r/SipsTea • u/Quenki • 13h ago

Gasp! Just American things

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u/blahnlahblah0213 9h 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 7h ago edited 5h ago

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

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u/djfdhigkgfIaruflg 7h ago

But you can tune a bass

https://giphy.com/gifs/kTZBUjdRlZB3G

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u/mbcarbone 3h ago

Get that carp out of here! 🙃

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u/Inquisitive_idiot 23m ago

GROUPER IN G MINOR

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u/Geena_irixican 6h ago edited 5h 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 3h ago

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

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u/Geena_irixican 2h 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 8h ago

Tuna flavored sandwich

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u/george_graves 6h ago

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

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u/Abeytuhanu 7h 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