Board Thread:Questions and Answers/@comment-1398253-20130126150637/@comment-691135-20130211015614

Plus in Japanese, there are some words which could be spelled a couple of different ways in English because there is no distinction between their sounds. L and R is one such example (Metaloid vs Metaroid). We use specific spellings on here because of how they are used in-show or by means of the merchandise, but that doesn't mean other spellings, in a much broader sense, aren't acceptable. They just would not be what this wiki uses.