Talk:M&M's

more colors

is there any point to mention the odd colors released this year in relation to the Star Wars film - off whites, pale yellows, very light tans and earthy colors, etc...

Also, the M&M's website allows you to order them in a whole rainbow of colors from white to black and in between... worth mentioning?

lastly, should the main body be changed to more properly integrate the second mention of the elimination of purple from the original mix, to where it is first metioned?

EDIT - The reasoning behind the pale colors of M&M's was representing the Light Side (or good side) of the Force relating to Star Wars. Since Anakin (and Luke) were both from desert planets, the colors were mainly a reflection of their background, I guess you could say. And in general, the pale colors have more of a passive or positive feel to them, whereas the Dark Chocolate (Dark Side) M&M's were all bold colors, representing strength, aggression, etc. of the Sith.

Sounds kind of fanboy-ish, but that's basically the reasoning behind the colors.

Hope this helps...

Trivia (again)

Does the bit about Kevin McReynolds and Carmelo Martinez being called the "M&M boys" really belong here? And didn't Roger Maris and Mickey Mantle have the same nickname? I figure if McReynolds and Martinez are notable for this, then Maris and Mantle definitely are.

What are they REALLY?

Maybe I'm being naїve, but I think that the process for making M&Ms should be added to this article. Especially the "Melt in Your Mouth" sugar coating.

M&Ms or M&M's

Wouldn't it be more grammatically correct to write M&Ms instead of M&M's? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.141.123.34 (talk) 16:24, 28 August 2011 (UTC)

The correct term is M&M's. Each M&M's candy has the letter "m" stamped on it but the individual candies are still known as M&M's and not Ms.

For example, "I am going to eat a single M&M's candy". There is no plural form of M&M's.

When this question was given to Masterfoods, here is their response:

The trademark/brand name of our sugar-coated lentil-shaped products is “M&M’s”® and thus whether there are many pieces or one piece, each and all of them is/are “M&M’s”®. You could, and we do, differentiate between one piece and many pieces by saying “a “M&M’s”® candy” or “several “M&M’s”® candies”, the number being indicated by the generic term for the product.

http://www.giggl.co.uk/2011/11/email-to-the-mms-people/ — Preceding unsigned comment added by 124.169.92.33 (talk • contribs) 04:11, 27 January 2012‎

The grammatical point here has been completely missed. M&M's is possessive implying that something belongs to M&M. M&Ms is plural, the singular of which is one M&M. If the thing possessed is always candy or candies, that may be fine, but the usage contributes to a misconception in peoples' minds. This distinction is missed all the time. For example, the Baltimore Orioles baseball team refers to itself as the O's, which is grammatically incorrect.Virgil H. Soule (talk) 07:48, 9 February 2012 (UTC)

Virgil is of course correct technically: http://www.grammarbook.com/punctuation/apostro.asphttp://www.grammarbook.com/punctuation/apostro.asp see #11

However, since M&M's is a trademark, technicalities matter not. You can trademark or copyright any grammatical abomination you choose. Note that in the referenced link there is the weasel-clause that allows you to use an apostrophe if it might be confusing otherwise. Ken (talk) 20:19, 1 March 2012 (UTC)

Ultimately we're just going with what's printed on the packet, here - there's clearly an apostrophe. --McGeddon (talk) 09:32, 9 February 2012 (UTC)