ino: (Let me explain.)
ino。❁ ([personal profile] ino) wrote in [community profile] driftfleet2016-08-31 04:13 pm

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[ Here's your friendly neighborhood blonde ninja with a BURNING question for you all. ]

All right, I have to know. Why is it that people say "tuna fish" and not just "tuna"? You don't say "cat mammal" or "eagle bird". You just say the name of it. Even with other fish you don't do that! Why do people say "tuna fish"? It doesn't make any sense.

Is this some kind of weird English thing?
stefanged: (hold on buddy)

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[personal profile] stefanged 2016-08-31 09:11 pm (UTC)(link)
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That's a really good point. The same reason we say "polar bear," I guess?
stefanged: (rare smile)

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[personal profile] stefanged 2016-09-01 09:19 pm (UTC)(link)
[He laughs, shaking his head.] Ah, no, it's - you're close.

Polar bears're a kind of bear that lives near a place called the North Pole.
Edited 2016-09-02 01:01 (UTC)