How about instead of analogies (which we've misunderstood even on this thread), just say this: "Java and Javascript are very different languages, don't be confu

How about instead of analogies (which we've misunderstood even on this thread), just say this: "Java and Javascript are very different languages, don't be confused by the similarity of the names". Of course, at this point virtually everyone knows this, now we are only arguing about which analogy to use to describe something we all understand.