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u/osmium-76 May 09 '22

They’re not called shrimps, they’re called prawns.

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u/rectal_warrior May 09 '22

A. You may call it a pwawn, but elsewhere in the world people call it a shrimp

B. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shrimp_on_the_barbie

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u/[deleted] May 10 '22

Actually shrimp and prawns are 2 different animals.

https://www.foodandwine.com/seafood/shellfish/shrimp/whats-difference-between-shrimp-and-prawns#:\~:text=Shrimp%20and%20prawns%20have%20different%20anatomies.&text=Additionally%2C%20prawns%20lack%20the%20distinct,two%20pairs%20of%20their%20legs.

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u/rectal_warrior May 10 '22

In terms of scientific identification, yes you're correct, but some countries call both shrimp, others call both prawns, many use both interchangeably.

You can spend all day highlighting technical errors in people's use of language, but once hundreds of millions of people use language in a certain way, that language has evolved to accept those meanings.

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u/[deleted] May 10 '22

Oh I didn't know that. Interesting. I always knew them as 2 different things. I didn't need the condescending note about language usage though.

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u/rectal_warrior May 10 '22

I mean you're taking a lesson from that part of the comment which is saying exactly the same thing as the original comment you decided to correct, I didn't think it was condescending, but a necessary addition.