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WHISKEY came from Gaelic uisge beatha "whisky," in 1715. literally means "water of life," from old irish 'uisce' "water" + 'bethu' "life." The Gaelic is probably a loan-translation of medieval latin 'aqua vitae', which had been applied to intoxicating drinks since early 14c. (cf. Fr. eau de vie "brandy"). Other early spellings in Eng. include usquebea (1706) and iskie bae (1583). Distinction between Scotch WHISKY and Irish and American whiskey is a 19c. innovation. Whisky sour is recorded from 1889.
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Scotch is the Real Whisky - Whiskey is Irish.
Whisky, was invented by the Chinese. Don't believe me, Qi told me. So there.
Whisky is made in Scotland and Whiskey is made in Ireland
Whiskey is the Irish way Whisky Scottish way of spelling it X Cindy And Bush Mills in Northern Ireland is the oldest Distillery in the UK 1608.
Whiscky - Original, 14th Century Scottish spelling
Whiskey - English spelling
Whisky - Welsh translation into English
Whisky is the Scottish spelling, Whiskey is the Irish spelling don't know the origins,,,maybe something in Gaelic.
Whiskey is from Irish and Whisky is from Scottish
It's like "color" and "colour". There are a tone of words that have that same characteristic. It just depends the country you live in.
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The E is only used for the irish spirit
Hi i put both Whiskey and Whisky on search google it came up with a section named Scotch Whisky, Irish Whiskey and Wisky . It explains all on there about the names and spellings even whiskies from Japan . I hope this helps.
The link below explains more thoroughly than I could...
Well, there's some info in my pathetic dictionary about the root of these words being from 'Sc. Gael.,' and 'unisce beatha' in italics, and the ole 'aqua vitae,' & blah blah blah...
But I think the different spellings originated right inside the original drinking establishments...they depended on the owners and how big of a hurry they were in...and on the imbibers, ah, yes!...who can hardly say the word after enough whiskey, so they leave out the 'e.' Sometimes the 'y,' too.
Often they leave out the whole word and just say, "Gimme another!"
English is really a quite simple language. Lovely, huh?
Although both are correct, the WHISKY is meant to denote Scottish Whisky while the rest is to designate American (or any other country's) Whiskey
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