On Wednesday, February 29, 2012 5:22:38 AM UTC-10, spamtrap1888 wrote:
> On Feb 28, 11:43*pm, dsi1 > wrote:
> > On 2/28/2012 9:14 PM, spamtrap1888 wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> > > The reality is that the "Hawaiian butterfish" your mother made was
> > > neither.
> >
> > OK, I'll bite - what was it?
>
> "Hawaiian butterfish" is a fanciful term to describe a dish, like "hot
> dog." The hot dog you eat in Vietnam might not taste like the one your
> mother served, because there you can get real dog.

The locals here know what I mean by butterfish, but the term Is meaningless to most people outside of Hawaii. I use the term "Hawaiian butterfish" to distinguish it from it's use in other places. We don't call it "Hawaiian butterfish" ourselves - that's like the Chinese calling what they eat "Chinese food." My guess is that you might have some problem with taking things too literally.