Infographic: Whiskey

Is it "whisky" or "whiskey"?

There are two common English names for whisky, namely "whisky" and "whiskey", which often make people confused about how to spell them（ What's the difference In fact, there was no difference at the beginning. Even in the 19th century, the two words were common. However, in the 1960s, Americans began to use "whiskey" to refer to their own whisky and "whisky" to refer to whisky from other regions.

Up to now, there is still no clear standard for which spelling is correct. It is just a convention that whiskey made in the United States and Ireland will be named "whiskey", while whisky made in other regions will be called "whisky"! Interestingly, although whisky is called "whiskey" in the United States, the word "whisky" is still used in the provisions of American liquor laws and regulations!