On Tue, 27 Apr 2004 00:33:57 -0400, Rodney Myrvaagnes wrote:

> 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
>>> > -------------------------------------
>>> > 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]."

That doesn't make sense to me, shouldn't it be "scampi shrimp"?

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Tim C.