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Re: tsunami

#4745 08/01/00 09:15 AM

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i guess tidal wave is a misnomer, but why did people pick that particular misnomer to be changed to a japanese word?

tidal wave is a perfectly good word for a big wave,
just as sunrise is a perfectly good word for the earth turning to reveal the sun.
so i wonder why tidal wave was discarded and who chose tsunami, which literally means harbour wave, in its place?

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