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Paddy?

major bill

Do people on Boards.ie find this word offensive?

Reason why i ask is that it normally doesnt bother me as its just a name but watching some program on E4 tonight, a competition to find Britains next top Hairdresser:o(was doing something in kitchen so wasnt arsed changing channel) and i overheard the presenter(Abbey Clancy) say something along the lines of ''fellow paddy orla'' when talking about a Belfast hairstylist styling the Irish girl out of the saturdays hair and it just struck me as a bit OTT like since when did the word 'paddy' become acceptable to say on reality tv considering words like Yid are now been considered anti-semitic in Britain.

Im far from PC but what do others think..why make names unacceptable and others acceptable?

btw feel free to slag away for watching it:P:o

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Jesus Wept

Saw something similar on tv this week, can't remember where. It's pretty crass.
Silly cunts.

hondasam

I find it offensive when anyone other than an Irish person say's it.

mikemac

results are hidden on your poll

Can you fix this or maybe ask a mod to do it?

Yeah, I've been called Paddy when I worked in Yorkshire and didn't like it one bit

Along with "so Irish" when ever a mistake happens. And I hate seeing this on boards. Government makes a mistake and posters say "that's so Irish". Hate that

OPENROAD

major bill wrote: »

Do people on Boards.ie find this word offensive?

Reason why i ask is that it normally doesnt bother me as its just a name but watching some program on E4 tonight, a competition to find Britains next top Hairdresser:o(was doing something in kitchen so wasnt arsed changing channel) and i overheard the presenter(Abbey Clancy) say something along the lines of ''fellow paddy orla'' when talking about a Belfast hairstylist styling the Irish girl out of the saturdays hair and it just struck me as a bit OTT like since when did the word 'paddy' become acceptable to say on reality tv considering words like Yid are now been considered anti-semitic in Britain.

Im far from PC but what do others think..why make names unacceptable and others acceptable?

btw feel free to slag away for watching it:P:o

:eek::eek: yea right, sure

Hank Scorpio

Lived with a lad from England and he used to use it alot, didn't particulary like it. Never said anything though

major bill

hondasam wrote: »

I find it offensive when anyone other than an Irish person say's it.

aye but thats like the whole nigg*r scenario..why should it be acceptable for one group of people to say and not for others?

Kojak

It wouldn't really bother me, tbh.

sure most of the time, irish people say "paddy's day" for the 17th of march.

Oranage2

Can we be sure that the contestant name wasnt just Patrick Orla? Common enough up north

Wolfe Tone

Yes it is offensive, and is often used, especially in England, in a derogatory way.

OPENROAD

Thing is if we call another nationality by a nickname and someone says it is offensive, then the world has gone too PC etc... but if some other nationality does it to us, then we start saying it is offensive etc..

Jesus Wept

Kojak wrote: »

It wouldn't really bother me, tbh.

sure most of the time, irish people say "paddy's day" for the 17th of march.

That's not really the same, the guy's name is St Patrick and Paddy is a version/variant of Patrick.

Mahou

Kojak wrote: »

It wouldn't really bother me, tbh.

sure most of the time, irish people say "paddy's day" for the 17th of march.

Paddy is short for Patrick:eek:

Unpossible

feelingstressed wrote: »

results are hidden on your poll

Can you fix this or maybe ask a mod to do it?

Yeah, I've been called Paddy when I worked in Yorkshire and didn't like it one bit

Along with "so Irish" when ever a mistake happens. And I hate seeing this on boards. Government makes a mistake and posters say "that's so Irish". Hate that

Complaining about what people write on boards thats
no.... must...not .... finish

major bill

OPENROAD wrote: »

Thing is if we call another nationality by a nickname and someone says it is offensive, then the world has gone too PC etc... but if some other nationality does it to us, then we start saying it is offensive etc..

Thats a good point but what makes Nigg*r anymore differant than Paddy, Taff and jock like a person would never say on telly ''fellow Paki''.

As i said i wouldnt normally care as its just a name but why should it allowed be said on reality tv.

OPENROAD

major bill wrote: »

Thats a good point but what makes Nigg*r anymore differant than Paddy, Taff and jock like a person would never say on telly ''fellow Paki''.

As i said i wouldnt normally care as its just a name but why should it allowed be said on reality tv.

Fair enough point,however going by memory on previous AH threads, I certainly find it that way when it comes to shouting PC card.

However personally speaking I don't find it offensive at all, quite the opposite in fact, suppose it all comes down to context.

Jesus Wept

hondasam wrote: »

I find it offensive when anyone other than an Irish person say's it.

That's why you're my honky.

Unpossible

feelingstressed wrote: »

What's your point?

sigh, it was meant as a joke. It was meant to suggest that I was trying my best not to write "thats so irish". I promise to try better next time.

byrner88

haha bill watching hairdressing programs. go on ya sausage muncher ha

hondasam

The-Rigger wrote: »

That's why you're my honky.

Thanks should we hug now

major bill

byrner88 wrote: »

haha bill watching hairdressing programs. go on ya sausage muncher ha

Feck theres always one i know that would see this post:pac:

OPENROAD

What about calling Americans "Yanks" ?

Mahou

In a bar in Heathrow airport with horse racing on years ago. Got chatting to a Londoner and he says "You Paddies are great jockeys"
My brain wobbled on hearing this and I said "Yes, horses are good"

Aoifey!

Wouldn't bother me at all. I guess maybe if it was used as an insult, but it'd be a pretty shite insult.

Jesus Wept

hondasam wrote: »

Thanks should we hug now

Complicated handshake + fist bumb.

OPENROAD

Mahou wrote: »

In a bar in Heathrow airport with horse racing on years ago. Got chatting to a Londoner and he says "You Paddies are great jockeys"
My brain wobbled on hearing this and I said "Yes, horses are good"

Funny have never experienced that myself in London. The only time I have got it was from an American.

southsiderosie

OPENROAD wrote: »

What about calling Americans "Yanks" ?

Not the same. That word may be used in a pejorative way, but there is not a history of repression and power imbalance behind it.

Excedion

Eh paddy isnt one that annoys me no. I find it hilarious when people take the piss of the misconceptions, one rpg game i played had ireland in it and everyone was a leprechaun called patrick. it was just so hilariously ridiculuous when they tell you to go talk to patrick...

Anyway no. The only thing that annoys me a bit is the whole shock and awe thing american tourists have when i dont wear an aran sweater and live in a thatched roof cottage

hondasam

The-Rigger wrote: »

Complicated handshake + fist bumb.

Done

TaraFoxglove

Kojak wrote: »

It wouldn't really bother me, tbh.

sure most of the time, irish people say "paddy's day" for the 17th of march.

Paddy is short for Patrick.

I only recently found out that 'Mick' was/is a derogatory term for Irish people used by Americans.

major bill

TaraFoxglove wrote: »

Paddy is short for Patrick.

I only recently found out that 'Mick' was/is a derogatory term for Irish people used by Americans.

Its used in Britain aswell!!!