Liquors!

FETCHER. · 09-15-2009, 09:45 AM

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Originally Posted by Janszoon

That I knew. I'm not getting the connection to flowers though.

ma bad

theee flower

**Janszoon** · 09-15-2009, 09:48 AM

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Originally Posted by kayleigh.

ma bad

theee flower

Ah, I know that one too. I'm just not used to hearing it from anyone under the age of 80 or so.

Guybrush · 09-15-2009, 09:53 AM

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Originally Posted by Janszoon

Wait... what? I think we're operating on completely different information here. To my knowledge "whiskey" and "whisky" are just two different spellings of the same word referring to the same type of alcohol. The word that specifies it being from Scotland is "scotch".

There's a naming culture where these liquors are called whisky (plural "whiskies") in Scotland, Canada, India and Japan and whiskey (plural "whiskeys") in Ireland and America. There are some exceptions to the rule, though. People are more or less serious about this. If you joined a forum for scottish whiskys and use the word "whiskey" to describe them, you would get corrected.

Flower for vagina .. That's cute.

FETCHER. · 09-15-2009, 09:54 AM

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Originally Posted by Janszoon

Ah, I know that one too. I'm just not used to hearing it from anyone under the age of 80 or so.

hahaha! i know i am mature, but cmon :| its common here teaching that word to children.. as oppossed to vagina

would be strange a child calling it that.

**Janszoon** · 09-15-2009, 09:55 AM

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Originally Posted by toretorden

There's a naming culture where these liquors are called whisky (plural "whiskies") in Scotland, Canada, India and Japan and whiskey (plural "whiskeys") in Ireland and America. There are some exceptions to the rule, though. People are more or less serious about this. If you joined a forum for scottish whiskys and use the word "whiskey" to describe them, you would get corrected.

If I were talking about Scottish whisky I would say "scotch". If I were talking about the type of liquor in general I would spell it "whiskey" since that's the way the word is spelled in my country of origin but I wouldn't object to a person from Scotland or Japan referring to American or Irish whiskey as "whisky" since that's the way they spell it where they come from.

**Janszoon** · 09-15-2009, 09:57 AM

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Originally Posted by kayleigh.

hahaha! i know i am mature, but cmon :| its common here teaching that word to children.. as oppossed to vagina

would be strange a child calling it that.

Honestly I was going a little young when I said 80. That usage of flower is actually something I associate more with the 1800s or something.

Guybrush · 09-15-2009, 10:02 AM

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Originally Posted by Janszoon

If I were talking about Scottish whisky I would say "scotch". If I were talking about the type of liquor in general I would spell it "whiskey" since that's the way the word is spelled in my country of origin but I wouldn't object to a person from Scotland or Japan referring to American or Irish whiskey as "whisky" since that's the way they spell it where they come from.

Interestingly, scotch is a word I've only heard in american movies and television shows although I guess maybe it's used in other english-speaking parts of the world. We don't use the word in Norway and there's no norwegian equivalent, so we're stuck with whisky and whiskey.

**Janszoon** · 09-15-2009, 10:06 AM

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Originally Posted by toretorden

Interestingly, scotch is a word I've only heard in american movies and television shows although I guess maybe it's used in other english-speaking parts of the world. We don't use the word in Norway and there's no norwegian equivalent, so we're stuck with whisky and whiskey.

Well that kind of reinforces my point, the terms and spellings may vary from place to place but whiskey, whisky, scotch and bourbon are all referring to the same general class of alcohol which is distinct from other forms of liquor like rum or vodka.

Guybrush · 09-15-2009, 10:10 AM

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Originally Posted by Janszoon

Well that kind of reinforces my point, the terms and spellings may vary from place to place but whiskey, whisky, scotch and bourbon are all referring to the same general type of alcohol which is distinct from other type of liquor like rum or vodka.

Yes and no, the different uses of the word do imply where the liquor is from. Even if the products were identical, I would write an irish whiskey or - if it was scottish - a scottish whisky.

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With few exceptions, the spelling is Scottish, Canadian, and Japanese whisky (plural: whiskies), but Irish and American whiskey (whiskeys).

I'm quite sure someone from Scotland or Ireland who cares about this would also make sure he or she was consistent with spelling it "right", either as whiskey or whisky depending on where the product is from. In other words, the slightly separate spellings do serve a function.

**Janszoon** · 09-15-2009, 10:24 AM

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Originally Posted by toretorden

Yes and no, the different uses of the word do imply where the liquor is from. Even if the products were identical, I would write an irish whiskey or - if it was scottish - a scottish whisky.

I'm quite sure someone from Scotland or Ireland who cares about this would also make sure he or she was consistent with spelling it "right", either as whiskey or whisky depending on where the product is from. In other words, the slightly separate spellings do serve a function.

So then what is your general name for the class of liquors that is comprised of whiskey, whisky, scotch and bourbon from all the various countries they come from?