[ SECRET POST #3718 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #3718 ⌋

Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.

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[Criminal Minds, Stephen Walker]


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[Death in Paradise, Humphrey/Florence]


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[The NeverEnding Story]


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[Beyoncé]


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Notes:

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Secrets Not Posted: [ 0 - broken links ], [ 0 - not!secrets ], [ 0 - not!fandom ], [ 0 - too big ], [ 0 - repeat ].
Current Secret Submissions Post: here.
Suggestions, comments, and concerns should go here.

Comments

[fscom]

03. http://i.imgur.com/qkRb5Ey.jpg

[(Anonymous)]

Yeah, no. Looks like you haven't done your research.

Oxford English Dictionary, Second Edition: "In modern trade usage, Scotch whisky and Irish whiskey are thus distinguished in spelling; 'whisky' is the usual spelling in Britain and 'whiskey' that in the U.S."

[(Anonymous)]

didn't u know, if it's only done that way in America, it's wrong

[(Anonymous)]

LOL

Yeah, my first reaction was, wait, isn't whiskey how it's actually spelled?

[(Anonymous)]

Not if it is Scotch. Spelling is optional for American and world whiskies, but Irish distilled and Scottish distilled have to be separated by spelling.

[(Anonymous)]

Please Leave.

[(Anonymous)]

I just read up on this a little, and it looks like there's a movement toward using the spelling that is correct for the place where the bottle originated. So, technically, Scotch whisky should be spelled without the "e" because that's how it's spelled in Scotland.

Considering that my spell check doesn't think that "whisky" is a word, I assume this is a relatively new movement, and I don't blame fanfic authors for not being aware of it.

Also, OP seems kind of pretentious.

[(Anonymous)]

This is how I've usually seen it used in the US fwiw

Personally I just spell it 'whisky' because that looks right to me

[sabotabby]

Countries with an E in their names spell it "whiskey," countries without an E spell it "whisky."

More on the differences:
http://www.thekitchn.com/whiskey-vs-whisky-whats-the-di-100476

[(Anonymous)]

DA. Going to guess it depends on where you order it and what the place has. In Glasgow, they usually ask you about specific brand (as in - those you can find in supermarkets) thus if you want whisk(e)y and coke - they ask for brand not the origin (unless you like Irish over Scottish, then I guess they chose ones in that category). In writing it could be indeed whisky vs. whiskey or the type of it like smooth, single malt and so on. However - think of what the character would say in specific area. Usually it would not be important in dialogue as no distinct way of saying it unless specified. BUT if whatever you write is set in UK - foreign whiskies are always mentioned by brand so if you ask for whisky / whiskey - you are going to get one of British brands.

[(Anonymous)]

Someone make the secret but for all the other stupid pedantic meaningless points the Internet loves to argue about

Someone get a secret about whether hot dogs are hamburgers or whether chili has beans in the pipeline quick

[(Anonymous)]

Is a hot dog a sandwich

[(Anonymous)]

Except "whiskey" is a perfectly acceptable spelling, so... way to negate your point!

[(Anonymous)]

Go to Scotland and say that. I dare you.

[(Anonymous)]

Nope. Way to assume that what's acceptable in the States is acceptable everywhere. Gosh what a surprise.

[(Anonymous)]

Not for Scotch, and that's what OP is talking about.

[(Anonymous)]

What bothers me is people using Scotch as a signifier of classiness

That kind of classiness is fucking stupid to hold up as an ideal drink whatever the fuck you want goddammit I'm getting worked up

[(Anonymous)]

There's certainly nothing classy about cheap blended supermarket Scotch.

[diet_poison]

hahaha I'm amused that people apparently get really angry about this

[(Anonymous)]

and the second hint is the image? like using a tumbler and serving it on the rocks?

[ceebeegee]

All I got is that this secret makes me want to go to this great Scottish place in Midtown, on...46th St? St. Andrew's. It has something like 100 varieties of Scotch, plus a pretty decent Scottish menu (I actually really like Scottish food).

[maskitheclown]

Don't care. I hate it and for some reason I REALLY hate it when people in fic drink it. It's the ultimate douche drink, you know they're gonna pull a gun or fuck someone poorly next.

[(Anonymous)]

That's nice and all but unless that knowledgeable character is actually writing the word it's kind of a moot point isn't it...? You don't hear the difference when speaking.

[dancing_serpent]

I'm a Scotch Single Malt fan and the spelling in fanfic is the minor annoyance. What I'm rolling my eyes at mostly are the ages. So many fics where characters are drinking 50 year old Scotch. And a 12 year old Scotch will still be a 12 year old Scotch, regardless if it's bottled in 2000 or 1990 or 1970 or whatever, because unlike wine, it doesn't mature in the bottle.

But honestly, I'm rolling my eyes more at canons that get it wrong, messing up the ages and the name of the distilleries, and so on.

[(Anonymous)]

Yes! The ages thing kills me. Scotch is not wine!

I just feel like fanfic authors will find any semi-familiar sounding Scotch and tack a random year on there. Like 'So-and-so was drinking a 20 year old Glenlivet' but, but... that's not how it works!

And yeah, canon isn't much better in a lot of cases.