Is it Paddy or Patty and Does it Matter?

It starts every March and much to the pain of anyone has any Irish blood, we see the Happy St. Patty's day comments coming out. It's cringy at best and insulting at worst. 

I have a thing about names. Names are important. Don't be lazy amd disrespectful and choose not learn someone's name properly....but that's another issue. Let's get back to St. Patrick. 

St. Patrick was the Catholic saint who drove the "snakes" aka Druids out of Ireland (newsflash, they are still there ;) ). In Ireland it has always been a day of mourning as March 17th marks the day of his death. The celebrations are starting to become more US like these days. 

Anyway...his name was Patrick, but in the Irish language the name is actually Padraig.  Thos can be pronounced in a few ways but my family says pore-ack (though sometimes it sounds like pore-ag). 

So the nickname Paddy comes from Padraig not Patrick. Patty is the short name for Patricia. 

So...

Padraig/Patrick = Paddy

Patricia = Patty

It is St. Patrick's day or St. Paddy's Day but NEVER St. Patty's day!

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