nestman  +  63851 Tue, 28 Dec 04 04:25 PM It is really a tragedy happened in southern asia... the massive tsunamis killed so many people in Thailand, Indonesia & Sri Lanka.... in Sri Lanka I met so many friends during my business trips there in the past few years. Hope that they are not injuired or missed.... by the way, how to pronunce "tsunami" which is a new vocab for me. nestman Joined on Tue, Feb 10 2004 Hong Kong New Member 08 + Rest if you must, but don't you quit ! + + Learn from mistakes +

	MCHK  +  64312 Thu, 30 Dec 04 05:19 PM tsunami, a common synonym of "tidal wave", is a very large ocean wave that is caused by an underwater earthquake and pronounced as [tsu:'na:mi]. Hope the above helps. MCHK Joined on Thu, Dec 30 2004 New Member 01 Synonyms

	Mike in Japan  +  65208 Tue, 04 Jan 05 01:14 PM The original Japanese pronunciation is tsu:'na:mi as MCHK said. Some people may have a little difficulty with the tsu sound. It's a little like sneezing with your mouth. Mike in Japan Joined on Tue, Aug 19 2003 Senior Member 4,371 I do like to be beside the seaside Pronunciation

	kumambachi  +  67880 Sat, 15 Jan 05 10:00 PM In the original Japanese it is pronounced with three syllables: tsu na mi . No syllable is stressed. I think the correct English pronunciation should be very similar to the Japanese. kumambachi Joined on Sat, Jan 15 2005 New Member 21 Pronunciation

	vinodram  +  68002 Sun, 16 Jan 05 03:02 PM I think that the correct pronounciation of Tsunami is that the 'T' syllable must be silent and the second syllable 'sunami' must as su na mi. In japanese it is called "A big stroming wave"... vinodram Joined on Tue, Jul 13 2004 Chennai, India Full Member 360 Vidhya dhathathe vinayam | Vinayath yathi pathrathvam || Pathrathvath Janam apnothi | Janah dharmam thatus sukam||

	Mike in Japan  +  68093 Mon, 17 Jan 05 12:38 AM Thanks Vinodram, but in Japanese the difference between a 's' sound and a 'ts' sound is very very important. From the point of view of correct Japanese pronunciation 'sunami' is completely incorrect. Is it important to get it right? Someone with a better knowledge of Japanese may like to show us how confusing these sounds can produce words with completely unintended meanings, and therefore poor communication. I spend all day every day correcting poor pronunciation of English words in Japan. Shouldn't we respect their language the same way we would like them to respect ours? After all, if you like something enough to borrow it, shouldn't you use it carefully? Mike in Japan Difference Between, Pronunciation

	vinodram  +  69736 Mon, 24 Jan 05 06:21 PM Thanks for your corrections Mike! I heard it all on the NEWS channels and so i thought that it's the correct way to spell this word 'Tsunami'. vinodram