Thread: Common misconceptions (misperceptions?) about your state/country.
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Old 06-24-2010, 04:37 PM
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Originally Posted by Honey[/quote

I thought you always called them prawns ;)
Prawns are larger - I don't eat either.

Both words are also slang - shrimp : small/undersized - prawn : foolish person - but not taken offensively if "said with a smile".
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