paddynotpatty.comPaddy, Not Patty | For The Love Of Saint Patrick, Stop Calling It St. Patty's DayListen here: It's Paddy's Day, not Patty's Day. A friendly guide to properly abbreviating St. Patrick's Day, because your Irish friends are tired of crying into their pints.
@toddalstrom Speaking from Ireland at the moment after winning the rugby last night, on the streets they couldn't pronounce Patty or Paddy.
@toddalstrom @TarkabarkaHolgy Very occasionally Patty is a nickname for Patricia in Ireland. I last met a Patty in the late 1960s.
Indeed never for Patrick.
Paddy can be for Patrick or Patricia, but Pat is far more common. But not for St' Patrick's Day.
One of 3 Irish Patron saints and popular since 17th C. due to always being in Lent. Feast beats a Fast. Never actually at Easter.