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I'm OK with St Patty's Day

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  • 14-03-2015 4:09pm
    #1
    surpy
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    I think we all should accept it as the new name for the holiday and move on.


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    The_Valeyard
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    surpy wrote: »
    I think we all should accept it as the new name for the holiday and move on.

    No.

    Thank you, now on ya go.


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    Rubberlegs
    Registered Users Posts: 7,073 ✭✭✭Rubberlegs


    Never.


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    Rosie Rant
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    What?! No!! Never ever ever ever! No!


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    TheBrinch
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    surpy wrote: »
    I think we all should accept it as the new name for the holiday and move on.

    Get out.


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    DEFTLEFTHAND
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    I thought it was being renamed O'Greens Day in the States.


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    yellowlabrador
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    I'd rather they moved it to the Summer


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    Slydice
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    I can't really remember anyone saying St Pattys Day before people complaining about others saying it.

    Sometimes it feels more annoying seeing people complain about it than any annoyance anyone seems to have been caused by it.


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    Omackeral
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    In fairness...

    Patrick -> Pat -> Patty

    Patrick -> ??? -> Paddy


    *runs*


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    Duckworth_Luas
    Registered Users Posts: 5,733 ✭✭✭Duckworth_Luas


    To our ears an American saying Paddy or Patty sounds the same.

    Watch an episode of Always Sunny in Philadelphia.


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    super_furry
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    What about Pato? We could have a Pato Banton day.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pSywtiAirKE


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    hfallada
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    Its not just St. Patricks they call Patrick, Patty. Im watching an American TV show and they keep calling Patrick, Patty in it


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    Depraved
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    Should get rid of all these religious holidays completely and just replace them with beer days. Every 2 months, a Friday and the following Monday should be public 'get pissed' holidays.


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    super_furry
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    What about Peppermint Patty? She was a girl.


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    [Deleted User]
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    I hate St Patrick's Day


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    mad muffin
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    For me it always has been, and always will be, Paddy's Day.


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    Mars Bar
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    Omackeral wrote: »
    In fairness...

    Patrick -> Pat -> Patty

    Patrick -> ??? -> Paddy


    *runs*

    Patricia - Patty - Pat

    Patrick (Padraig) - Paddy (Paudi).


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    Sir Osis of Liver.
    Registered Users Posts: 2,793 ✭✭✭Sir Osis of Liver.


    Id rather St.Patsys day.

    Might catch on.


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    endacl
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    mad muffin wrote: »
    For me it always has been, and always will be, Paddy's Day.

    I've never been an American. For me it'll always be March 17th. This year, I shall refer to it as 'next Tuesday'.


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    DEFTLEFTHAND
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    I don't know why people get riled by it, they get patty out of Patrick where we get paddy out of Padraig. I imagine this developed because immigrants didn't use the Irish version of the name over there.


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    Wompa1
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    It's Paddy's Day. I'll correct people over here who say Patty's but I don't get all sh*tty about it. It's not even a holiday here, so the fact they acknowledge it is pretty cool. That goes for the rest of the world too.

    I'm in Arizona and they have more on for the day than we had back in Galway


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    KatW4
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    It just sounds so silly! I'll never accept it.


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    #23
    surpy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 383 ✭✭surpy


    Great to see some sensible people are still out there.

    It's a day to get drunk and be advertised to repeatedly by ATA security.

    A bit of change can be good. Maybe both names can co-exist somehow


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    liz lemoncello
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    Wompa1 wrote: »
    It's Paddy's Day. I'll correct people over here who say Patty's but I don't get all sh*tty about it.

    Can you actually hear the difference in the pronunciation or are you talking about seeing it written?


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    Annasopra
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    http://paddynotpatty.com/

    It was so much easier to blame it on Them. It was bleakly depressing to think that They were Us. If it was Them, then nothing was anyone's fault. If it was us, what did that make Me? After all, I'm one of Us. I must be. I've certainly never thought of myself as one of Them. No one ever thinks of themselves as one of Them. We're always one of Us. It's Them that do the bad things.

    Terry Pratchet



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    Tearin It Up
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    It's Paddy's day

    But why are we discussing this now when Paddy's day isn't for another three more days?

    Except in Atlanta, they are celebrating Paddy's today and have their parade today with Enda Kenny as grand marshall. They do everything arseways over there.


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    Duckworth_Luas
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    Celebrating the day in a secular fashion was started in the USA, so we should acknowledge that by using their naming system.

    St Patty's Day it is.


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    Wompa1
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    liz lemoncello wrote: »
    Can you actually hear the difference in the pronunciation or are you talking about seeing it written?

    Written! You're right, you can't hear the difference when they say it because they pronounce t's differently to us. They don't say them as hard as us


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    mad muffin
    Registered Users Posts: 8,034 ✭✭✭mad muffin


    KatW4 wrote: »
    It just sounds so silly! I'll never accept it.

    Exactly.

    Patty is short for Patricia. Paddy is short for Padrick.


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    Vandango
    Closed Accounts Posts: 604 ✭✭✭Vandango


    surpy wrote: »
    I think we all should accept it as the new name for the holiday and move on.

    No, I think everyone excepts it's time for you to leave.


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    #31
    surpy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 383 ✭✭surpy


    Tearin It Up wrote: »
    But why are we discussing this now when Paddy's day isn't for another three more days?

    Giving out about it is "going viral" so i thought I'd stage this little sit on boards.ie in protest. I'll be here all the way up to the big day supporting all progressive Patty's day fans


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