On Fri 18 Feb 2005 08:20:25p, Edwin Pawlowski wrote in rec.food.cooking:

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> "Dog3" > wrote in message
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>>
>> 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.

I like your thinking! Too bad nobody listens.

Wayne