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Possible relationship

Surely there is some relationship between two drinks named after twisting tools: vodka and orange juice, or gin and lime...

There appears to be confusion over Sir Thomas's middle name...Google asking, for instance, if, when you type in "Thomas D. Gimlette" you actually mean: "Thomas O. Gimlette." I'm inclined to think it's "D" because of the specificity of the post below, but...honestly, we need better verification of this small point, if only to help people such as myself find out more information on the history of both the gimlet drink and scurvy in general. The web link used in this article appears to be dead, by the way. Unfortunately, I'm not yet skilled enough in Wikipedia to fix this, but I'm hoping one of you experts out there WILL. 24.63.135.147 (talk) 20:59, 27 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I dstrongly isagree with relating the Screwdriver and the Gimlet - other than bearing the names of twisting tools, they have nothing in common. Whoever edited the article to state that the only difference were replacing lime juice with orange juice was wrong, as the latter is made with gin, not vodka, and lime juice cordial, which is quite different from fresh lime juice. I'm deleting that part. Besides, the first written reference for the Screwdriver dates from 1949, and the Gimlet is much older than that, so it could hardly be a play on "screwdriver". 77.23.64.247 (talk) 11:36, 23 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Regarding Relation to Sir Thomas Desmond Gimlette

I've read somewhere that the drink was named after Sir T.D. Gimlette, not because he invented it, but because he used the drink as a cure for malaria and scurvy during his time in the navy. Could anyone confirm/deny that? 83.248.164.64 15:52, 16 February 2007 (UTC) (Soren)[reply]

“Middle English from Old French guimbelet” (The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Current English, ninth edition, 1995). Guimbelet : « Petit foret utilisé pour percer les barriques (de vin, d'eau-de-vie, etc.), afin d'en déguster le contenu. » (TLFi, article « gibelet ») Palpalpalpal (talk) 10:49, 8 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Repetition

The mention of Ed Wood's affinity to gimlets has been mentioned twice. I took the liberty of deleting the second mention.

--74.71.219.137 02:35, 2 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Can anyone provide some more background on "Hong Kong" Freddie Wong. A simple google search turns up nothing.

Glass?

What glass is this normally served in? Phil Sandifer 02:32, 28 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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	There appears to be confusion over Sir Thomas's middle name...Google asking, for instance, if, when you type in "Thomas D. Gimlette" you actually mean: "Thomas O. Gimlette." I'm inclined to think it's "D" because of the specificity of the post below, but...honestly, we need better verification of this small point, if only to help people such as myself find out more information on the history of both the gimlet drink and scurvy in general. The web link used in this article appears to be dead, by the way. Unfortunately, I'm not yet skilled enough in Wikipedia to fix this, but I'm hoping one of you experts out there WILL. [[Special:Contributions/24.63.135.147\|24.63.135.147]] ([[User talk:24.63.135.147\|talk]]) 20:59, 27 September 2009 (UTC)		There appears to be confusion over Sir Thomas's middle name...Google asking, for instance, if, when you type in "Thomas D. Gimlette" you actually mean: "Thomas O. Gimlette." I'm inclined to think it's "D" because of the specificity of the post below, but...honestly, we need better verification of this small point, if only to help people such as myself find out more information on the history of both the gimlet drink and scurvy in general. The web link used in this article appears to be dead, by the way. Unfortunately, I'm not yet skilled enough in Wikipedia to fix this, but I'm hoping one of you experts out there WILL. [[Special:Contributions/24.63.135.147\|24.63.135.147]] ([[User talk:24.63.135.147\|talk]]) 20:59, 27 September 2009 (UTC)

			:I dstrongly isagree with relating the Screwdriver and the Gimlet - other than bearing the names of twisting tools, they have nothing in common. Whoever edited the article to state that the only difference were replacing lime juice with orange juice was wrong, as the latter is made with gin, not vodka, and lime juice cordial, which is quite different from fresh lime juice. I'm deleting that part. Besides, the first written reference for the Screwdriver dates from 1949, and the Gimlet is much older than that, so it could hardly be a play on "screwdriver". [[Special:Contributions/77.23.64.247\|77.23.64.247]] ([[User talk:77.23.64.247\|talk]]) 11:36, 23 December 2009 (UTC)