The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #74367 Message #1296996
Posted By: GUEST,Alisdair
14-Oct-04 - 12:53 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Leave Us Our Glens (G Donald, B Hardie)
Subject: RE: A Song about the 'Glens' (whiskey)
> Jim, is "whisky" the proper Scottish spelling or are you just > correcting my spelling in general? As far as I know, there are two > acceptable spellings for the word, the one I used and the one you > used.
Whisky for Scotch Whisky (irrespective of whether it is malt or grain).
Whiskey for the others - Irish, US, Rye, Bourbon etc.