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wrote in message ... On Tue, 4 Jan 2005 08:51:03 -0000, "BAC" wrote: "Douglas" wrote in message news June Hughes Wrote: In message When did everybody start calling a tidal wave a tsunami and why? I had never heard of one until there was a programme on TV around a year or so ago. -- June Hughes Weather bosses decided that it needed a more up to date image and rebranding ............?? Could be they were looking for a short, snappy and memorable name for an unusually large ocean wave caused by an undersea earthquake. The japanese have a name for such waves, perhaps because they live on islands in an area of frequent earthquake activity, so it probably made sense to adopt the term. We have a term for it too Tidal Wave. Ahh, but just think how cool it is to be able to say "tsunami" Franz |
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