I didn't know this until last year. So for 26 years I said St.Patty's Day, not St. Paddy's day. I discovered this because I am Facebook friends with a very intelligent girl that I went to college with. We were just acquaintances, but she was super smart (and now she's a history professor). She had something about "St. Paddy's Day" in her Facebook status and I thought, "What an idiot! I can't believe she spelled it that way!" Well, I did some Googling and it turns out I'm the idiot! Did you know it's actually "St. Paddy's Day"??
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I didn't know!
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No idea! Right there with you - totally thought people who wrote "Paddy" were idiots!
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Wow. Interesting!
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But isn't it short for Patrick? How do you get paddy instead of paddy from that?
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I did know this
Growing up, we had a very good family friend who was an Irish priest named Patrick (Paddy). He made it clear that it was Paddy, not Patty.
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I just learned this last year too, from Facebook.
Is it bad that I still type Patty even though I know better? Haha
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@littlebug: I feel like if I write Paddy now people will think I am an idiot! So I probably just won't write anything!
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@lawbee11: I know! Maybe I'll just attach that link every time!
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