On Sat, 18 Oct 2025, Van Snyder via cctalk wrote:
My late dear Russian friend Roman Glazman, a brilliant
oceanographer
and expert on turbulence, loved Scotch whiskey and didn't enjoy vodka.
His dream vacation was a Scottish distillery tour. Then he developed
colon cancer and died before he got to Scotland.
Scotch whiskey?
A Scottish friend of mine insisted that
to Scots it was spelled "Whisky",
but maybe "Whiskey" in Ireland