• Stop Forgetting It@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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    9 days ago

    “Tuna fish” is a phase used primarily for canned tuna, but not for the live fish or things like tuna steak. It’s because when canned tuna was created in the US in the early 1900’s people who were not right next to the sea (like the majority of the US) did not know what “tuna” was. Firstly, the word is a of Spanish origin and secondly, its a salt water only fish. So in order to sell this to middle America, which was where most of the consumers were at the time but was also made up of people who have never seen the ocean, they added the word “fish” to show like other tinned fish that was commonly purchased: codfish, bluefish, and whitefish, this is also a fish and that is what you can expect when you open this can.

  • makeshiftreaper@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    9 days ago

    Colloquially tuna fish refers to the shredded salt brined tins of fish like this:

    Which I do think is worth distinguishing from the actual whole pieces of tuna

    • kadu@scribe.disroot.org
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      9 days ago

      Which I do think is worth distinguishing from the actual whole pieces of tuna

      So a tuna can…? Canned Tuna? Canned Fish?

      “Tuna Fish” is still redundant and doesn’t actually address the can

      • tomiant@piefed.socialEnglish
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        9 days ago

        Look, Americans are genetically dumb as we all know, but I don’t think Tuna Fish is necessarily a consequence of that affliction in particular. It’s like saying “Sail Fish”, “Sail” is not a fish, it is the canvas you put on boat masts, and “Tuna Fish” is like that I think. It’s a type of fish, of the tuna kind. That said, before I go just let me take another opportunity to state that Americans are genetically dumb as we all know.

          • tomiant@piefed.socialEnglish
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            9 days ago

            Hahaha eugenics? Have you considered not skipping school and stop drinking lead paint? First of all it’s a fucking joke, second of all, there was no mention of eugenics, thirdly, how do you think intelligence works? Magic?

            • Soulg@ani.socialEnglish
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              9 days ago

              I know this is a bad troll but it’s also just sad that people actually are actually as retarded as you’re pretending to be