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jemarble.bsky.social
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103 days ago
We don’t say chicken bird, so why do we say tuna fish?
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frankthe44tank.bsky.social
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102 days ago
Tuna fish 🤝 chai tea
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lobstermasher.bsky.social
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103 days ago
So we know we are not eating tuna bird obviously.
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themaryunfaithful.bsky.social
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103 days ago
Or why do flies get to be called a “fly”? Lots of things can fly.
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abitskeptical.bsky.social
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103 days ago
I've often said that I wouldn't mind flies so much if they were sits.
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butchugal.bsky.social
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103 days ago
The same reason we say ATM machine and Kleenex tissue.
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jemarble.bsky.social
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103 days ago
I say ATM and Kleenex.. lol
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butchugal.bsky.social
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103 days ago
Have you ever said "very unique"? I'm betting so.
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probeblynot.bsky.social
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103 days ago
Or pussy cat.
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jemarble.bsky.social
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103 days ago
😂😂😂 true
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zerocrossing.bsky.social
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102 days ago
To differentiate from piano tuna.
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ahmck.bsky.social
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102 days ago
Especially true when you add ‘sandwich’
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oduinnpoet.bsky.social
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102 days ago
So you know it’s the one from the can.
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friskiedgrrl.bsky.social
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102 days ago
I think it's an American thing.
But then we in Canada say SIN number
(Social Insurance Number number).
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circumnavigator.bsky.social
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102 days ago
Perhaps because a chicken is in fact a reptile.
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verntik.bsky.social
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102 days ago
Along these lines, a lot of people who eat dolphin fish would be upset if they were eating dolphin instead.
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bajerocks.bsky.social
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102 days ago
To be fair, in my country we only use “dolphin fish” when talking to tourists or on menus in touristy restaurants. Amongst each other, we just say “dolphin”.
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wiley-kaiodi.bsky.social
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103 days ago
And why is necrophilia "sex with dead people", but bibliophilia is not "sex with books"?
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abductedcow.bsky.social
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103 days ago
Paraphilia is sex with ghosts.
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deamakeda.bsky.social
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102 days ago
That shit ain’t real fish fr
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chriswainscott.bsky.social
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102 days ago
Speak for yourself. I’m saying chicken bird from now on! 🤣
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ohchrist.bsky.social
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102 days ago
There's a very popular South American fruit called tuna.
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alliumserpente.bsky.social
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103 days ago
Because tuna is also a kind of cactus
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densuthehealer.bsky.social
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103 days ago
We do, however, say "yard bird" & sometimes even the "barnyard pimp!"
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brookie1954.bsky.social
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102 days ago
Brits don’t .
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nlitendoperativ.bsky.social
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102 days ago
We don’t, maybe you do though.
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tombusiahn.bsky.social
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102 days ago
“We” don’t.
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andyoakland.bsky.social
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103 days ago
But we do say meatbird.
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vlgambini.bsky.social
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102 days ago
That seems repeatedly redundant.
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jphampton.bsky.social
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102 days ago
Avoid confusion with the tuna forka
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democracyover.bsky.social
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102 days ago
You can tuna piano, but you can't tuna fish.
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naguibmechawar.bsky.social
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102 days ago
So we know it's not tuna horse.
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bajerocks.bsky.social
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102 days ago
I think this is strictly an American thing. I grew up calling it tuna.
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bensdecoy.bsky.social
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102 days ago
And why do we say chickenhawk but not tunahawk?
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abitskeptical.bsky.social
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103 days ago
And we tend to say Salmon, Cod, Tilapia
Snapper...etc. without adding "fish."
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juliette-alpha.bsky.social
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103 days ago
Depends on where you are. Codfish is pretty common in Atlantic Canada.
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abitskeptical.bsky.social
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103 days ago
I do believe I have heard it called codfish, but it hasn't been often.
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2karl.bsky.social
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102 days ago
Cape cod boys they have no sleds
Heave away boys, heave away!
They slide down hills on cod fish heads,
And are bound for Australia!
Etc etc
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prinnyforever.bsky.social
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102 days ago
you can tuna car but you can't chicken a bird
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paulsillanpaa.bsky.social
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103 days ago
‘Cause you can tune a piano, but ya can’t tuna fish!
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But then we in Canada say SIN number
(Social Insurance Number number).
Snapper...etc. without adding "fish."
Heave away boys, heave away!
They slide down hills on cod fish heads,
And are bound for Australia!
Etc etc