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I understand that, but the confusion arises because to many people are "martini" can mean a glass or M&R vermouth and it can mean a drink made of 7 parts gin and one part dry vermouth. Hence I prefer to put an adjective in front like "dry"or "vodka" to avoid confusion.Well... it's actually kind of the other way around. Martini started making vermouth in the mid-nineteenth century, a decade or two before even the Manhattan and Martinez, and at least 40 or so before the "dry" martini caught on. "Martini" as just M&R is mostly just a european phenomenon, which is understandable, since in Europe, the vermouth was there first, and is arguably still way more popular. In mainland Europe, I've had to generally ask for an "American Martini" to get the gin variety.