On Sat, 1 Feb 2020 08:42:35 -0000 (UTC), Jinx the Minx
> wrote:

>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.

Sorry for insisting, but when you cook a prawn, how do you know it's
not a shrimp? What's the difference?