Bruce > wrote:
> On Fri, 31 Jan 2020 22:16:54 -0000 (UTC), Jinx the Minx
> > wrote:
>
>> Bruce > wrote:
>>> 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.
>>>
>>
>> Im American, and for me, prawns are prawns, and shrimp (of any size) are
>> shrimp - popcorn shrimp, cocktail shrimp, jumbo shrimp, etc. To be clear,
>> jumbo shrimp are not prawns, and prawns are not jumbo shrimp.
>
> But what is a prawn to you then, if it's not a big shrimp? Do you ever
> eat prawns?
>

Call them what you will, but theyre technically not the same animal. I
dont eat shrimp or prawns, but I do cook them.