Actually (we can learn to spell that ["actually"] too), "whisky" and "whiskey" are both acceptable spellings (at least in the U.S.) and - also in the U.S., "whisky" (according to Webster, that American rogue who decried British spellings and did his best to break away from British spellings by simplifying them for his American audience), "whisky" seems to be the preferred spelling in the U.S. dictionaries I've looked in. Anyways, I spell "whisky" as "Jamesons." Charles O'Neill :-) > Message: 1 > Date: Tue, 9 Mar 2010 08:39:13 +0000 > From: Ella Patterson <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [S-I] symbol for group > To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> > Message-ID: > <[email protected]ac.uk> > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > Or indeed how to actuall spell whisk(e)y! > Ella > > > Ella Patterson > Cataloguing Department > Room 222, Floor 2 > The Library at Queen's > The Queen's University of Belfast > 10 College Park > Belfast > BT7 1LP > > Telephone: +44 28 9097 6246 > Email : [email protected] > > > >

lol...I knew that as soon as I sent my reply that "whisky" would raise the ire of "whiskey" afficianados. Actually my preference is for Crown Royal whisky - according to their label... ;-) Cliff. Johnston "May the best you've ever seen, Be the worst you'll ever see;" from A Scots Toast by Allan Ramsay ----- Original Message ----- From: "Charles O'Neill" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, March 09, 2010 6:21 PM Subject: [S-I] Whisky or not > Actually (we can learn to spell that ["actually"] too), "whisky" and > "whiskey" are both acceptable spellings (at least in the U.S.) and - > also in the U.S., "whisky" (according to Webster, that American rogue > who decried British spellings and did his best to break away from > British spellings by simplifying them for his American audience), > "whisky" seems to be the preferred spelling in the U.S. dictionaries > I've looked in. Anyways, I spell "whisky" as "Jamesons." > > Charles O'Neill :-) > > > > > >> Message: 1 >> Date: Tue, 9 Mar 2010 08:39:13 +0000 >> From: Ella Patterson <[email protected]> >> Subject: Re: [S-I] symbol for group >> To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> >> Message-ID: >> <[email protected]ac.uk> >> >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" >> >> Or indeed how to actuall spell whisk(e)y! >> Ella >> >> >> Ella Patterson >> Cataloguing Department >> Room 222, Floor 2 >> The Library at Queen's >> The Queen's University of Belfast >> 10 College Park >> Belfast >> BT7 1LP >> >> Telephone: +44 28 9097 6246 >> Email : [email protected] >> >> >> >> > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Mine is Baileys whiskey as in http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baileys_Irish_Cream Thanks, David C Abernathy Email disclaimers ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- This message represents the official view of the voices in my head. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- http://www.SchmeckAbernathy.com == All outgoing and incoming mail is scanned by F-Prot Antivirus  == -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Cliff. Johnston Sent: Tuesday, March 09, 2010 5:25 PM To: [email protected]; [email protected] Subject: Re: [S-I] Whisky or not lol...I knew that as soon as I sent my reply that "whisky" would raise the ire of "whiskey" afficianados. Actually my preference is for Crown Royal whisky - according to their label... ;-) Cliff. Johnston "May the best you've ever seen, Be the worst you'll ever see;" from A Scots Toast by Allan Ramsay ----- Original Message ----- From: "Charles O'Neill" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, March 09, 2010 6:21 PM Subject: [S-I] Whisky or not > Actually (we can learn to spell that ["actually"] too), "whisky" and > "whiskey" are both acceptable spellings (at least in the U.S.) and - > also in the U.S., "whisky" (according to Webster, that American rogue > who decried British spellings and did his best to break away from > British spellings by simplifying them for his American audience), > "whisky" seems to be the preferred spelling in the U.S. dictionaries > I've looked in. Anyways, I spell "whisky" as "Jamesons." > > Charles O'Neill :-) > > > > > >> Message: 1 >> Date: Tue, 9 Mar 2010 08:39:13 +0000 >> From: Ella Patterson <[email protected]> >> Subject: Re: [S-I] symbol for group >> To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> >> Message-ID: >> <[email protected]ac.uk> >> >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" >> >> Or indeed how to actuall spell whisk(e)y! >> Ella >> >> >> Ella Patterson >> Cataloguing Department >> Room 222, Floor 2 >> The Library at Queen's >> The Queen's University of Belfast >> 10 College Park >> Belfast >> BT7 1LP >> >> Telephone: +44 28 9097 6246 >> Email : [email protected] >> >> >> >> > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Actually you have missed the cultural point which Ella made. Scotch is spelt Whisky, while Irish Whiskey (Bush, Jamisons, Powers and the like) are spelt whiskey. The point which Ella was making was that even if we chose whisk(e)y as out symbol there is a difference between the Irish and the Scotch. Actually if we were reflecting the Ulster part our Whiskey would need to be Bush or Comber, not Jamison's which is from Dublin. Edward > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of > Charles O'Neill > Sent: Wednesday, March 10, 2010 12:21 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [S-I] Whisky or not > > Actually (we can learn to spell that ["actually"] too), > "whisky" and "whiskey" are both acceptable spellings (at > least in the U.S.) and - also in the U.S., "whisky" > (according to Webster, that American rogue who decried > British spellings and did his best to break away from British > spellings by simplifying them for his American audience), > "whisky" seems to be the preferred spelling in the U.S. > dictionaries I've looked in. Anyways, I spell "whisky" as "Jamesons." > > Charles O'Neill :-) > > > > > > > Message: 1 > > Date: Tue, 9 Mar 2010 08:39:13 +0000 > > From: Ella Patterson <[email protected]> > > Subject: Re: [S-I] symbol for group > > To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> > > Message-ID: > > > > > <[email protected]ac.uk > > > > > > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > > > Or indeed how to actuall spell whisk(e)y! > > Ella > > > > > > Ella Patterson > > Cataloguing Department > > Room 222, Floor 2 > > The Library at Queen's > > The Queen's University of Belfast > > 10 College Park > > Belfast > > BT7 1LP > > > > Telephone: +44 28 9097 6246 > > Email : [email protected] > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

