On Thu, 30 Jan 2020 20:50:07 -0800 (PST), "
> wrote:

>On Thursday, January 30, 2020 at 10:13:08 PM UTC-6, Bruce wrote:
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>> On Thu, 30 Jan 2020 19:47:23 -0800 (PST), "
>> > wrote:
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>> >On Thursday, January 30, 2020 at 9:23:06 PM UTC-6, Bruce wrote:
>> >> On Thu, 30 Jan 2020 18:58:55 -0700, graham > wrote:
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>> >> >> 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.
>> >>
>> >I can't speak for all Americans but I rarely, rarely hear shrimp called
>> >that.
>>
>> I didn't think so. Just like Australians rarely use 'shrimp'. Probably
>> because they don't have the little ones here and the big ones are
>> called prawns.
>>
>We've got all sizes here from the ones you have to look at thru a magnifying
>glass [)] to the really golly-whoppers. Usually when I see the word 'prawn'
>it's an English novel or story I'm reading.

Maybe they're an Atlantic thing or they don't like to swim upside
down.