Reply #14: I echo those above. A Martini is a Martini.

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I could pour some rum into a Coke and call it a Grasshopper, but it would still be a Cuba Libre.

By all means, serve whatever concoction you want in a stemmed Martini glass, but please don't call it a Martini.
Some of your guests may be sorely disappointed.

Specialty mixed drinks have names for a reason.
You order one, and you know what you'll get.

When I order a Scotch and water I don't want cranberry juice and vodka.

Sorry to sound pedantic about this (and beat a dead horse), but that's just the way it is.

The proliferation of so-called 'Martini Bars' where they serve chocolate and raspberry concoctions flies in the face of all that is holy to serious imbibers and gives me the jimmie-jams.
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