日本ではShrimp（シュリンプ）という英語が「エビ」を指しているとわかるひとが多いけど、これはアメリカ英語。
英国とイギリス英語圏ではPrawn（プロウン）。オーストラリアももちろんPrawn。料理の材料などでShrimpという言葉を使っているのは見たことがない。

おもしろいよね。語彙で「どこの国から来たか」または「どこで英語を使っていたか」がわかるってのは。
#英語 #エビ

@gaby Back in the early 80s, Paul Hogan made an TV ad for Tourism Australia in which he said the line "throw another shrimp on the barbie" (instead of "prawn") so that American viewers would understand. To this day, "throw another shrimp on the barbie" is associated with being Aussie even though we don't say "shrimp"!

@korenani @gaby You will be telling us next that you don't drink Fosters, or know some who was on Neighbors :)

@terrywallwork @korenani Well, I sometimes drink Fosters but don't watch Neighbours...(you need to add "u" in Australian!).

@gaby @korenani Oops sorry I forgot about it's different spellings. You did not miss much by not watching Neighbours. Home and Away was better :)

@terrywallwork @korenani Really?

@gaby @korenani Not really they were both very cheesy. :)

Apparently they are relaunching Neighbours.

@terrywallwork @korenani Are you from Australia, Terry-san？

@gaby @korenani No I'm from England. I am indirectly responsible for Australia. :). Neighbours and Home And Away were very popular here, for reasons that I do not understand. :)

@terrywallwork @korenani Wow...I didn't know that. I prefer "Midsomer Murders" to Neighbours or Home and Away, although I wonder why there are still people alive there with so many hundreds of murders.

@gaby @terrywallwork 座布団一枚！
The British do seem to love a good murder mystery (see also Poirot, Miss Marple, Inspector Morse etc.etc.).