An Ershman needs educated
Duke of URL
Declan Murphy <declan...@hotmail.com> radiated into the
WorldWideWait:
> Brett Robson wrote:
>> On Tue, 6 Jan 2004 08:54:44 -0600, Duke of URL ...
>>
>>> It's properly spelled "whiskey". And it's appropriate for all
>>> climes and environs.
>>
>> Well I have a bottle of Black Douglas on my kitchen bench that
>> claims to be "Scotch Whisky". Now granted it may have been made in
>> Hong Kong under licence by Suntory, but that's good enough for me.
>> I ken taste the tartan in it.
>
> All Scotch is labelled whisky. Two theories...
> this is because the Scots cannot spell,
> or
> because the anglicisation/bastardisation of uisgebeatha took place
> in two different places more or less independently.
> (The second theory has its proponents, but it doesn't lead to as
> many interesting drinking arguments)
Declan Murphy
Natch. Of course please feel free to buy me a bottle (no dammit, a case,
I promise I'll share some of it with you though) of Knappogue Castle
1951 and tell me a third theory. Oral traditions are so much easier....
--
I am not who I think I am
I am not who you think I am
I am who I think you think I am
...or some such shite.
Phil "Fair & Balanced" MacRackin
Think about how much ink and paper have been saved over the centuries by
omitting leaving out the superfluous "e". It would come to *dozens* of
pounds/marks/whatever.
>
> --
> I am not who I think I am
> I am not who you think I am
> I am who I think you think I am
>
> ...or some such shite.
Whatever.
Declan Murphy
Indeed. Though where would 99.9% of the population be without some
superfluous thing or other?
Ryan Ginstrom
"Declan Murphy" <declan...@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> Indeed. Though where would 99.9% of the population be without some
> superfluous thing or other?
Superfluity is in the eye of the beholder. I can think of a thing or two my
wife thinks are superfluous that I hold very dearly.
--
Regards,
Ryan Ginstrom
Madra Dubh
Phil "Fair & Balanced" MacRackin
I certainly hope that you're not holding them now. Hands on the
keyboard.
>
> --
> Regards,
> Ryan Ginstrom