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

[David Morris]

Or, better, Charry Kook!

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

> Might "charry cook" be a Cockney (or other Brit) pronunciation?
>
> On Tuesday, January 6, 2015, David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com
> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','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>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> I'm sure it means nothing, but I still wanted to throw it into the
>>> aether.
>>>
>>> MT
>>>
>>
>>
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