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That wouldn't work round here. Although 鲑鱼 (guī yú) is the correct technical name for salmon, most people use 三文鱼 (sān wén yú). Salmon is all imported* and 三文 (sān wén) is the nearest they can get to pronouncing 'salmon'. 鱼 (yú) means 'fish'.
So, you'd have to change your name to 三文 (sān wén) for free sushi.
* It was mostly imported from Norway, but they fell out with Norway about some trivial political disagreement. Now it mostly comes from Scotland.
That wouldn't work round here. Although 鲑鱼 (guī yú) is the correct technical name for salmon, most people use 三文鱼 (sān wén yú). Salmon is all imported and 三文 (sān wén) is the nearest they can get to pronouncing 'salmon'. 鱼 (yú) means 'fish'.
So, you'd have to change your name to 三文 (sān wén) for free sushi.
