New York
Related: About this forumDo you say "tunafish"? If so, what do you mean when you say it?
Usage argument with California brother-in-law.
mike_c
(36,281 posts)...and bluebirdbird.
unblock
(52,328 posts)i like tuna, especially sashimi, but find tuna fish disgusting.
That's what I mean by it, too. He insists I am talking about tuna salad. But I am not. It's not salad till I throw a scoop of it on lettuce and cut up a tomato.
patricia92243
(12,601 posts)dballance
(5,756 posts)Usually your typical tuna mayo pickles some onions on wheat or white bread. It's a lot like using the word coke for any soda in the South.
aquart
(69,014 posts)Always spoke English with a Lithuanian accent charmed up by a southern drawl.
(As a child I assumed that acquiring an accent was a symptom of old age.)
Common Sense Party
(14,139 posts)SamKnause
(13,110 posts)Common Sense Party
(14,139 posts)...but I really liked that period, late 70's early 80's. They made some great music.
Isoldeblue
(1,135 posts)didn't meant a woman's woo-woo............. I really am.
aquart
(69,014 posts)Isoldeblue
(1,135 posts)living in the armpit of the south in NW Florida.
Why do you think this group are from NY?
Btw, for me it's either tuna fish salad stuffed tomato or a tuna fish salad sandwich with mayo, lettuce, tomato and onion. It's all good
aquart
(69,014 posts)Isoldeblue
(1,135 posts)I have family in NY state. Does that count?
Isoldeblue
(1,135 posts)you asked me that. I thought about it today and decided to ask
hrmjustin
(71,265 posts)aquart
(69,014 posts)CAPS LOCK. NO ENERGY TO REDO.
hrmjustin
(71,265 posts)wandy
(3,539 posts)you can tune a piano but.............
northoftheborder
(7,574 posts)Is your bil originally from TX?
aquart
(69,014 posts)so he has relatives everywhere.
He says the term is tuna salad. Saying tunafish is like saying beefmeat according to him. But I mean the tuna and mayo mashup with onions and the occasional celery. I NEVER say tuna salad.
I wanted to know if tunafish is simply NYC idiom.
Squinch
(51,014 posts)Little_Wing
(417 posts)Otherwise, I'd like the ahi, very rare.