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[kindofblue]

He was a Welsh collie that we acquired as an 18-month-old and already named. His owners told my parents they'd called him Whisky because he was black and white. Aged about 6, I didn't understand the joke and never associated the name with whisky, and never have.

This may solve the riddle for you...

Black & White Whisky | Spiritly

[french frank]

That's it! Although this was a case (!) of black and white Welsh Whisky. As a six-year-old I wasn't a hardened drinker and visualised Whisky whisking his long feathery tail with the white blob at the end.



On topic again: as I have a postal vote I would not have to leave Whisky outside the polling station, were he to be still alive.

[Old Grumpy]

You could put a picture in with the return form (to cheer up the teller). I dare say some jobsworth would declare it a spoiled vote

[Old Grumpy]

Amazing what you can find on t'internet on a rainy Sunday afternoon:

https://scotchwhisky.com/whiskypedia...a%20dog%20show.

[vinteuil]

"as I have a postal vote I would not have to leave Whisky outside the polling station, were he to be still alive"

.. an excellent sentence for a translation test!

if you google translate in to Latin and back several times you end up with the rather satisfying -

"as I have a postman, if he were still alive, I would not go outside the whiskey station."


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[Serial_Apologist]

.. an excellent sentence for a translation test!

if you google translate in to Latin and back several times you end up with the rather satisfying -

"as I have a postman, if he were still alive, I would not go outside the whiskey station."


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An instance of one of those "Pass three and fourpence, we're going to a dance" examples!

[french frank]

"as I have a postman, if he were still alive, I would not go outside the whiskey station."

I've never played that game before. Do the same with Uyghur and you get: "Because I have a postage stamp, and if he's alive, I won't leave the whiskey out of the ticket." They all seem to get the whisky bit right even if it becomes Irish in the process.

[Except that "Whisky whisked his tail brusquely" becomes "Vivian hissed his tail rudely."]

[vinteuil]

I've never played that game before. Do the same with Uyghur and you get: "Because I have a postage stamp, and if he's alive, I won't leave the whiskey out of the ticket." They all seem to get the whisky bit right even if it becomes Irish in the process.

... I have continued this game thro' various unrelated languages. The current version is -

"In my experience, I don't want to get out of the washer if it's still alive"

[french frank]

"In my experience, I don't want to get out of the washer if it's still alive"

So the next game is: What did it start out as?

I know from experience not to empty the washing machine when it's still working?

[vinteuil]

So the next game is: What did it start out as?

... ah, it started simply enough as your -

"as I have a postal vote I would not have to leave Whisky outside the polling station, were he to be still alive"

but transmogrified by being google-translated thro' Basque, Chinese, Greek, Georgian, Hungarian, Hebrew, Irish, Manipuri, Quechua (among others), it became -

"In my experience, I don't want to get out of the washer if it's still alive"

I should have recorded the various stages of its transition.

(hours of fun for all the family : I really shd patent it... )

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[AuntDaisy]

That's it! Although this was a case (!) of black and white Welsh Whisky. As a six-year-old I wasn't a hardened drinker and visualised Whisky whisking his long feathery tail with the white blob at the end.



On topic again: as I have a postal vote I would not have to leave Whisky outside the polling station, were he to be still alive.

What a handsome dog, thanks FF. That's cheered me up on this rainy morning.

[AuntDaisy]

Amazing what you can find on t'internet on a rainy Sunday afternoon:

https://scotchwhisky.com/whiskypedia...a%20dog%20show.

The B&W dogs in question might be Westies - a very different kettle of fish to a Welsh collie. (& apologies for going off-topic again).

[AuntDaisy]

... ah, it started simply enough as your -

"as I have a postal vote I would not have to leave Whisky outside the polling station, were he to be still alive"

but transmogrified by being google-translated thro' Basque, Chinese, Greek, Georgian, Hungarian, Hebrew, Irish, Manipuri, Quechua (among others), it became -

"In my experience, I don't want to get out of the washer if it's still alive"

I should have recorded the various stages of its transition.

(hours of fun for all the family : I really shd patent it... )

What would you call this game? "Traduttore, traditore" springs to mind (or possibly sprongs).

[french frank]

What would you call this game? "Traduttore, traditore" springs to mind (or possibly sprongs).

Or a kind of technological Chinese whispers?

Come to think of it, not unlike the journey of threads on this forum.

[Old Grumpy]

The B&W dogs in question might be Westies - a very different kettle of fish to a Welsh collie. (& apologies for going off-topic again).

According to the whiskypedia article the black dog is a Scottie and the white a Westie.

The whisky was actually named Black and White by patrons of the House of Commons bar after the colour of the label. The dogs were added as an afterthought.