A request about the forthcoming St. Patricks Day

[roosta]

Please can you refrain from calling it "St. Patty's Day". That is completely wrong and silly.

It's St. Paddy's Day.

Thank you.

Token Board Irish Person

[QueenAdrock]

Why St. Paddy's if it's derived from St. Patrick, though?

[abcdefz]

I'd like a hamburger, Patty.

[roosta]

Why St. Paddy's if it's derived from St. Patrick, though?

I don't know why Patrick became shortened to Paddy, but the fact is it's PRONOUNCED Paddy, so spelling it as Patty is just wrong

[MC Moot]

I thought you were going to ask me to leave my shillelagh at home.....

[QueenAdrock]

But pronunciations can be different from spellings. Like the word "Louisville" or "castle" or whatever. I do spell Patty, but I say "Paddy". Saying Patty sounds weird.

[g-mile7]

Please can you refrain from calling it "St. Patty's Day". That is completely wrong and silly.

It's St. Paddy's Day.

Thank you.

Token Board Irish Person

I am the only token on this board

[roosta]

But pronunciations can be different from spellings. Like the word "Louisville" or "castle" or whatever. I do spell Patty, but I say "Paddy". Saying Patty sounds weird.

It's also spelt PADDY. Well it is everywhere else on the planet it seems....

[DeeJayZap]

wtf? ppl call it pattys day?

dayum

oh and please leave the red haired green clothed drunk irish stereotypes at home.

edit: and yes its St. Paddy's Day.

[HEIRESS]

Saint Patricia dude, Saint Patricia.

[Drederick Tatum]

and also if you're not actually Irish please refrain from trying to impress everyone about how Irish you are. having 1/43 or 1/8 Irish blood doesn't qualify you as anything near Irish. you can still drink of course, but just shut up.

[QueenAdrock]

^Yeah. It seems that everyone sports those damn "Kiss me I'm Irish" shirts on St. Patty's (it's the American way of spelling it apparently, and I'm American, so :p). I live in DC, which isn't a huge haven for the Irish, so it's absolutely astonishing that everyone is like OMG I'M IRISH! that day.

I actually have a Jewish friend with pale skin, blue eyes, long red curly hair and a ton of freckles who gets mistaken as Irish that day and gets free drinks.

[ericlee]

Shouldn't this thread be a sticky being that this discussion comes up on every St. Padty's day?

[Documad]

I had a Shamrock shake today. It wasn't as good as I remembered.

[Caribou]

I'm not Irish, but I do know that it is PADDY. Patty is just silly, that's a girls name!

Anyhoo, I've never celebrated it, but I might start this year, as there are 2 Irish pubs in Rotterdam, I have loads of green clothes, I don't mind drinking Guinness and Scruffy Irish people are actually quite sexy.

[QueenAdrock]

I still stand by the idea that it should be "Patty" because there are no d's in "Patrick" so a shortened version would logically be Patty. To me, "patty" and "paddy" are pretty much pronounced the same, it's just verrry slightly off. I lean more towards "paddy" when speaking it, though.

I'm still debating what I should do. Last year I was crammed in a smelly, smokey bar with 200 other people and I had to pay a $10 cover to get in since it was an Irish pub. Which was dumb, because there was no Irish music and didn't have anything particularly Irish about it except it was decorated with shamrocks and green things and they had green beer and guiness...just like all the other bars that day. Bleh.

[QueenAdrock]

Well I'll be damned, wikipedia does say that it's St. Paddy's Day. But I still stand by my statement that that does not make sense. Why'd they do that? I have a friend Patrick and one of his nicknames is Patty. Paddy would not make sense.

[roosta]

Well I'll be damned, wikipedia does say that it's St. Paddy's Day. But I still stand by my statement that that does not make sense. Why'd they do that? I have a friend Patrick and one of his nicknames is Patty. Paddy would not make sense.

why does it have to make sense? you yourself brought up examples of names that are spelled differently to how they are pronouanced! they don't make any sense either! sure it's a NAME. I mean, you can go either way, you could spell it phonetically or spell it closer to word it comes from, but sometime way back in the mists of time they chose Paddy. And thats it.

name's come about over years of being written and re-written and misspelled on birth certs etc. people (in Ireland at least) you are called Patrick are also known as Paddy, but its not a nickname, it's just an alternative way of saying Patrick. And some of them are legally known as Paddy.

