Paddy, not Patty (just in time)

[OC Richard]

Just in time for St Patrick's Day

http://paddynotpatty.com/

It's one of those ongoing pet peeves, like people spelling plural's with apostrophe's

[Chas]

Hear, Hear!

Regards

Chas

[Dangerdean]

The Twitter feed @paddynotpatty can be pretty amusing as well.

[Woodsman]

Just when Penn State's St. Patty's Day 2013 is making the news. If they only knew.

[faithwalker]

Twas my grandmother who called me Paddy, truely made me upset to be called "that other name"!

[McElmurry]

From Wickedpedia

Saint Patty is the twin sister of the better known Saint Paddy. She was instrumental in eradicating snakes from Ireland as she fortified her brother's strength during the ordeal with smoothies concocted from shamrock leaves and peppermint. This effort earned her the moniker of Peppermint Patty. A very famous battle was fought on their shared feast day in which a king motivated his troops by shouting "the fewer men, the greater share of beer". This line can still be heard on several continents during their feast day although the origin has long been forgotten. Saint Patty was removed from the liturgical calendar as a result of Vatican II reforms because there was insufficient proof that she had ever existed. However, her legend has remained surprisingly resilient and her name is often interchanged with that of her more famous brother.



(Turns out there actually is a Saint Patricia who's feast day is August 25th)

[O'Callaghan]

From Wickedpedia

Saint Patty is the twin sister of the better known Saint Paddy. She was instrumental in eradicating snakes from Ireland as she fortified her brother's strength during the ordeal with smoothies concocted from shamrock leaves and peppermint. This effort earned her the moniker of Peppermint Patty. A very famous battle was fought on their shared feast day in which a king motivated his troops by shouting "the fewer men, the greater share of beer". This line can still be heard on several continents during their feast day although the origin has long been forgotten. Saint Patty was removed from the liturgical calendar as a result of Vatican II reforms because there was insufficient proof that she had ever existed. However, her legend has remained surprisingly resilient and her name is often interchanged with that of her more famous brother.



(Turns out there actually is a Saint Patricia who's feast day is August 5th)

There's the answer then. If someone mentions St Patty's Day just tell them "No, that's on August 5th, March 17th is St Paddy's Day". If nothing else it'll be a good craic, whilst leaving them totally confused!

[GMan]

Just in time for St Patrick's Day

http://paddynotpatty.com/

It's one of those ongoing pet peeves, like people spelling plural's with apostrophe's

I agree 100% It gets me going too.

[OC Richard]

So to our friends here who live in English-speaking countries other than the USA, is this "St Patty's Day" thing just a USA thing? (I realize that we make a bigger deal of St Patrick's Day than other places, probably.)

What's interesting to me is that some of the head-scratching mutations of Irish culture, which I thought were unique to the USA, sometimes appear in other countries.

A pet peeve is Americans of Irish ancestry using a four-leaf clover to represent Ireland rather than the shamrock. I see it nearly every day, on signs, on the sides of commercial vehicles, on business cards, on sports teams' logos, even in breakfast cereal. But there it is, in Scotland, as the logo of Glasgow Celtic.

[neloon]

Never even heard "St. Paddy" in Scotland. I believe that, in the UK, all four patron saints' days are always formally referred to as St. Andrew's Day, St. David's Day, St. George's Day and St. Patrick's Day.

Incidentally, never heard of "Patty" as a pet-name for Patricia either. The normal here is "Pat", "Tricia" or "Trish".

Alan