It comes from an old (25 years maybe) TV campaign to lure American tourists to Australia. We actually call shrimps "prawns".Hi,
"Let's put another shrimp on the barbie" seems to be an Aussie slang. I'd like to know where/how exactly it is used.
We actually call shrimps "prawns".
They might be scientifically different. I'm not sure whether what we eat in Australia are actually prawns or shrimps in a biological context. We call them all prawns.I heard shrimps and prawns are not the same thing. Now I've taken a look at Prawn - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia and Shrimp - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia and I see this is true. So you don't actually distinguish between them?
They might be scientifically different. I'm not sure whether what we eat in Australia are actually prawns or shrimps in a biological context. We call them all prawns.
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