[TR] Lucas etc

[Brian Jones]

Actually, Dave is right. This isn't a UK/US spelling difference.  
Scotch is the only whisky without an 'e'.
Irish, Canadian, American and Japanese etc are all whiskey with an 'e'.

Brian

On Aug 17, 2007, at 8:07 PM, triumphs-request at autox.team.net wrote:

> Kind of like arguing whether a hood covers the engine or your head,  
> isn't it
> ?
>
> Even though they are both commonly known as 'English', we in the US  
> speak
> and write in a different language than those in the UK.  "Whiskey" is
> correct in American English, just as "whisky" is correct in  
> whatever it is
> they speak over there ... and neither one is properly capitalized  
> unless
> it's at the beginning of a sentence.