On Thu, 30 Jan 2020 18:58:55 -0700, graham > wrote:

>On 2020-01-30 6:16 p.m., Bruce wrote:
>> On Thu, 30 Jan 2020 19:39:45 -0500, S Viemeister
>> > wrote:
>>
>>> On 1/30/2020 7:17 PM, Bruce wrote:
>>>
>>>> Shrimp scampi, another American *******isation of a European food
>>>> name. Shrimp are one kind of animal, scampi are another kind.
>>>
>>> Prawns fit in there somewhere, too.
>>
>> Yes. I think English and Australians distinguish shrimp (small) and
>> prawns (big). And Americans call both shrimp? Is that so?
>>
>Sometimes referred to as "Jumbo Shrimp"!

Then I wonder what Americans call a prawn, unless that's a word they
never use.