Telling Whiskey from Whisky

Re:Telling Whiskey from Whisky by chrisdhoover on Saturday October 26, 2019 @10:12PM (#21367490)

Stanley Bruce can pound the sand on the banks of the Dee. In the world of whiskey, there are great bottles from Scotland, Ireland, the US, Japan, and the even Mexico, although they call whiskey tequila.

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Re:Telling Whiskey from Whisky by egdod on Sunday October 27, 2019 @12:06AM (#21367821)

Tequila is not whisk(e)y. It’s fine, but it’s not the same thing.

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Re:Telling Whiskey from Whisky by nailer on Sunday October 27, 2019 @05:35AM (#21368678)

This article calls bourbon whiskey. If we consider whiskey could be made from corn we may as well allow agave or potatos too.

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Re:Telling Whiskey from Whisky by egdod on Sunday October 27, 2019 @02:49PM (#21371641)

Everybody calls bourbon whiskey.

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Re:Telling Whiskey from Whisky by nailer on Monday October 28, 2019 @03:07AM (#21374876)

No, Americans call bourbon whiskey. More to the point, something being common doesn't make it correct.

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Re:Telling Whiskey from Whisky by egdod on Monday October 28, 2019 @09:18AM (#21376651)

Eventually it does.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linguistic_description

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Re:Telling Whiskey from Whisky by smcl on Sunday October 27, 2019 @02:45AM (#21368217)

I think he was just having a bit of fun :-)

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