• Wilco@lemmy.zip
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    3 hours ago

    Tuna is just the dish, tuna on a plate.

    Tuna Fish is actually Tuna Salad. You would order a tuna fish sandwich (tuna salad), but you would not go to a restaurant and say “I will have the tuna fish” because that is just tuna.

    • Whitebrow@lemmy.world
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      2 hours ago

      If I want the tuna salad, I’ll order tuna salad.

      Also if I’m walking up to a sandwich shop or a restaurant that serves tuna steaks on a grill or something of the sort and say “I’ll have the tuna” the assumption is, they know I what I mean (variance for multiple dishes not included).