Slippery Nipple

Humble   Tue Apr 03, 2007 4:24 am GMT
Hi,
Please, what article would you place before the cocktail in this sentence:

The barman did not know what goes into _ Slippery Nipple.

Thanks.
Presley.   Tue Apr 03, 2007 4:35 am GMT
That was a frightening title.

It would depend. Definite: the, indefinite: a.
Guest   Tue Apr 03, 2007 6:16 am GMT
It was from a grammar test, no more context. So either is OK? The key says "a", but I doubt.
O'Bruadair   Tue Apr 03, 2007 5:50 pm GMT
And I've been told all my life that this was a "Buttery nipple"!
Uriel   Wed Apr 04, 2007 1:20 am GMT
A would be what I would use. You don't go around asking for ingredients for "the" martini or "the" Long Island iced tea, right?

And any bartender who doesn't know right off the bat how to make a slippery nipple should be out on his ass in the street, pronto!
Humble   Wed Apr 04, 2007 6:25 am GMT
I had doubts because I thought a generic name should have "the".
OK, and if we take
_Slippery nipple is not among my favourites,

then, what article?
Uriel   Fri Apr 06, 2007 3:54 am GMT
You would use "the" in that sentence.