on Wed, 11 Dec 2002 22:23:01 +0100, Manuel Companys <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> Just to be boringly pedantic, whiskey is US or Ireland, here in >> Scotland it's whisky. <snip> > The first time I went to the United States I was surprised to get <snip> > 'Whisk(e)y is used for Rye or Burbon', I was told. > > 'If you want scotch, then say scotch' Like other staple goods ;-) the name gets applied to the indiginised prodcut - corn can be maize wheat or oats (others too for all I know). In Banffshire (Scot.) in my youth 'bread' meant oatcakes. If you wanted a leavened wheat loaf it was 'loaf'. Could 'Revolution' become the default term for application development software (obvious attempt to introduce on-topic element and to improve chances of gaining whisky) James -- James J Richards [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tel. +44 (0)15394 43063 _______________________________________________ use-revolution mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
