The never-ending debate of how a certain dish should be spelt correctly is always bound to lead to impassioned reactions, and it was no different for the iconic Indian dish thosai.
![Thosai, Dosa Or Tose? Here'S The Official Bm Spelling According To Dbp | Weirdkaya Thosai](https://cdn.weirdkaya.com/wp-content/uploads/image-2299.png)
DBP spells ‘thosai’ as ‘tose’
In a Twitter post by Malaysia’s Institute of Language and Literature (DBP – Dewan Bahasa & Pustaka), it revealed what was the official spelling of the dish in the Malay dictionary.
Suffice to say, the result was rather surprising.
Ejaan Bahasa Melayu: tose#DekadBahasaKebangsaan#BahasaJiwaBangsa pic.twitter.com/FxOLkOa6oA
— Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka (@DBPMalaysia) October 17, 2022
For those who don’t know, thosai/dosa is a thin crepe made from fermented rice and lentil, where it’s often paired with three different gravies – chutney, curry and dhal.
According to DBP however, the dish originating from South India should be spelt as “tose” in Bahasa Malaysia.
![Thosai, Dosa Or Tose? Here'S The Official Bm Spelling According To Dbp | Weirdkaya Thosai](https://cdn.weirdkaya.com/wp-content/uploads/image-2300.png)
Netizens strongly disagree
In the comment section, many from the Indian community weren’t pleased with DBP’s spelling of thosai and criticised them for it.
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![Thosai, Dosa Or Tose? Here'S The Official Bm Spelling According To Dbp | Weirdkaya Thosai, dosa or tose? Here's the official bm spelling according to dbp comment 3](https://cdn.weirdkaya.com/wp-content/uploads/ladpgto6my-7efdm1c0c7a-748-213.jpg)
![Thosai, Dosa Or Tose? Here'S The Official Bm Spelling According To Dbp | Weirdkaya Thosai, dosa or tose? Here's the official bm spelling according to dbp comment 4](https://cdn.weirdkaya.com/wp-content/uploads/ladpgtrvltlyhqnm880c7g-750-243.jpg)
What do you think of DBP’s spelling of “thosai” as “tose”? Let us know in the comments!
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