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From: gadfly@ihu1m.UUCP (Gadfly)
Newsgroups: net.nlang
Subject: Re: tuna fish
Message-ID: <395@ihu1m.UUCP>
Date: Sat, 20-Apr-85 22:40:39 EST
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Posted: Sat Apr 20 22:40:39 1985
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I heard (I think from John Ciardi) that "tuna" was an advertising
ploy, you know, like Greenland.  The fish was commonly known (and
still is by fishermen) as "horse mackerel", and was caught solely
for use as bait.  Then some wise guy found that it didn't taste
half bad (perhaps having been introduced to it in the Orient), but
had to do something about the name to ensure popular acceptance.
A more modern Greenlandism is "kiwi fruit".  Can a New Zealander
out there tell us what you really call the thing?
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