On 9/8/2018 9:26 AM, l not -l wrote:
> On 7-Sep-2018, Wayne Boatwright > wrote:
>
>> On Fri 07 Sep 2018 05:46:07p, Doris Night told us...
>>
>>> On Fri, 7 Sep 2018 20:34:59 GMT, "l not -l" >
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> This thread and another that mentioned a fried cod meal got me to
>>>> thinking; I wonder why cod is often called codfish and tuna is
>>>> often called tunafish. I don't know of anything other than fish
>>>> that is known as cod or tuna. No other fish I know are referred
>>>> to by anything other than their specie name; no tilapiafish or
>>>> salmonfish or whatever. Just one of those odd things that I
>>>> sometimes wonder about.
>>>
>>> What about monkfish?
>>>
>>> Doris
>>>
>>
>> I doubt that most people would call it "monk". :-)
>>
>> --
> I'm surprised that, to me, an obscure fish is the one pointed out and not
> the obvious oversight on my part - catfish. In my defense, I have never
> had, nor seen, monkfish and to the best of my knowledge, I have never eaten
> catfish.
>
Wait a minute... what? You've never eaten catfish? I *know* I've never
eaten monkfish but catfish is practically a staple.

Jill