The term "Shrimp Scampi" actually means "shrimp shrimp".(or "shrimp lobster").
But it has become a custom in this country. It must sound odd to Italians.

Here's a definition from Guru. You can find a similar definition in Merriam
Webster.


scam·pi (skam'pe, skäm'-)
n., pl. scampi.
Large shrimp broiled or sautéed and served in a garlic and butter sauce.

[Italian, pl. of scampo, a kind of lobster, from Greek kampe, bending (from its
shape), perhaps from Greek kamptein, to bend.]

Nancree


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Nancree wrote:

The term "Shrimp Scampi" actually means "shrimp shrimp".

Have you heard? The Beatles broke up!

nancy

Nancy Young wrote:
Have you heard? The Beatles broke up!

nancy
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What are you referring to?
Nancree
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Subject: SHRIMP SCAMPI---- means "shrimp shrimp"
From: Nancy Young
Date: 4/26/2004 1:57 PM Pacific Standard Time
Message-id:

Nancree wrote:

The term "Shrimp Scampi" actually means "shrimp shrimp".

Have you heard? The Beatles broke up!

nancy

Nancree wrote:

Nancy Young wrote:
Have you heard? The Beatles broke up!

nancy
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What are you referring to?

Sorry, but that's the oldest news on the planet, yes, we know, scampi
means some kind of shrimp or lobster. This discussion has been held
here many, many times.

nancy

Nancy Young wrote:
Nancree wrote:

Nancy Young wrote:
Have you heard? The Beatles broke up!

nancy

Damn, the Doobie Brothers broke up, too! BTW, Elvis died in 1977 - I did
not make that up ;-)

Jill

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What are you referring to?

Sorry, but that's the oldest news on the planet, yes, we know, scampi
means some kind of shrimp or lobster. This discussion has been held
here many, many times.

nancy

jmcquown wrote:

Nancy Young wrote:

Damn, the Doobie Brothers broke up, too!

I even heard they weren't even brothers. What liars.

BTW, Elvis died in 1977 - I did not make that up ;-)

Well, I saw him in Acme last week in the peanut butter aisle.

nancy

"Nancy Young" wrote in message
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Nancree wrote:

Nancy Young wrote:
Have you heard? The Beatles broke up!

nancy
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What are you referring to?

Sorry, but that's the oldest news on the planet, yes, we know, scampi
means some kind of shrimp or lobster. This discussion has been held
here many, many times.

nancy

Yet many people here still refer to "shrimp scampi." It's on the same level
as "pizza pie" or "tuna fish." Or, to cite a recent example, "fokacha
bread!"


--
Peter Aitken

Remove the crap from my email address before using.

Peter Aitken wrote:

"Nancy Young" wrote in message

Sorry, but that's the oldest news on the planet, yes, we know, scampi
means some kind of shrimp or lobster. This discussion has been held
here many, many times.

Yet many people here still refer to "shrimp scampi."

It's my strongest argument that shrimp scampi has come to mean a
style of preparation. Shrimp Scampi, Chicken Scampi, yeah, we
get what it means. Scampi can mean all it wants to in Italian,
it means something else here. That's all I was saying.

It's on the same level
as "pizza pie" or "tuna fish." Or, to cite a recent example, "fokacha
bread!"

Well, we say white bread, italian bread, french bread, why not
foccachia (sp) bread. It describes what kind of bread. I've never
seen foccachia that looked like any of the above.

nancy

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Nancree wrote:
The term "Shrimp Scampi" actually means "shrimp shrimp".(or "shrimp lobster").
But it has become a custom in this country. It must sound odd to Italians.

Er... this reminds me of an old posting I made in which I stupidly
said I can't tell a Chardonnay from a Chablis, and received some
well-deserved snickers from the audience. You'll get the same
treatment.

-A

Nancy Young wrote:

Sorry, but that's the oldest news on the planet, yes, we know, scampi
means some kind of shrimp or lobster. This discussion has been held
here many, many times
Nancy Young
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Boy, Nancy, are you ever crabby ! The last time Shrimp Scampi was posted was
last August. You think there are no new newbies on RFC? You think no one ever
goes on vacation? You think every offered post actually gets posted?
I must have done something years ago to annoy you, because you never let
up.
Nancree

Nancy Young wrote in
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Nancree wrote:

The term "Shrimp Scampi" actually means "shrimp shrimp".

Have you heard? The Beatles broke up!

nancy

They did? NO WAY!!!

--
Once during Prohibition I was forced to live for days on nothing but food
and water.
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FIELDS, W. C.

Nancy Young wrote:

Well, we say white bread, italian bread, french bread, why not
foccachia (sp) bread. It describes what kind of bread. I've never
seen foccachia that looked like any of the above.


It's arguing semantics... In other words it's pointless. It's for the
same people that thrive on correcting the spelling and/or typos of others.

~john

--
"Black holes are where God divided by Zero." - Steven Wright

"Nancy Young" wrote in message
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Nancree wrote:

Nancy Young wrote:
Have you heard? The Beatles broke up!

nancy
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What are you referring to?

Sorry, but that's the oldest news on the planet, yes, we know, scampi
means some kind of shrimp or lobster. This discussion has been held
here many, many times.

But heaven forbid that someone isn't 100 years old and been reading this
stale fart of a newsgroup for the past 99 years. Have you heard? You suck!

"Levelwave©" wrote in message
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In other words it's pointless.

Much like your posts.

On Mon, 26 Apr 2004 22:09:02 GMT, "Peter Aitken"
wrote:

"Nancy Young" wrote in message
...
Nancree wrote:

Nancy Young wrote:
Have you heard? The Beatles broke up!

nancy
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What are you referring to?

Sorry, but that's the oldest news on the planet, yes, we know, scampi
means some kind of shrimp or lobster. This discussion has been held
here many, many times.

nancy

Yet many people here still refer to "shrimp scampi." It's on the same level
as "pizza pie" or "tuna fish." Or, to cite a recent example, "fokacha
bread!"

I always understood it to mean "shrimp [prepared in the manner
ordinarily used for] scampi [in Italy]."



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