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From: colonel@gloria.UUCP (Col. G. L. Sicherman)
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Subject: Re: tuna fish vs. horse mackerel
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Date: Sat, 27-Apr-85 17:57:16 EDT
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Posted: Sat Apr 27 17:57:16 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.

My favorite example of this is "Paradise Island," off Bermuda.  I
can remember when it was called something else ...

	"The introduction of apple pie to the Occident is due to Marco
	Polo's nephew, Water Polo, who in the fourteenth century set
	out to discover Paraguay, took a wrong turn at Hog Island, and
	wound up in Shanghai. ..."  --Len Cool, _American Pie_
-- 
Col. G. L. Sicherman
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