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this may be a silly question. However, is there a difference between the
following sentences (in terms of spelling):

1) Doumo arigatou gozaimashita. 2) Dōmo arigatō gozaimashita.

Is one sentence more correct than the other? I know that they are used for
giving thanks (past tense). But I am not sure if "doumo" or "domo" and
"arigatou" or "arigatō" are more correct.

Thank you for your help.
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orthography rōmaji
Doumo or dōmo / arigatou or arigatō
You are seeing two different methods of
[romanization](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romanization_of_Japanese). 1) is
in so-called [wāpuro
rōmaji](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/W%C4%81puro_r%C5%8Dmaji), and 2) is in
the [(modified) Hepburn
system](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hepburn_romanization). Neither is more
correct than the other; they are exactly the same if written as an ordinary
kana-kanji Japanese sentence (どうも有難うございました), and they are pronounced the same.
For details, please follow the links.

  * [**Kunrei**](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kunrei-shiki_romanization): D **ô** mo arigat **ô** gozaima **si** ta.
  * **(Modified)[Hepburn](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hepburn_romanization)**: D **ō** mo arigat **ō** gozaima **shi** ta.
  * **"Passport" Hepburn** : D **o** mo arigat **o** gozaima **shi** ta.
  * **[Wapuro](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/W%C4%81puro_r%C5%8Dmaji)** : D **ou** mo arigat **ou** gozaima **s(h)i** ta.
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