The reason I suggested, half kidding, that we use a bottle of Bushmills whiskey for our logo, was partly because of an experience my husband and I had about 10 years ago on a trip to Northern Ireland. The night before our visit to the distillery there had been a kind of hurricane...high winds, driving rain, cold temperatures...that battered the ancient and weathered B&B where were staying near the coast in Co. Antrim. Water came in around the windows, leaves and branches flew from the trees, and the wind howled around the old, stone house and whipped up the nearby seaside water. In the morning, after our giant breakfast, as we left the B&B we could hardly open the car doors, the wind was so strong, trying to force the doors shut. It was chilly and dreary. Where would we go? The weather was miserable, the heater in the car didn't work very well, and we didn't want to get soaked while walking. Looking at the map, I found that we were not too far from Bushmills and we decided to head to that village, hoping that the weather would improve. By the time we reached the place, the wind had abated along with much of the rain, but it was still too cold and damp to do much walking. BUT...there, through the gloom, we saw the sign for the distillery. It was not quite 10 o'clock, but we decided to stop to see what time the place opened, hoping to find a place to get warm. It did happen that we had to wait a bit for the place to open,but finally we were admitted and allowed to take a tour with two other couples who had also wandered in. The tour of the distillery (the oldest in the world, founded in 1608) was interesting, the place warm and fragrant with the scent of whiskey making. At the end of the tour we were taken to the hospitality center where there was to be a whiskey tasting. Neither my husband nor I are whiskey drinkers, but somehow, of the group, we were chosen as the tasters. I was surprised to find that Bushmills makes several other well-known whiskeys. Anyway, we duly and dutifully tasted and, of course, chose Bushmills as our favorite, got a large certificate as certified tasters, roamed through the store, and when we left, the sun was starting to shine weakly through the mist. For some reason this whole "adventure" still reminds my of Northern Ireland. After leaving the town, we drove for a couple of hours through the countryside, past farms and small villages, on a back road where there was very little traffic. Rounding a corner after passing a large farm and in a field about 50 feet from the road, there was suddenly the sight of four pink bottoms gleaming at us through the mist. We were being mooned by some school boys! It was so funny to see because it was still cold and breezy and they must have been waiting quite awhile for a car to pass. We tooted the horn as we passed the kids. It was a day of odd memories...an ancient B&B, a hurricane, whiskey in the morning, a ride through beautiful countryside, and bare bottoms. I guess that's why sometimes as I think of Northern Ireland I think of Bushmills... Marilyn in New Hampshire ----- Original Message ----- From: "Edward Andrews" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]>; <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, March 10, 2010 3:45 AM Subject: Re: [S-I] Whisky or not > Actually you have missed the cultural point which Ella made. > Scotch is spelt Whisky, while Irish Whiskey (Bush, Jamisons, Powers and > the > like) are spelt whiskey. > The point which Ella was making was that even if we chose whisk(e)y as out > symbol there is a difference between the Irish and the Scotch. > > Actually if we were reflecting the Ulster part our Whiskey would need to > be > Bush or Comber, not Jamison's which is from Dublin. > Edward > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [email protected] >> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of >> Charles O'Neill >> Sent: Wednesday, March 10, 2010 12:21 AM >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: [S-I] Whisky or not >> >> Actually (we can learn to spell that ["actually"] too), >> "whisky" and "whiskey" are both acceptable spellings (at >> least in the U.S.) and - also in the U.S., "whisky" >> (according to Webster, that American rogue who decried >> British spellings and did his best to break away from British >> spellings by simplifying them for his American audience), >> "whisky" seems to be the preferred spelling in the U.S. >> dictionaries I've looked in. Anyways, I spell "whisky" as "Jamesons." >> >> Charles O'Neill :-) >> >> >> >> >> >> > Message: 1 >> > Date: Tue, 9 Mar 2010 08:39:13 +0000 >> > From: Ella Patterson <[email protected]> >> > Subject: Re: [S-I] symbol for group >> > To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> >> > Message-ID: >> > >> > >> <[email protected]ac.uk >> > > >> > >> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" >> > >> > Or indeed how to actuall spell whisk(e)y! >> > Ella >> > >> > >> > Ella Patterson >> > Cataloguing Department >> > Room 222, Floor 2 >> > The Library at Queen's >> > The Queen's University of Belfast >> > 10 College Park >> > Belfast >> > BT7 1LP >> > >> > Telephone: +44 28 9097 6246 >> > Email : [email protected] >> > >> > >> > >> > >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' >> without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >