Its Tsunami not SunaRRRmi OK......

[Howard]

Fiona, I mean "narmy" in the pronounciation sense only. Like it rhymes with army.

[Tomahawk]

it's soo - nah - mi the T is almost silent, and you certainly shouldnt be able to pick out the T sound.

I really dont get what it is you're whinging about it Kumargoro...

Thats how I have always pro-nounced it and can't quite understand his thought on this?!

[Elmo]

Fiona, I mean "narmy" in the pronounciation sense only. Like it rhymes with army.

thats what i mean, you shouldnt hear the r, and it shouldnt SOUND like "narmy" it should sound "namy" if anything

[Howard]

Yeah, but they sound the same depending on your dialect.

The way I say it, the word "Are" sounds like "ahh". So it's all the same to me

[RVF500]

tsu·na·mi [ tsoo-nä'me ] There's a little accent over the 'e' so that bit is pronounced may (kinda) but there is a definite 't' sound. Thing is, up until recently we would have all said tidal wave, but tsunami has become more fashionable since discovery channel did programmes about them.

What gets me is the way news readers suddenly started calling Uranus uh'rah-nus. Remeber that?

U·ra·nus [ yoor'a-nus, yoo-ra'nus, ]

Definite 'y' sound there. Personally I think they sounded much sillier with the PC version than they ever would have with the actual pronunciation.

That's my 2p worth.

[streetster]

.. any other words need to be argued over?

[Kumagoro]

Nande ya nen, do you not realise that it is a Japanese word?????

津波 つなみ thats つ tsu な na み mi. su is す

[rox0r]

You do get the impression that small but pertinent point hasn't quite sunk in, along with the importance of pronunciation within Japanese dialect.

[mr_anderson187]

daymonkey is right, its a silent t, maybe there just a bit bent and are saying
toon-army? maybe not

[yamangman]

Not that I really want to get drawn into an argument over word pronounciation, I feel compelled to...

It's a silent T in tsunami. How does it matter what Japanese characters mean in English. We speak English do we not? The Japs say it how they say it, we say it how we say it.

It's a silent T

[mr_anderson187]

T|ooooh|na|arm|eeey


pmsl, i dunno why, but i am

[Ferral]

I suppose it depends where you come from in the UK on how it is said

Said like this up near Newcastle :

Soo - Nar - Me

[shiato storm]

how about NOT worrying about how its pronounced and in fact do what you can to help the poor buggers that have lost their homes and families because of a F*-off big wave.

is there any point keeping this utterly idiotic thread open?

[yamangman]

I don't see the harm in it? I think your post is needlessly subjugating.

[Ferral]

how about NOT worrying about how its pronounced and in fact do what you can to help the poor buggers that have lost their homes and families because of a F*-off big wave.

is there any point keeping this utterly idiotic thread open?

Exactly, well said (I know I put in myself but as I stated, depends on where you are from in th UK on how its said)

End of the day its a huge wave that has caused mass distress, destruction and loss of life, UK alone so far (average everyday people) have donated 60 Million towards the aid appeal.

[Emzay]

I get what you're on about, it's like them little doggies - Shih-tzu's or however its spelled... no1 says 'shee zoo' do they? there's a definite t sound in there!

But i still think you're getting wound up far too much