Kevin Wayne Williams wrote:
> Marvel wrote:
>> I just have a hillbilly drawl bc I read it and the "tou"  sounded like "too" 
>> I would have read it proper had it "been "arigato".  Even "aligato" (not a 
>> Portuguese alligator)
>> Hey but that's just me!
>>
>> Is the Kansai that different from Kanto? or is it Kantou?
> 
> It's just that ありがとう is transcribed "arigatou" by many people.

Coincidentally that word is transcribed as ありがと by many people.