Whisky (was Re: Swedish alphabet [was: Re: Spanishalphabet])
| From: | Nik Taylor <fortytwo@...> |
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| Date: | Tuesday, September 28, 1999, 0:35 |
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Christophe Grandsire wrote:
> I thought 'whiskey' was for Irish Whiskey and 'whisky' for whisky from
> everywhere else in the world?
Ah, It's Irish and American "whiskey", and Scots "whisky". But, I doubt
that it was ever followed to closely, I don't think hardly anyone
follows it today (indeed, my Webster's dictionary just listed them as
alternate spellings, without any comment whatsoever)
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