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Originally Posted by Humble  And the e is meaningful? |
Of course! I done a little research and I was not exactly correct. There are other types without the 'e';
This is an extract from Wickpedia:
Names and spellings
Whisky comes from the
Gaelic uisge/uisce beatha meaning "water of life", possibly modelled on the Latin phrase
aqua vitae. The spelling
whisky (plural
whiskies) is generally used for whiskies distilled in
Scotland,
Wales,
Canada, and
Japan, while
whiskey is used for the spirits distilled in
Ireland. A 1968 directive of the U.S.
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives specifies "whisky" as the official U.S. spelling, but allows labeling as "whiskey" in deference to tradition; most U.S. producers still use the latter spelling.
A
mnemonic used to remember which spelling is used is that "Ireland" and "United States" have at least one "e" in their names, while "Scotland", "Canada" and "Japan" do not.
International law reserves the term "
Scotch whisky" to those whiskies produced in Scotland.
Whiskies produced in other countries may not use the terms Scots, Scotch, Scotland, or Scottish. Similar conventions exist for "Irish whiskey", "Canadian whisky", and "bourbon whiskey".
In
North America and parts of Continental
Europe, the abbreviated term "
Scotch" is usually used for "
Scotch whisky". In
England, Scotland, and
Wales, the term "whisky" almost always refers to "Scotch whisky", and the term "Scotch" is rarely used by itself. In Welsh the forms
wisgi,
wysgi and
chwisgi are all used.
Craythur is another term for whiskey in Ireland.