STIFF MARTINY and DRY MARTINY - ARE THESE EXPRESSIONS SYNONYMIC?

Hi, everybody!

Do the expressions DRY MARTINY and STIFF MARTINY mean the same?

Thanks in advance!

WHAT DOES "ROYAL MEMO" MEAN?

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From an article about prince Charles:
He​ has an enormous private staff— secretaries, deputy secretaries, press officers, four valets, two butlers, housekeepers, two chefs, two chauffeurs, ten gardeners, an army of porters, handymen, cleaners and maids. They are expected to get everything right. When HRH (His Royal Highness) feels they have performed their duties well, they are praised in a royal memo.

What does "praised in a royal memo" mean? "I do know that "memo" means "memorandum" - a written message. So,what does he do exactly when he "praise in a royal memo"? I can hardly imagine him just writing down something good about these people on a sheet of paper:) 

DEAR NATIVE SPEAKERS, HELP ME FIND THE PROPER VERB Hi, everybody! I need your help! I can't deside which verb to choose. The passage I'm working at is about a liquid which helps eliminating scratches from the surface of a car. After it has dried, it becomes the same colour as the colour of the car. So after using it it's not seen, - so, I should say: It TAKES? /GETS? /AQUIRES? --- the colour of the car. Which verb to use? Thanks in advance!

DEAR NATIVE SPEAKERS, HELP ME FIND THE PROPER VERB

Hi, everybody!

I need your help! I can't deside which verb to choose. The passage I'm working at is about a liquid which helps eliminating scratches from the surface of a car. The liquid itself is transparent, so after using it it's not seen, - so, I should say:

It TAKES?  /GETS?  /AQUIRES? --- the colour of the car.

Which verb to use?

Thanks in advance!

LOOKING FOR smth REALLY GRIPPING, BREARHTAKING TO READ

Hi, everyone!

I'd like to find an interesting English book to read, something that I couldn't help reading, something impossible to put away. Kind of a detective or a thriller...  a kind of modern fiction... But not too gory:) I liked very much "The Da Vinci Code", but when I tried to read other books of this  author, they seemed very much alike. 

Native speakers, will you help me? I need your advice:)

"GIVE A FORK ABOUT PORK". Can't make head or tail of it:) Will you help me understand it, please?

Hello, guys. I've come across this phrase in the Web. I haven't got the slightest idea about what it could possibly mean.

The phrase I'm asking about is -  "Give A Fork About Pork".

Basically the text is about the importance of knowing where your meat comes from. There they also discuss the threats to pig farming and how the people of Britain could possibly help.The final words are:

"Check out his crusade to get people to support farmers and 'Give A Fork About Pork' by looking out for quality pork supported by the Red Tractor logo on pack".

Construction: "Help me do it" or "Help me TO do it"? At school we were taught to use the particle "to" after "HELP". Later I came across the information that "to" is omitted more and more often. And in modern British textbooks I still see both variants from time to time. I do understand, that in colloquial speach we'd better say "Help me do it".  But what about the academic speaking and writing?
I would be grateful to everybody for taking part in the discussion. And of course I'm looking forward to native speakers' point of view:)))