The Presence Of Which Letter In The Word Differntiates The Spelling Of An Irish Spirit From Its Scottish Counterpart

[mickman]

Any help would be appreciated.

[Tilly2]

'e'

[Tilly2]

Whisky, whiskey

[Baldric]

'E'
Whiskey Scots
Whisky Irish

[paddywak]

I think it's the other way round Baldric.

[Tilly2]

The extra 'e' for Eire. :-)

[gness]

Very good, Tilly....did you make that up?...x

[Baldric]

http://www.dictionary.com/browse/whisky

1, whiskey (used especially for Scotch or Canadian whiskey).

Went by the above ^^

[Baldric]

It appears different Dictionaries have the definitions reversed,
as I don't drink either I have no idea ;o)

[Mamyalynne]

As said it's all about where you look for info.

//The spelling of whisky, or whiskey, differs geographically. As a rule, American and Irish prefer ‘whiskey’ and the Scots, Canadians and the rest of the world’s single malt makers prefer ‘whisky’. This originated during the 19th century. For in around 1870, Scotch whisky was of very low quality, much of it being distilled poorly in Coffey stills. For exportation to America, the Irish distillers wanted to differentiate their product from the poorer Scotch whisky, thus they added the ‘e’ to mark the crucial distinction. Today, Scotch whisky has become one of the world’s greatest spirits, but the spelling still differs. On mass, Americans still spell their spirit with an ‘e’, though legally it is spelt ‘whisky’.//

[chelle7272]

http://www.whiskyforeveryone.com/whisky_basics/whisky_or_whiskey.html

[ichkeria]

Interestingly, it's WHISKEY in the NATO phonetic alphabet.

[elliemay1]

At least it won't impact on the answer as it's only the letter E which is required.

[mickman]

Thanks everybody for your help.

[elliemay1]

Whiskey/whisky nmemonics:
Here's a quick way to remember how some of the world's biggest producers spell their products:

Countries that have E's in their names (UnitEd StatEs and IrEland) tend to spell it whiskEy (plural whiskeys)
Countries without E's in their names (Canada, Scotland, and Japan) spell it whisky (plural whiskies)