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Word: whuskey (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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Usage:

...proposed to spell water u-o-o-r-t-e-r, pointed out that "some Cockneys say wa'er and Americans say watter, but how do the Scotsmen say it?" Then Glasgow's John Rankin closed that part of the discussion, said: "In Scawtland, we prrronounce it whuskey...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones, Dec. 22, 1958 | 12/22/1958 | See Source »

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