Shrimp(s) and prawns

[Joel S. Berson]

At 3/10/2009 08:05 PM, Wilson Gray wrote:
>I seem to remember a time when the plural of "shrimp" was *shrimp*,
>like unto "sheep, sheep." But maybe it was just a BE thing. Or maybe
>the problem is with my memory. I won't bet money on this.

When you meet them at the dinner table, they're shrimp.*  But when
you meet them on the school playground, they're shrimps.

Joel

* If shrimp are fish, then the plural is "shrimp".  Unless you're
mixing shrimp and prawns, when they become two kinds of fishes.

:-)

Joel

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