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Paddy whisky?

utopian · 2005-01-30 00:11:02

Looking at the 1975 Kerry v Dublin All-Ireland on TG4, I noticed that one of the billboards advertises "Paddy Whisky" - does anyone know/remember whether this was the accepted spelling of whiskey at the time?

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30-01-2005 1:11am

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utopian

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Looking at the 1975 Kerry v Dublin All-Ireland on TG4, I noticed that one of the billboards advertises "Paddy Whisky" - does anyone know/remember whether this was the accepted spelling of whiskey at the time?

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#2 31-01-2005 2:09am
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whisky is how the scots spell it. i think the irish distilers added the 'e' to make irish whiskey stand out.

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#3 31-01-2005 9:12pm
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mick_irl wrote:

whisky is how the scots spell it.

I am aware of that. I had presumed that the whiskey/whisky split was established well before 1975, though.

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#4 04-02-2005 2:55pm
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Its just scotch which is spelt whisky isn't it? Maybe it was a typo.

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