To hate it being called pancake tuesday

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Just that really, it's shrove Tuesday it is the traditional feast day before the start of Lent on Ash Wednesday. Lent – the 40 days leading up to Easter – was traditionally a time of fasting

I was born in Ireland but was very young when we left lve always know it as shrove tuesday, I'm now going to imbrace pancake tuesday.

It’s Mardi Gras if you’re from New Orleans!

Some people couldn't care less and have no idea about any religious significance, they just want to eat pancakes and toppings.

Pancake day, pancake Tuesday, whatever , it's an excuse to get the family together and eat something different.

Like having fish (and chips) on Friday, Xmas dinner etc.

Me!! I referred to it above but we substituted the name of our headteacher for the Bobby " to see Mr Williams with a big fat cane"

Doesn’t sound like OP has an issue with it being called pancake day, more like the mixing of pancake day and shrove Tuesday to = Pancake Tuesday which I agree with OP is a weird name

It's called skipping day in these parts. We have a very old local tradition of taking our skipping ropes down the sea front and spending the afternoon, well, just skipping. The close the road off and everything. We even used to get the day off school when I was a kid! 😁

It's not a mixing though, it's replacing Shrove with Tuesday, like we've been saying it's the usual name in Ireland and OP is seeing it on Irish TV.

On Irish TV Pancake Day would be a bit weird and Shrove Tuesday overly formal.

Who would have the energy to even care?

As said above , who cares as long as I get pancakes but now I'm finding Pancake Day as opposed to Pancake Tuesday irritating 😆

I’m guessing you’re a big fan of Mrs Brown’s Boys. People in the supermarket buying flour, eggs, and lemons. Hilarity ensues.

@echt I have seen your name before. Are you originally from the great metropolis that your name suggests. The place with the legendary Tandoori? I often wondered…

It clearly is to some people, what's your problem?

I am an atheist so don’t really care what it’s called but it seems that more and more people have no idea about why pancakes are eaten.

It’s a shame not to a knowledge why we have this tradition. I think it makes it more interesting to understand the whys of certain annual events even if you don’t have belief.

I'm a practising Christian, but I would never use the language of "shriving". It makes me think of Romeo and Juliet. I wouldn't see a priest to take confession either. So I think the "shrove" word is very outdated for a lot of people, including religious people. We've always called it pancake day in my family.

I'm afraid that, as a non Christian, I do not mark lent at all. But I do like pancakes and embrace any excuse to make them. I think just keep your lovely Christian traditions at home and don't worry too much about what other people are doing.

We had Shrove Tuesday then Ash Wednesday - in a Christian Family.

Pancake Tuesday in Ireland! As I’m sure many others will have said before me by this point.

I call it pancake day also

Aren’t we done with all of this religious nonsense? It’s so backwards.

Thank you. I did not know this and stand corrected!

Not everyone is religious

Why though? They can eat pancakes on any day.

Pancake Tuesday in our house 🥞

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Its defining characteristics in our house, is that you eat pancakes that day and it's a Tuesday.

So ... no. We'll stick with what we have, thanks.