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[Kiwi303]

[johnslat]

Dear Steinmann,

Indeed they do, but . . . . it ain't whiskey as we Yanks know it:

"Scotch whisky is whisky made in Scotland. In Britain, the term whisky is usually taken to mean Scotch unless otherwise specified. In other English-speaking countries, it is often referred to as "Scotch".

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whisky

Regards,
John

[Steinmann]

[Kiwi303]

I have to admit I'm more partial to the Irish than the Scotch, Tullamore Dew is my preferred dram.

Neat, no ice.

[Guerciotti]

[Dedicated]

Kiwi303,

Sure and begorrah! A man after my own heart ! Uisce beatha (Gaelic for water of life).

Irish whisky is distilled 3 times, whereas Scotch whisky only twice. Peat is rarely used in the malting process, so Irish whisky has a smoother finish as opposed to smoky, earthy overtones common to some Scotches.

Are you a drinker of Tullamore Dew Original
Tullamore Dew Black 43
Tullamore Single Malt
Tullamore 10 year old reserve
Tullamore 12 year old special reserve
Tullamore Heritage

[markcmc]

I used to move more between countries. Now less than before because it became boring to keep moving. Most teachers I meet just choose one country and never move, which means they miss out on one of the benefits of TEFL.

Cheers

[naturegirl321]

[JZer]

It is funny, I am moving back to the US.

I hope to do many one or two month camps during my summer vacations in the summer.

[jonniboy]

The move to a different country every two years thing sounds appealing but the problem is that if it's going okay where you are, it becomes a bit more difficult to chuck it all in for a leap into the unknown and a place where you no longer have a network of people recommending you to their friends as "excellent native speaker X that I studied with."

I came to Latvia planning to do only a year and I'm now in my sixth year of teaching here. I have ideas about shifting somewhere warmer next summer but I've said that so often that I'll only believe myself when I actually do it. In some ways for me it would be easier as well. I've no huge attachment to my "home country." Quite the opposite: these days I don't think about "moving back to the UK" I think of it in terms of "moving to the UK" and there are other countries which are much higher up the list of places I'd like to move to.

By the way in terms of booze, being Irish, we'd always spell it "whiskey" and I've usually preferred Bushmills or Jamesons rather than Tullamore. Johnnie Walker red label is the most revolting crap I've tasted.

[markcmc]

[markcmc]

[Steinmann]

[Kiwi303]

[Steinmann]