Julia Altshuler wrote:
> I'm more interested in words and word origins and the way word meanings
> change over time than I am in mixed drinks. I don't like corrupting the
> meaning of martini either. Now I'm wondering if changing it to mean any
> mixed drink came from advertisers and liquor salespeople in the U.S. or
> if it is an import from overseas. Conjectu Maybe people in Asia and
> Europe saw American movies where the tourists and servicemen drank
> martinis, and not knowing exactly what was meant, spun off with the
> definition.
>
>
> --Lia
>

No, I think they were just trying to appeal to that group of bar goers that
likes to drink out of a martini glass because it looks classy, but they don't
particularly like martinis. Market anything right and you'll make a goldmine
and i'm pretty sure that's what all this faketini business is about.

me, I stick to vodka tonics at the bar (unless I want to feel pretty, then
it's a cosmopolitan in a martini glass...sigh)

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