Tunny is an older British word for the fish we now nearly always call tuna. Same fish — the big sea fish that gets cut into steaks or packed in tins.

TunnyTunny is是 an older British word一個比較舊式的英式說法， for the fish we now nearly always call tuna指的是我們現在幾乎都叫tuna的那種魚。Same fish同一種魚——the big sea fish that gets cut into steaks or packed in tins就是那種會被切成魚排或裝進罐頭裡的大海魚。

The thing to know is that this word is fading. In Britain today you would order tuna, buy a tin of tuna, eat a tuna sandwich; 'tunny' turns up in older books, in fishing talk, and sometimes in the fuller form 'tunny fish', but a young person in London may never use it. Americans do not use it at all.

The thing to know要知道的一件事 is就是 that this word is fading這個字正在慢慢消失。In Britain today今天的英國， you would order tuna你會點tuna、 buy a tin of tuna買一罐tuna、 eat a tuna sandwich吃tuna三明治；'tunny''tunny' turns up出現的地方 in older books在比較舊的書裡、in fishing talk在釣魚話題裡、and sometimes in the fuller form 'tunny fish',有時候會用完整一點的'tunny fish'， but不過 a young person in London一個倫敦的年輕人 may never use it可能一輩子都不會用到它。Americans美國人 do not use it at all則完全不用這個字。

So treat it as a word to recognise rather than a word to say. If you meet it in a novel or an old cookbook, just read it as 'tuna' and you have lost nothing.

So所以， treat it as把它當成 a word to recognise一個看得懂就好的字 rather than而不是 a word to say要拿來說的字。If you meet it如果你在 in a novel or an old cookbook小說或舊食譜裡碰到它， just read it as直接把它讀成 'tuna''tuna' and而且 you have lost nothing你不會少懂什麼。

The plural can be 'tunny' or 'tunnies', which itself tells you how unsettled and old-fashioned the word is.

The plural複數形 can be可以是 'tunny''tunny' or或 'tunnies''tunnies'，which itself tells you這件事本身就告訴你 how unsettled and old-fashioned the word is這個字有多不固定、多老派。