re: Lexicographic Capitalization page 10

Peter T. Daniels filted:

I've just mentioned the 1899 fig. use of "kodak" in ... to supply an analogy for the workings of the brain?

Prolly not telephone switchboards had been around for a couple of decades. I have a Book of Knowledge from ... of the human body as a collection of mechanical devices, and up in the attic is a row of operators.

Going back even further, ISTR that Galen thought the brain was a sort of cooling tower for the blood..r

Areff wrote, in part:

Tony Cooper wrote, in part:

I dunno if a really fancy restaurant will have Seagram's Seven behind the bar, but a Seven and something would be served.

Coop, isn't that a contradiction, or am I missing something? As for the "Seven and Seven" drink, has anyone really ordered that since like 1961?

True story:
Brian's sister used to like Seven & Sevens (7 & 7s), and usually ordered one or more when "out on the town." Well, she and her husband were out on the town once (during the early 1960s, I believe), and stopped at a bar in Hamtramck. Hamtramck is a city within the borders of the city of Detroit, and it was known until recent years as the place where mostly Polish people lived. And you've probably heard Polish jokes. So: They went in the bar and my s-i-law ordered a 7 & 7. When the barmaid brought the "drink," it was two bottles of 7-Up. The barmaid wasn't playing a joke, either.
As for 1961 being the end of 7 & 7 orders, I don't think so. Mid-to-late 1960s would be my best guess for this area. Certainly not sooner, and possibly later.
Maria Conlon

As for 1961 being the end of 7 & 7 orders, I don't think so. Mid-to-late 1960s would be my best guess for this area. Certainly not sooner, and possibly later.

I ordered a 7 & 7 in 1994, but I'm retro.

I repeat: Erk, this can't be!

The earliest quotation it has for "Kodak" is 1890, as a noun for the camera itself, from the Kodak Manual; and there's a good figurative small-letter use from 1899: "Printed on the endless roll of sensitised material with which our brain kodaks are fitted."

Perhaps you could formulate a Kodak Conjecture to explain this.

I repeat: Erk, this can't be!

Areff had it:

The earliest quotation it has for "Kodak" is 1890, as ... of sensitised material with which our brain kodaks are fitted."

Perhaps you could formulate a Kodak Conjecture to explain this.

Kojak Conjecture
Kodak Conjekture
Kodiak Conbearcture
Kodály Bartókture
Sorry. I'm still not right.

David

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Brian's sister used to like Seven & Sevens (7 & 7s), and usually ordered one or more when "out on ... 7. When the barmaid brought the "drink," it was two bottles of 7-Up. The barmaid wasn't playing a joke, either.

My BIL asked for a Whisky Mac. He was given a whisky and a bottle of Mackeson.

Ray.

This is a tie-in to the recent AA thread?

Not exactly, but the popularity of these sorts of sweet cocktails involving soda (= PalaeoSparkE "sody pop"?; UnreconErkE "paap"; OldDinkE ... around that time for related reasons. But you were there, Coop, so you can tell it better than I can.

Singapore Sling was the drink of my choice then. Tasty!
Skitt (in Hayward, California)
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If you think all colas taste alike, I have to think that there is something wrong with your palate.

I'll drink (something else) to that! When I was a student I used to drink lots of Coca Cola (with ... my taste. The other day we had teetotallers for dinner (no, we didn't eat them... you know what I mean)

ObAUE: Wouldn't "to dinner" be better?

Skitt (in Hayward, California)
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Areff filted:

The earliest quotation it has for "Kodak" is 1890, as ... of sensitised material with which our brain kodaks are fitted."

Perhaps you could formulate a Kodak Conjecture to explain this.

Let me know what develops..r