DEAL WITH IT!

[icy manipulator]

coming from a guy who's actually named patrick, i hate both patty and paddy. so just call it st patricks day ffs:)

[Otis Driftwood]

Why don't Patricks wanna be nicknamed "trick"?

[camo]

My birthday celebrations fall on St Paddy's day this year. I can't wait!!!

[Tzar]

paddy's day is a saturday for us. fuck yeah (y)

[QueenAdrock]

why does it have to make sense? you yourself brought up examples of names that are spelled differently to how they are pronouanced! they don't make any sense either! sure it's a NAME. I mean, you can go either way, you could spell it phonetically or spell it closer to word it comes from, but sometime way back in the mists of time they chose Paddy. And thats it.

name's come about over years of being written and re-written and misspelled on birth certs etc. people (in Ireland at least) you are called Patrick are also known as Paddy, but its not a nickname, it's just an alternative way of saying Patrick. And some of them are legally known as Paddy.

DEAL WITH IT!

Like I said, I've got a friend named Patrick we nicknamed Patty. I can understand "castle" having a silent "t" because there are quite a few words in the English language like that, but I do want to know how and why Patrick got shortened to Paddy over there, and not over here. I'M A HISTORY MAJOR, I NEED TO KNOW THE REASONING BEHIND THESE THINGS. It could have just been a misspelling along the way, but I wanna know fo' sho.

But like I said, if you're American, chances are you pronounce "Patty" and "Paddy" the same, so it don't make no difference anyhow.

[Yeti]

I found this on a blog...............

Patrick equals Paddy.
Patty is a girl.....Or a flat cake of mint or meat. Not the patron saint of Ireland.
You get Paddy out of Patrick because in Ireland, Patrick is Padraig (there are more variations on that spelling) and it is pronounced Pau-rick or Paud-rick.
If you see someone writing "Happy St. Patty's Day!", let them know.

or this directly from the AOL Style Guide...................

St. Patrick's Day----St. Patty's Day is an accepted abbreviation. Do NOT use St. Paddy's Day.
Of course, the Irish-from-Ireland say "No! Patty is a girl's name. It's Paddy!" Okay, I say, then how about "St. Pat's"? "NO! It's St. Paddy's! Arrrrrggghhh!!"

[icy manipulator]

Why don't Patricks wanna be nicknamed "trick"?
no one has ever called me that. but one guy did try calling me ricky and i fucking hate that. i prefer vlad :cool:

[QueenAdrock]

You get Paddy out of Patrick because in Ireland, Patrick is Padraig (there are more variations on that spelling) and it is pronounced Pau-rick or Paud-rick.

(y) Merci, Monsieur Yeti.

[Lex Diamonds]

My grandparents were Irish and my name is Paddy (Patrick), so it is my duty to go to the parade in London and drink far too much all day long. (y)

[QueenAdrock]

(y) ALCOHOL! (y)

I think I may spike some McDonald's Shamrock shakes and call it a night. Actually, alcohol and milkshakes would be kinda gross, huh? Maybe not. Milk + vodka sounds nasty, but it could work out.

[roosta]

PADRAIG!!! yes! i don't know why i didn't think of that...i KNOW people called PADRAIG..haha

AOL are cunts.

[Lex Diamonds]

My dad used to always call me Padraig, and he'd write it like that on letters and shit. (y)

[beastiegirrl101]

I had a Shamrock shake today. It wasn't as good as I remembered.

I was just going to start a 'what happened to the shamrock shake' thread because I can't find a mcdonalds in Chicago that has them! It's only this time of year I crave them anyway...shheesh.

[QueenAdrock]

You should complain. They still have them around here, they're pretty good.

[beastiegirrl101]

You should complain. They still have them around here, they're pretty good.

yea they really bring back childhood memories.