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by tptacek 4764 days ago
Which is presumably where Ian Fleming got the name for Vesper Lynd, the love interest in Casino Royale, for whom the drink (a martini with gin & vodka [usually an either/or thing with a martini] and lillet insted of vermouth) is named.
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Vesper Lynd is a pun: "West Berlin", spoken with an accent.
Well there you go.