Language Matters | How whisky took its name from the Gaelic ‘water of life’
- Posted on May 18, 2025
- By South China Morning Post
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Language Matters | How whisky took its name from the Gaelic ‘water of life’
‘Whiskie shall put our brains in rage’, a phrase in a 1715 book, marked the first appearance in English of the term for the distilled drink.
