I agree. It is used as a lay term and is ok as such. Most people will think
of a tornado as a whopping big black swirling cloud a la mid-west U.S. As
ours tend to look smaller "mini" seems perfectly ok and prevents scaring the
living s**t out of old ladies ;-)
Dave
"Tudor Hughes" wrote in message
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On Nov 29, 10:41 pm, "Ridge Runner" wrote:
The dreaded word has made it to the BBC South Today TV news no less than
four times in one report this evening.....aaarrgghhhh.

Robbie (Off for a pint)

I really can't see the objection to this usage. it doesn't
bother me in the slightest. There are far more irritatingly elaborate
phrases used in R 4 forecasts, eg "the eastern coastal fringes" = "the
east coast", and "as we head through the overnight period" =
"overnight".

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I agree. It is used as a lay term and is ok as such. Most people will think
of a tornado as a whopping big black swirling cloud a la mid-west U.S. As
ours tend to look smaller "mini" seems perfectly ok and prevents scaring the
living s**t out of old ladies ;-)
Dave