Post #516786 by aquarj on Fri, Mar 12, 2010 9:14 AM

The problem with this derailment is that KukuAhu is saying things that are simply untrue.

So on the one hand, you would tell us that you personally brought the word back to life.

or

Your claim that you resurrected the word "mixology"

These are strawman arguments with no factual basis in anything that Sven said. The fact is, he DID NOT. Sven's exact words were:

...mixologists (please note: another term that had gone extinct before published in the Book of Tiki )

Since Jeff Berry wrote the chapter "Mixologists and Concoctions" in the BOT, and is clearly credited as such, it is absurd to state that crediting the BOT is "stealing credit" from Jeff Berry. In fact, the implication would be that KukuAhu is the one who fails to properly attribute Jeff's work, by suggesting that a citation of the BOT only implies a credit to Sven, and NOT Jeff.

My guess is that KukuAhu simply forgot this, as opposed to intentionally failing to credit Jeff's association with the BOT for his chapter. But either way, it's a simple oversight that could be remedied quickly instead of going ON and ON repeating the same original unfounded criticism.

Incidentally, I visited this topic for the original topic too though. That was very interesting to read about the dining room vs. bar drink scheme. Thanks for the info, and sorry for contributing to the derailment (my hope was to clarify from a 3rd party view, and hopefully without any implied insults or escalation).

-Randy