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					Originally Posted by Rick
					
				 
				We use this different spelling to make it clear which species of weapon form we are discussing, Tom . 
			
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 And instead you thus make it obscure and confusing, creating a division that is largely invalid and that the natives of the region do not recognize.  Indnesian and Malay books on kris tend to give kris sundang as a variant form like any other, for instance.