original
pronunciation, and are not examples of what I am asking:

  * Benjamin

> ベンジャミン (as with the American president)  
>  ベンヤミン (as with the German philosopher)
>
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loanwords
Less-approximate and more-approximate forms of loan words
Here are some:

Key:

1 - Original spelling in katakana  
2 - Newer spelling in katakana (tends to be closer to pronunciation)

```

    1. アステリスク
    2. アスタリスク 
    
```

Anything with `ファ`、`フィ`、`フェ`, etc. <\--- Originally were not in Japanese
(introduced in Meiji Era, but many elderly still use `フア` and `フイ`)

```

    1. フアン
    2. ファン
    
    1. フアイル
    2. ファイル
    
    1. フイート
    2. フィート
    
    1. デズニ－ランド
    2. ディズニーランド
    
    1. キャンデー
    2. キャンディ
    
```

Another more recent trend is adding the ッ to make it more close to the English
pronunciation.

```

    1. ドーナツ
    2. ドーナッツ
    
```

Also the use of ヴィ instead of ビ (This example doesn't actually fit the
pattern, both ビ and ヴィ have the same pronunciation, but since ビ and be also
"bi", to make a distinction between "bi" and "v", ヴィ was introduced):

```

    1. ビンテージ
    2. ヴィンテージ
    
```

There are 2 versions of the word "smooth" in katakana, however according to
the comment from @Matt there are historical references to スムーズ from 1918 which
date before スムース, so it may not be applicable, if anyone has any evidence as
to the etymology between the two words it would be appreciated:

```

    1. スムース
    2. スムーズ
    
```
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Actually, there are also examples of a different, almost opposite phenomenon.
For example, ドル, which looks like it represents the sound as heard, and the
modern form オイルダラー based on American English pronunciation. I'm also reminded
of the story I heard once that the word カメヤ (I think) was current during the
Meiji period as a word for 'dog'. It was based on 'Come here!', which would
now be カムヒヤー (yuk!). Also ズロース for 'drawers' (clothing), which is a wonderful
rendition of the actual English pronunciation, much closer than ドロアーズ would
be.
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Not sure if this one counts:

> ボディー body, talking about wine etc  
>  ナイスバディー nice body, talking about physical appearance. ナイスボディー also gets
> Google hits, though

Edit:

Remembered another:

> パイナップル Dictionary version  
>  パインアップル Not sure where this came from. Possibly thought to be truer to the
> English word pineapple in some sense.  
>  パイナポー Apparently there's a TV program called おはようパイナポー
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Excuse me if I'm beside the point but, I think most people write and
pronounce:  
クレイジー, フェイク, フェイス, サブウェイ, メイク (イ over ー)  
instead of  
クレージー, フェーク, フェース, サブウェー, メーク

while they still write and pronounce:  
ケーキ, セーフ, セーフティ, ステーキ, プレート (ー over イ)  
rather than  
ケイキ, セイフ, セイフティ, ステイキ/ステイク, プレイト.  
Wonder what causes this difference...

And now we rather write:  
コンピュータ, ナイスバディ, スパゲ(ッ)ティ, プリティ (with no ー at the end)  
while we often pronounce them as  
コンピューター, ナイスバディー, スパゲッティー, プリティー.

But we say and write:  
カレンダー, フラワー, シェーバー, ヒーター, ドライヤー (with ー at the end)  
rather than  
カレンダ, フラワ, シェーバ, ヒータ, ドライヤ.

Hmm, why?  
By the way, do you say/write プリンター or プリンタ?
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I'm not sure how often some of these are used, but I think this might be one
of them:
["Tyrannosaurus"](http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%86%E3%82%A3%E3%83%A9%E3%83%8E%E3%82%B5%E3%82%A6%E3%83%AB%E3%82%B9).

  * The most commonly used today: `ティラノサウルス`
  * Others currently used: `ティランノサウルス`, `タイラノサウルス`, `テュランノサウルス`
  * The classical forms: `チラノサウルス`, `チランノサウルス`
  * Others which I found in Edict: `ティラノザウルス`, `タイラノザウルス`
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