"Dog3" > wrote in message
>>
>
> Gawd! another purist. Martini is just a *name* for a drink. Anyway, I'm
> not
> being hauled into another martini war It is all good regardless of the
> name.
>
> Michael
>

Then you find it acceptable to call it a milkshake? After all, it is just a
name.

The martini was a specific drink, just like thousands of others. Make a
variation, give it a new name.