Helpful person > wrote:

> Don't think so. Shrimp in Italian is gamberetto and prawn is gambero,
> the difference I believe being size.
>
> Scampi is a preparation method.

"Shrimp scampi" is akin to "chicken hendl", both being either a joke or
a celebration of ignorance. Or both. As to the definitions, here is a
post of mine of a few years ago:
<https://groups.google.com/d/msg/rec.food.cooking/AL_FfPDy33c/RuVLApoBqnwJ>

Victor