On Tue, 04 Jan 2005 11:25:36 +0000, Lazarus Cooke wrote:
We have a term for it too Tidal Wave.
That's the trouble. It was misleading. A tsunami has nothing at all to
do with tides, and that's why they changed it.
L
At least it indicates that it's a wave, whereas the word "tsunami" tells
the uninitiated naff-all.
Do you object to the name "slow worm"? Or toadstool? (to add the gardening
topic).
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Tim C.
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