"Silver Tsunami" (first "boomer" files for Social Security)

[Benjamin Barrett]

I've pronounced the 't' since I learned the word around 30 years ago.
I'm glad that "tsunami" has replaced "tidal wave", because I have never
understood the tide has to do with an earthquake.

Benjamin Barrett
a cyberbreath for language life
livinglanguages.wordpress.com

Tom Zurinskas wrote:
> I guess "tidal wave" is out and "tsunami" is in.  What or who made this official?
>
> Does anyone pronounce the "t" in tsunami?  m-w.com does not pronounce it.
>

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