Sunday, August 17, 2014

“whiskey” via Gaelic “usquebaugh”? Interesting. I wonder what the OED says on this…

August 17, 2014 Chapter 1 - [Kill-devil] …“whiskey” is a corruption of usquebaugh, the Gaelic term for aqua vitae… All Excerpts From Curtis, Wayne. “And a Bottle of Rum: A History of the New World in Ten Cocktails.” THREE RIVERS PRESS, 2007. iBooks. This material may be protected by copyright.

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