St. Patty's Day!

me_irl

And now that I have your attention... where the hell did this phenomenon start!?!

Was it as simple as a bastardization of "Paddy's"?

Do you care?

And, like me who's getting old and curmudgeonly, do you just let it pass like any other "excuse-to-drink" hollier.

johnnyskeleton

me_irl wrote: »

And now that I have your attention... where the hell did this phenomenon start!?!

Was it as simple as a bastardization of "Paddy's"?

Do you care?

And, like me who's getting old and curmudgeonly, do you just let it pass like any other "excuse-to-drink" hollier.

Merica

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That would be an Ecumenical Matter

Mint Sauce

me_irl wrote: »

And now that I have your attention... where the hell did this phenomenon start!?!

Was it as simple as a bastardization of "Paddy's"?

Do you care?

And, like me who's getting old and curmudgeonly, do you just let it pass like any other "excuse-to-drink" hollier.

Americans.

bodhrandude

If there is a St Patty's Day why not a Jimi Hendrix day also.

Atlantic Dawn

Yankers.

Noveight

St. Patty is St. Patrick's middle aged American cousin who lives in Chicago and wears white NewBalance runners everywhere.

Erik Shin

St Patty O'Cake the patron saint of nursery rhymes?

PTH2009

taken from http://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/10-things-you-might-not-know-about-irish-pubs-1.2668558

Until 1973, the only way to get a drink on St Patrick’s Day was to go to the dogs
St Patrick’s Day, falling as it does in the middle of Lent, was once a day of abstinence. The only place alcohol was sold was in the members’ lounge at the Royal Dublin Dog Show. High attendance figures were guaranteed. Patrick Kavanagh reputedly once rented a dog to get in, while his arch-nemesis Brendan Behan stole a poodle on another occasion. The law did not change until 1973. The celebrations now associated with the national holiday were born in the United States. The first parade took place in 1762, when Irish soldiers serving in the British Army marched through Manhattan to a tavern. It was 1931 before a parade took place in Ireland. There was a major change in 1995 when the Government introduced the St Patrick’s Day festival. According to Diageo, St Patrick’s Day now sees over 13 million pints of Guinness being sold around the world - nearly four times the amount sold on an average day.

ScumLord

St. Patty's day sounds like a holiday for the patron saint of uncooked burgers.

me_irl

ScumLord wrote: »

St. Patty's day sounds like a holiday for the patron saint of uncooked burgers.

Great, now I've "When Will I See You Again" stuck in my head.

Arghus

I think this is the third or fourth thread I've read about this.

Anyway: Yeah, people saying Patty's Day make me cringe, but whatever makes them happy I guess.

DEFTLEFTHAND

Paddy comes from Padraig.

Nearly every immigrant of that name to America in the 1800s anglicised it to Patrick. Hence the yanks began calling them Patty for short.

Beanntraigheach

Presumably it's due to the fact that Americans would pronounce "Paddy" and "Patty" very similarly.

Those who get themselves all worked up about it need to cop the fvck on

Beanntraigheach

Beanntraigheach wrote: »

Presumably it's due to the fact that Americans would pronounce "Paddy" and "Patty" very similarly.

Those who get themselves all worked up about it need to cop the fvck on

Nobody on this thread has gotten worked up yet, but it is cringe-inducing to many.