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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.
You are seeing two different methods of romanization. 1) is in so-called wāpuro rōmaji, and 2) is in the (modified) Hepburn system. 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.
