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Re: Another one for Maggie:
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Thu, 18 Apr 2002 10:44:14 GMT
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On Thu, 18 Apr 2002 00:32:52 GMT, "Allan Bedford"
<ExpertBuilder-DELETE-TO-REPLY@apotome.com> wrote:
> In lugnet.off-topic.fun, Dave Schuler writes:
> > In lugnet.off-topic.fun, Maggie Cambron writes:
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> > > > "The ubiquitous Ja Rule is everywhere these days."
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> > > I bet that announcer has tuna fish sandwiches for lunch.
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> > Oh, thank you for that! I used to manage a sub shop, and people all too
> > often requested tuna fish. They never asked for turkey bird, or ham pig, or
> > roast beef cow. It drove me mad!
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> Dave,
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> Fear not! There is no reason for your madness..... it's all o.k.
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> Well, at least the use of 'tuna fish' is something you no longer need to
> worry about.
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> I did only a quick check, but was able to find at least four separate
> dictionary entries for the word/phrase 'tuna fish'. These included two
> printed dictionaries (a Random House and also my Funk & Wagnalls Standard
> College Dictionary) as well as two online entries:
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> http://www.bartleby.com/61/2/T0410200.html
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> http://dictionary.msn.com/find/entry.asp?search=tuna
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> There isn't really any mention of where this usage may have originated so
> you'll have to work that out for yourself. But rest assured that the word
> itself seems perfectly legitimate. I've heard it used many times, often by
> older people and almost always in reference to a sandwich.
On another, similar, note I can tell all that tuna in Swedish is
"tonfisk" which translates into tuna (ton) fish (fisk). So I guess
other lingos too has the fish in there.
/Tobbe
http://www.arnesson.nu/lotek/
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| (...) Dave, Fear not! There is no reason for your madness..... it's all o.k. Well, at least the use of 'tuna fish' is something you no longer need to worry about. I did only a quick check, but was able to find at least four separate dictionary (...) (23 years ago, 18-Apr-02, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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