"Bob Terwilliger" > wrote in message
...
> TFM® wrote:
>
>> By definition, a martini is made with gin. Just because someone calls
>> some sissy vodka drink a martini, it's not necessarily true.
>
> While I agree that a martini is made with gin, this is an argument you're
> never going to win. As soon as an incorrect usage gains popularity, it
> becomes correct. It won't be long before dictionaries start containing the
> entry that a martini is anything served in a martini glass. Dictionaries
> don't DEFINE words, they list how words are USED. And today's culture of
> "could-care-less" English speakers are thereby validated.
>
> Bob

I'll count you in on my list of friends, but my argument was won a long time
ago.

We drink martini's made with gin (and a glimpse of the vermouth bottle),
We cook meat over coals derived from freshly cut trees.
Said meat was freshly killed...by one of us.

Salute,
TFM®