[NinjaViking]

That's the American/Irish spelling. If it's a Scotch it's whisky.

[dghf]

> If it's a Scotch it's whisky.

Also Canadian, Japanese, Australian [0], English [1] and Welsh [2].

[0] https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2014/apr/02/tasmani...

[1] https://www.englishwhisky.co.uk/the-whisky

[2] http://penderyn.wales/

[anonymousDan]

Comes from the word uisce, which is the Irish/Gaelic for water. Technically the Irish for whiskey itself though is 'uisce beatha', meaning 'water of life' ;)

[darklajid]

For those unable to remember it without a mental aid:

WhiskEy:

IrEland AmErica

Scotland has no E.. :)

[acheron]

This is not 100% true (George Dickel Tennessee Whisky comes to mind first) but it's close enough.