wierd/gross cyclone names

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#21 Postby bombarderoazul » Fri Jan 06, 2006 12:51 am

In the EPAC there is the name Paine.

Hurricane Paine sounds kind of scary.
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#22 Postby wxmann_91 » Fri Jan 06, 2006 12:55 am

HurricaneBill wrote:For Longwang, I think the Chinese pronunciation would be "loong-wong".

The Southwest Indian Ocean Basin tends to have the more "exotic" names.


The Chinese language has four different sounds for each word, which all mean different things, so "loong-wong" can be pronounced 16 ways.
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#23 Postby Brent » Fri Jan 06, 2006 12:56 am

Tampa Bay Hurricane wrote:longwang LOL


:roflmao:

That wins for 2005 easily... :P
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