Sean@lemmy.worldM to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 1 year agoWhen you order a tuna fish sandwich, do you say "tuna" or "tuna fish"?message-squaremessage-square96fedilinkarrow-up189arrow-down111file-text
arrow-up178arrow-down1message-squareWhen you order a tuna fish sandwich, do you say "tuna" or "tuna fish"?Sean@lemmy.worldM to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 1 year agomessage-square96fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareEmoDuck@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up8arrow-down1·1 year agoTuna fish = The animal Tuna = The meat It’s like with cows and beef
minus-squarekilleronthecorner@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·1 year agoI drink the milk of the beef fish. Sounds fine.
minus-squarePons_Aelius@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·edit-21 year agoNah. cow and beef came about due to the Norman conquest of England. The lords spoke French and so were served bœuf (which became beef overtime), while the peasants spoke English and tended cows in the field.
Tuna fish = The animal
Tuna = The meat
It’s like with cows and beef
I drink the milk of the beef fish.
Sounds fine.
Fish milk is a delicacy
Nah. cow and beef came about due to the Norman conquest of England.
The lords spoke French and so were served bœuf (which became beef overtime), while the peasants spoke English and tended cows in the field.