Actually, Dave is right. This isn't a UK/US spelling difference.
Scotch is the only whisky without an 'e'.
Irish, Canadian, American and Japanese etc are all whiskey with an 'e'.
Brian
On Aug 17, 2007, at 8:07 PM, triumphs-request@autox.team.net wrote:
> Kind of like arguing whether a hood covers the engine or your head,
> isn't it
> ?
>
> Even though they are both commonly known as 'English', we in the US
> speak
> and write in a different language than those in the UK. "Whiskey" is
> correct in American English, just as "whisky" is correct in
> whatever it is
> they speak over there ... and neither one is properly capitalized
> unless
> it's at the beginning of a sentence.
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