“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.
I bought some tuna fish and chai tea with cash i got from the atm machine
cash money
obtained with my pin number
I love this comment, I’m going to save it on a PDF file.
This one is actually correct. PDF stands for Portable Document Format.
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
So tinned tuna
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
I don’t disagree with you but I don’t control American English. I imagine both head cheese and sweetbreads would also upset you
I don’t control American English
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.
If you want to talk eugenics, Twitter is that way ->
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?
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
Why do they need to specify it’s in water? It’s a fish, of course it needs to be in water.
Some are in oil, but as BP learned, this kills the crab.
Horse back riding
If you don’t specify, Americans will ride the wrong part of the horse
Thanks to Catherine the Great, we all have to specify which part of the horse we’re going to ride.
I vaguely rember Catherine the Great*, but I dont remember anything about a horse.
I am ready to learn though
*
Was she after Henry the 8th? The first Queen to rule without a king by her side?
There’s a difference between “tuna” and “tuna fish”.
“Tuna” is a fish
“Tuna fish” is an approximation. A culinary goal, if you will. It starts as simply a flavor and can evolve all the way into a composite fast food sandwich. And while either, both, and or everything in between may taste exactly like tuna, it isn’t. It’s “tuna fish“. Because it didn’t start there, it merely ended there.
Similar to the difference between butter and margarine
This is just not true… Tuna fish is the stuff in a can. Tuna filet is a filet of tuna. Tuna is the live or freshly caught fish from the ocean. Anything not actually made of tuna is imitation tuna or tuna flavored or artificial tuna.
Umm… where are you getting this from?
Try google, because their sources are better than yours.
It’s tuna. Get over it.
How little you must think of yourself to such a mini school thing upset you.
Lol
Well, where I live, Tuna is also a cactus. Prickly pear is often called tuna. So yeah, tuna (fish) and tuna (fruit) can need disambiguation.
Where do you live?
Florida. It’s this plant, nopales are the leaves, tuna is the fruit. Also the whole plant and the fruit are called prickly pear, but when I see it for sale (as food), it’s Tuna. Nopales taste sort of like green peppers to me.
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You can twist knobs on a guitar, but you can’t make it drink.
Instructions unclear knob stuck in guitar after drinking a lot. And something smells fishy
Speak for yourself
I’ve never heard a single person say tunafish outside of TV. I have no idea where the idea that Americans use this frequently came from, but it’s not true.
People usually use tunafish to refer to tuna salad, which is mainly canned tuna, mayonnaise, and a few seasonings, typically served on a sandwich.
“Tuna fish” is common and refers to canned tuna specifically.
