Whiskey or Whisky?

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  1. Burlbird

    Burlbird Contributor Contributor

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    @criticalsexualmass Cheers matey! :D
     
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    Not quite everywhere else. In England we call it "whisky" if it's from Scotland, "whiskey" if it's from Ireland. We don't bother drinking whisk[e]y from anywhere else, though of course we might drink bourbon (in which category we include Jack Daniels, even though JD insist it isn't).
     
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    I should have been clearer in my post. The spelling depends on where the spirit was distilled (so "whisky" for Scotch, Japanese whisky, and Canadian whisky) and not on the country the speller is in/from.
     

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