Langosta / Bogavante

13:43 Feb 25, 2015 

We're in the wrong business.

13:35 Feb 25, 2015 

Wikipedia describes a spiny lobster as: "Spiny lobsters can be easily distinguished from true lobsters by their very long, thick, spiny antennae, by the lack of chelae (claws) on the first four pairs of walking legs, although the females of most species have a small claw on the fifth pair..." So just lobster and spiny lobster should suffice.

12:22 Feb 25, 2015 

11:30 Feb 25, 2015 

...and add a small explanation for the type of lobster in brackets.

11:21 Feb 25, 2015 

and unless you order a whole lobster, it's often only the tail you get served so it doesn't really matter which kind of lobster it is. But as the list specifies two different kinds, there is a need to differentiate here. Perhaps you could just say 'Spiny lobster' and 'Lobster'.

11:21 Feb 25, 2015 

I think they sound great on a menu. After all, lobsters or whatever you want to call them are a little freaky looking. I would rather order the correct one based on a description rather than deciphering a creative moniker.

11:11 Feb 25, 2015 

I have to agree with neilmac on this.

11:09 Feb 25, 2015 

While biologically correct, I don't think "spiny" and claw" are desirable vocabulary for a menu (except maybe at Hallowe'en or in a horror-theme park). I'd tend to call both bogavante/langosta "lobster" and maybe try to find or invent a creative monicker for the "Langosta mediterránea"...

10:55 Feb 25, 2015 

I would normally have suggested just lobster for bogavante and langouste for langosta, but a problem in this particular list is that bogavante mediterráneo would come out as Mediterranean lobster, and that term is very commonly used in North America for the langosta, so it would create confusion. Crawfish for langosta, in my opinion, would be misunderstood, particularly by a British audience.

10:46 Feb 25, 2015 

Indeed!

10:43 Feb 25, 2015 

As indeed are some on proz! You have to use your better judgement for anything you find on the Internet.

10:41 Feb 25, 2015 

Thanks, I'm always a bit suspicious of wordreference as some of the answers there are totally rubbish!

10:38 Feb 25, 2015 

Couple of discussion threads on Wordreference which you have probably seen. Above seems to be the choice on both. Same problem translating from French.