For your edification:

[conuly]

The word is pom-pon. There's an N at the end.

Oh, and those apes? Are orangutans. They may drink tang, but it's not part of their name.

GET IT RIGHT!

Thank you. This has been a public service announcement.

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[innerbrat]

Seeins as how it's not even an English word, the following spellings are all acceptable and valid variants:

orangutan
orang-utan
oran-utan
orang-outan
ourang-utang

[conuly]

Of course it's an English word. It's in English dictionaries, isn't it?

[innerbrat]

with all of the above spelling variations, yes.

[eofs.livejournal.com]

Ah the fun of words that have been transliterated.