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From: bob@cadovax.UUCP (Bob "Kat" Kaplan)
Newsgroups: net.nlang
Subject: Tuna Fish
Message-ID: <538@cadovax.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 17-Apr-85 15:44:39 EST
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Posted: Wed Apr 17 15:44:39 1985
Date-Received: Sat, 20-Apr-85 06:25:51 EST
Reply-To: bob@cadovax.UUCP (Bob "Kat" Kaplan)
Organization: Contel Cado, Torrance, CA
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How come people call it "tuna fish" instead of just "tuna"?  They
never say "salmon fish" or "trout fish".  And it's not as though
there are types of tuna that aren't fish (e.g., "tuna bird," etc.).
So why not just call it "tuna"?
-- 
Bob Kaplan

"Our love burns like fire, then turns to ashes."