Paddy's Paddy's Paddy's! Not fucking 'Patty's'!

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Argh!! And while we're at it, no I'm not wearing all green and covered in fucking shamrocks because I'm English and Welsh. I'm not fucking Irish. Neither are you in the slightest so why is this the second biggest holiday after fucking Christmas over here (in the States)?

Don't get me wrong, I love Ireland, the Irish and will have a glass of the black and totally get a lot of Americans (especially in the New England area) have Irish heritage but fucking hell, they go more overboard here than they do in sodding Ireland.

The stores have been full of related tat for the last two weeks!

I know of 6 people having parties today, not a one of them has a stitch of Irish in them. If I hear or see St Patty's one more time I'm going to flip. If you're going to celebrate it like it's your national holiday then at least get the name right.

Fully aware that I have the WORST pmt today and am happy to have my arse handed to me for being a miserable shit.

I used to quite fancy Packie Bonner, but I was kind of that he was called (what I thought was) 'Paki'!

I'm still reeling from the fact the OP called my country 'sodding'

She wasn't being insulting towards Ireland when she said that, it was towards the people she is referring to in her OP.

But I think you know that really don't you.

I used to fancy him too. I was about 10 at the time. Ah Italia 90

Rocky I think he’s known as Pat when he is a pundit on U.K. telly (for that reason)

He played for Celtic as well Sister

Italian 90 was the best!!!

Give It A Lash Jack!

Italia

Sorry nose!

Never never never say no! Ireland, Ireland Republic of Ireland, rev it up and here we go.

For those asking:
Paddy as an abbreviation for Patrick/Padraig and for St Patrick's Day, absolutely fine and normal.
Paddy as a derogatory term for an Irish person, throwing a paddy etc - very much not ok.

I was in Boston for Paddy's day a few years ago. The parade was a bit crazy - maybe 5% Irish. Mind you, our parades always had American cheerleaders, so maybe that's to be expected. At one point we were standing near a bunch of American guys who started chanting "USA! USA!" when some military people passed in the parade. It was quite uncomfortable. We ended up being dragged to a party in a stranger's house as the token trophy Irish people.

I get the love abroad for St. Patrick’s day. Ireland has a population of 6.5 million yet it is estimated about 80 million people identify as Irish thoughout the world.

Two million Irish left during the famine. It was leave or die. They left their home and most never saw their family again. Today there is a huge percentage of the population in the US with some part of Irish in them.
People around the world recognise, identify or sympathise with the Irish struggle. Hence the celebrations.

www.facebook.com/theirishtownhouse/videos/1721060224620997/

I love that the Americans celebrate it more than the Irish.
I love the fact that you can be in the middle of Laos or Cambodia and they'll have a celebration, however minor. Makes me proud (even though I'm theoretically from Denmark
The Patty's thing is somewhat annoying but as a pp said, it's purely because Paddy and Patty sound more similar in an American accent than an Irish or British one so they adopted the latter. There are more important things to get annoyed about. Most people in Ireland are just happy to have the day off work.

DGRossetti
No its Patrick cause hes Welsh

Born in Scotland apparently...

www.google.co.uk/amp/s/www.walesonline.co.uk/whats-on/whats-on-news/st-patricks-day-13-facts-8754057.amp

Would be Padrig in Welsh.

How do the Irish feel about “Paddy’s Day”? As a Welsh person I don’t think I’d like St David’s day becoming “Dai’s day” or “Taffy’s day”.

I suppose your thinking is coloured by Paddy also being used as a derogatory term for Irish people, but Paddy is a widely-used diminutive form of Patrick/Pádraig.

Welsh-speakers mostly refer to St David's Day as Dydd Gŵyl Dewi, with Dewi being a diminutive form of Dafydd/David, so it's not that different really.

Patrick’s.

OP are you on holiday there or living in the states?

You can't have been there that long as it's always been called St Patty's there. They're not wrong, just different and I know you've got PMT but you cannot expect people to change what they call it just because you grew up calling it something different.

Also, Christmas is not the biggest holiday in the states, Thanksgiving is. You don't seem very familiar with American culture.

Paddys day

I don’t mind Paddy in that context. The American’s certainly don’t use it as a racist term. Some Irish also call it Paddy’s day.

The racist term Paddy is only used by English people. The English don’t celebrate St. Patrick’s so the term is not linked.

I was brought up by my Irish dad to be told - stop having a paddy/she's having a paddy. I've used it with my own kids - does that make me an ignoramus?

The English very much celebrate St Patricks’s day In the North West of England. Not sure about anywhere else. They call it Paddy’s day too. Which was why I asked the question.

I think it brings joy to lots of people, brings tourism to us here as well so who gives a shit really? There are worse things happening in the world

Plenty of English people celebrate St Patricks day! There are, after all, lots of English people who are desecended from Irish immigrants!

Isn't it just students who celebrate it in England? As a theme to get pissed. I'd say reason but they don't need one.

I've always found Americans who cling to their Irish roots quite cringeworthy to be honest. It's 4 generations ago, they've never visited the country and they still declare they're Irish. It's just because they think it makes them sound interesting surely. I don't think they would be calling themselves Canadian because their great grandfather was.

I've always found Americans who cling to their Irish roots quite cringeworthy to be honest. It's 4 generations ago, they've never visited the country and they still declare they're Irish.

1. “it’s” certainly not just 4 generations ago. Are you under the impression that the only time Irish people emigrated to America was during the famine?

2. America is an incredibly young country. Something that happened 4 generations ago in England may be a dot on the map of history but for America it’s a huge part of their history.