Re:On 17th Century "Cocaine"
by umanwizard on Thursday October 10, 2024 @07:52AM
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Random tangent: now I’m curious if there are any languages where the word for alcohol and vodka (or whatever is locally the most common spirit) is the same. Seems plausible that there would be.
Re:On 17th Century "Cocaine"
by kasey_junk on Thursday October 10, 2024 @08:39AM
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Scottish?
The word vodka is apparently derived from the Slavic word for water https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vodka#Etymology
Re:On 17th Century "Cocaine"
by umanwizard on Thursday October 10, 2024 @09:34AM
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The word "whisky" is derived from the Scottish Gaelic word for "water", too. (Maybe that's what your sibling comment is referring to?)
Cocaine hydrochloride (i.e. powder) isn’t even the only purified form of cocaine. There’s also crack. Would you argue that people who smoke crack aren’t doing cocaine?
Furthermore, the most purified form of drinking ethanol actually is called “grain alcohol”; Everclear is a popular brand.
Re:On 17th Century "Cocaine"
by JumpCrisscross on Thursday October 10, 2024 @12:46PM
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> Would you argue that people who smoke crack aren’t doing cocaine?
Yes. This is true colloquially and legally.
And that if we interpret the sentence like that (which we should if that's how it's generally understood) then it is not true that people were doing cocaine in the 17th century.