r/ireland • u/[deleted] • Mar 13 '16

Paddy not Patty

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u/Papshmire Mar 15 '16

Yanks thinking that when we're saying "Paddy", we're actually saying "Patty"

How you guy's pronounce it has nothing to do with it. "-tty" ending is just very common in American English. Kitty, Shitty, Itty Bitty, and my personal favorite, NATTY ICE.

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u/pHitzy Mar 16 '16

How you guy's pronounce it has nothing to do with it.

It absolutely does, and for the very reason you stated. People that are used to "-tty" being pronounced with a soft T heard Irish people saying "Paddy" and assumed we were saying "Patty". You just galvanised my point.

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u/Papshmire Mar 17 '16

Guess I galvanized your vagina apparently, Patty.

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u/pHitzy Mar 17 '16

Someone doesn't like being wrong. Typical yank.