r/ireland • u/[deleted] • Mar 13 '16

Paddy not Patty

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u/relevantusername- Mar 13 '16

Then get the name of our national holiday right? "The wrong name caught on here so it's that now" get tae fuck lad.

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u/RobotsFromTheFuture Mar 13 '16

The official name is "Saint Patrick's Day," not "Saint Paddy's Day" Patrick can be shortened several ways, and one of those is Patty, so we are getting the name right, or at least, as right as we would be if we shortened it to Paddy or Pat. But really, except for some die-hard 10th generation Irish descendants in South Boston, it's mostly a celebration of alcohol consumption, not of Ireland.

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u/relevantusername- Mar 13 '16

None of the shortenings are Patty. Patty is short for Patricia. And the official name is Pádraig. Again, not interested with yanks Anglicised version.

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u/RobotsFromTheFuture Mar 13 '16

You seem interested.

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u/relevantusername- Mar 14 '16

Amn't I gas.

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u/RobotsFromTheFuture Mar 14 '16

Sorry, I don't speak French.

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u/relevantusername- Mar 14 '16

Arra sure gwan so and call a shillelagh a shillelagh.