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Volcano oneupmanship

Posted by: PatrickLondon on Apr 19, 10 at 02:44 PM Posted in: Europe Tagged: Jump to last reply

In case you want to show off to your friends about it, I've just learnt a new word from the TV. It appears that the ash problem stems from the fact that this is a Phreatomagmatic eruption.

Didn't you always want to know a word like that?

Oh, and this is how to pronounce the name of the volcano in question:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fqXc8i8CvNs

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