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From: mly@mit-eddie.UUCP (Richard Mlynarik)
Newsgroups: net.nlang
Subject: Re: tuna fish
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Date: Tue, 23-Apr-85 05:11:14 EST
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   From: gadfly@ihu1m.UUCP (Gadfly)
   Subject: Re: tuna fish
   Date: Sat, 20-Apr-85 22:40:39 EST

   A more modern Greenlandism is "kiwi fruit".  Can a New Zealander
   out there tell us what you really call the thing?
In Australia at least they are/used to be called "chinese gooseberries"
A similar thing happened with "macadamias" --- I grew up calling them
"bush nuts" or "Queensland nuts"
And yes, "tuna fish" is an Amerikanism.

Nuke the marketing reps!