Why do people say "tuna fish," but not say "chicken bird" or "beef mammal"?

[LovesDemBabes]

Why not?

BECAUSE THEY FUCKING CAN

I couldn't care less...

How the hell do you come up with these questions?

Humans... pathetic worthless humans...

I'm emerald77 and I'm a genius and can do whatever the hell I want

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How did 5 people vote F... emerald77 is the one and only... and really... which GUY voted F...

[Oddhonesty]

Could be because there's tuna fish which is canned and just plain "tuna" which people usually refer to when to speaking about the fish or the larger whole slab... I don't know...

[523206720]

Because there are different types of fish. Chicken is only one kind. Beef is only one kind.

[LovesDemBabes]

what? chicken and beef are not fish...

[emerald77]

There is only one of me lol xD

[LovesDemBabes]

thats what i said em

[LovesDemBabes]

it kinda looked very weird when a guy voted that..

[sketchy]

More to the point, why do they say "shellfish", "starfish", "jellyfish" etc, when none of those are even fish?

[HereForTheDay]

We say codfish, catfish, lionfish, swordfish, sunfish, cowfish, etc. I guess it is a fish thing...

[LovesDemBabes]

no because most of those things without the word "fish" imply a different meaning... if you just say "tuna" people know you mean the fish... but if you say "cat" instead of "catfish" it makes no sense

[Applefan1]

I guess because a few people started saying that which has made others do it to. I however, never say tuna fish, I only say tuna.

[LovesDemBabes]

yeah same here

[Mustachekitteh]

Just because they say It's chicken of the sea does not make it true. :P

[LovesDemBabes]

haha

[lePoivre]

Lol what do you have against emerald77? And it's because tuna is the name of the fish, not the meat.

[LovesDemBabes]

because she is awesome i have nothing against her "F" was not sarcasm

[lePoivre]

Oh okay. I'm sorry I made you down-vote me for that question, assuming that was your down-vote.

[LovesDemBabes]

i never upvote or downvote anyone it was someone else

[SurströmmingLover]

Because there's also a beach called Tuna beach. So people say tuna fish in order not to be confused with the beach.

[LovesDemBabes]

generally, when people talk about tuna (the fish)... they mean eating it or catching it... you cannot eat or catch a beach... context generally can tell people which meaning applies...

[KDA20]

You got me again but don't forget Jessica Simpson saying that " tuna is the chicken of the sea".

[2014raser]

Because of the joke.

YOU CAN TUNE A PIANO, BUT YOU CAN'T FISH!

*explodes into hysterical laughter*

*crawls back into bomb shelter*

[LovesDemBabes]

u fucked up the joke... its you can tun-a-piano, but you can't tun-a-fish...

[2014raser]

*sigh*

*detonates bomb inside bomb shelter*

THE IRONY.

[Klaatu51]

it's called "phartin chicken" bro

[LovesDemBabes]

lmao klaatu

[Calvin369]

One of the worlds greatest mysteries.

[LovesDemBabes]

read all my questions... except for like the 5 serious ones... i have many many mysteries

[bubble_tea]

Because tuna is not as special as chicken or beef

[LovesDemBabes]

favoritism...

[lilmama229]

why u ask question like theses lol

[LovesDemBabes]

why not?

[lilmama229]

I don't know :) :D

[sid312]

What do u mean is say those things all the time!

[LovesDemBabes]

sure you do... im gunna eat some fried chicken birds ;)

[sid312]

Already did

[FierceBrosnan]

I am so using beef mammal from now on.

[LovesDemBabes]

lmao thanks

[FierceBrosnan]

Annnnnnd now my wife is calling me that. Thank you! lmao

[BellePepper]

It's probably just a quirk of a dialect.

[CHARismatic110]

Because that just the way it is man.

[zell0is0my0name]

Voted D (cool question)

[LovesDemBabes]

thanks

[cl_517]

haaaa! I love it! CHICKEN BIRD! ahha

[atomique]

Merica?))))))

[LovesDemBabes]

'Murica! Fuck Yeah!

[Succcesssfulll]

Because they can!

[LovesDemBabes]

haha ok

[_Zara_]

I have no idea