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(1/11/05) With constant news coverage of the tsunami disaster, more and more peopleare getting exposed to a word they don't normally use. There's been asteady flow of Internet traffic as linguists and translators discuss thepronunciation of the word- "tsunami." Even among newscasters there doesn'tseem to be a consensus. WFAE's Simone Orendain talked with UNC linguist professor, Jennifer Smith to get some clarification. Smith specializes in the sounds in languages.