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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: tsunami #4745 08/01/00 09:15 AM Joined: Jul 2000 Posts: 200 W william OP enthusiast OP william enthusiast W Joined: Jul 2000 Posts: 200 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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