"Cherrycoke" sounds a bit like a scrambled version of "Cherokee" to me.

[David Morris]

Might "charry cook" be a Cockney (or other Brit) pronunciation?

On Tuesday, January 6, 2015, David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com> wrote:

> Charry coke?
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coke_%28fuel%29
>
> *Coke* is a fuel with few impurities and a high carbon
> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carbon> content, usually made fromcoal
> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coal>. It is the solid carbonaceous
> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carbon> material derived from destructive
> distillation <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Destructive_distillation> of
> low-ash, low-sulfur bituminous coal
> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bituminous_coal>. Cokes made from coal are
> grey, hard, andporous <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Porous>. While coke
> can be formed naturally, the commonly used form is man-made. The form known
> as petroleum coke <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petroleum_coke>, or pet
> coke, is derived from oil refinery coker units or other cracking processes.
>
> Great Britain[edit
> <http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Coke_(fuel)&action=edit&section=3>
> ]
>
> In 1589 a patent was granted to Thomas Proctor and William Peterson for
> making iron and steel and melting lead with "earth-coal, sea-coal, turf,
> and peat". The patent contains a distinct allusion to the preparation of
> coal by "cooking". In 1590 a patent was granted to the Dean of York
> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dean_of_York> to "purify pit-coal and free
> it from its offensive smell".[3]
> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coke_%28fuel%29#cite_note-3> In 1620 a
> patent was granted to a company composed of William St. John and other
> knights, mentioning the use of coke in smelting ores and manufacturing
> metals. In 1627 a patent was granted to Sir John Hacket and Octavius de
> Strada for a method of rendering sea-coal and pit-coal as useful as
> charcoal for burning in houses, without offense by smell or smoke.[4]
> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coke_%28fuel%29#cite_note-Special_reports-4>
>
> In 1603 Hugh Plat <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugh_Plat> suggested that
> coal might be charred in a manner analogous to the way charcoal
> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charcoal> is produced from wood. This
> process was not put into practice until 1642, when coke was used for
> roasting malt <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malt> in Derbyshire
> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derbyshire>; previously, brewers had used
> wood, as uncoked coal cannot be used in brewing because its sulfurous fumes
> would impart a foul taste to the beer <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beer>.
> [5] <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coke_%28fuel%29#cite_note-5> It was
> considered an improvement in quality, and brought about an "alteration
> which all England admired"—the coke process allowed for a lighter roast of
> the malt, leading to the creation of what by the end of the 17th century
> was called pale ale <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pale_ale>.[4]
> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coke_%28fuel%29#cite_note-Special_reports-4>
>
> On Tue, Jan 6, 2015 at 4:46 AM, Mark Thibodeau <jerkyleboeuf at gmail.com
> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','jerkyleboeuf at gmail.com');>> wrote:
>
>> I'm sure it means nothing, but I still wanted to throw it into the aether.
>>
>> MT
>>
>
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