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<p>[QUOTE="Any Jewelry, post: 4352782, member: 2844"]They are interchangeable in the West, although many collectors and 'kerisologists' make a distinction.</p><p>The Indonesian word for keris is keris, in the Philippines it is kris, kalis, and some local variations.</p><p><br /></p><p>The word keris requires a specific pronunciation. The 'e' is often near silent in Indonesian, which is why the Dutch colonizers thought it was called a kris. That is how the name was introduced in the rest of the world.</p><p>A more correct spelling to indicate how to pronounce the word would be k'ris, with the 'r' sounding much like the Spanish 'r'.</p><p>The same near silent e is used in a place name like Semarang, which is almost pronounced like Smárang.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Any Jewelry, post: 4352782, member: 2844"]They are interchangeable in the West, although many collectors and 'kerisologists' make a distinction. The Indonesian word for keris is keris, in the Philippines it is kris, kalis, and some local variations. The word keris requires a specific pronunciation. The 'e' is often near silent in Indonesian, which is why the Dutch colonizers thought it was called a kris. That is how the name was introduced in the rest of the world. A more correct spelling to indicate how to pronounce the word would be k'ris, with the 'r' sounding much like the Spanish 'r'. The same near silent e is used in a place name like Semarang, which is almost pronounced like Smárang.[/QUOTE]
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