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01-13-2005, 08:07 PM
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Squishor
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I've always wondered why we started calling tidal waves "tsunami." When I was a kid they were just tidal waves but now everybody uses the Japanese word. Then why don't we start calling earthquakes "jishin" or volcanos "kazan"?
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