r/SipsTea • u/Quenki • 15h ago

Gasp! Just American things

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u/blahnlahblah0213 11h ago

The one that I find funny is that we say tuna fish sandwich, or a can of tuna fish. Like, is there something else besides fish that is tuna?

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u/ughlump 9h ago edited 8h ago

There are some differences. You can tune a piano but you can’t tune a fish.

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u/djfdhigkgfIaruflg 9h ago

But you can tune a bass

https://giphy.com/gifs/kTZBUjdRlZB3G

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u/mbcarbone 6h ago

Get that carp out of here! 🙃

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u/Inquisitive_idiot 2h ago

GROUPER IN G MINOR

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u/Geena_irixican 9h ago edited 8h ago

There is a reason we call it tuna fish! Way back when they first started canning it back in the olden days, they wanted to discern it from tuna (the fruit of the cactus). It just kind of stuck (this is a cactus joke. You should laugh).

(Edit, I typed distracted, mistakes were made, now there fewer)

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u/Altheix11 5h ago

TIL cacti can produce fruits and there's a cactus called tuna

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u/Geena_irixican 5h ago

The tuna is the fruit of the prickly pear cactus (Opuntia). The fruits are called tunas. The pad is edible as well, when that is eaten it is called nopales.

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u/Greekklitoris 10h ago

Tuna flavored sandwich

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u/george_graves 8h ago

What you need to do is feed the Mayo to the tuna

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u/Abeytuhanu 9h ago

I think I remember reading a TIL that claimed it's because of a chicken of the sea advert, but don't quote me on that