On Sat, 1 Feb 2020 12:02:36 -0700, graham > wrote:

>On 2020-02-01 10:15 a.m., Jinx the Minx wrote:
>> Bruce > wrote:
>>> 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?
>>>
>>
>> If youre buying them whole in their shells, there are distinguishable
>> differences (claw count, legs, exoskeleton formation, etc). Also, shrimp
>> mostly come from sal****er sources but prawns only come from freshwater.
>
>********!!!!!
>FFS read the Wicki entry: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prawn

Part of what Jinx said, is confirmed the
"The term prawn is less commonly used in the United States, being
applied mainly to larger shrimp and those living in fresh water."

I mean the fresh water bit.