Quote Originally Posted by fluter View Post
Oops! Let me think about that one.

Do you know what bugs me? "Patty." fergoshsakes, y'all, his name is not Patricia.

In the bosom of the extended family, I don't have a problem with Paddy as a familiar form of Patrick. The hard part is discerning the thought behind it, so I will have to continue to think about this one.

For example, if McNulty calls me "Jock," I'm cool. If it comes from a drunken eedjit in a green plastic bowler, then he might just have a problem.


"... Jesus answered, 'Right then, Jimmy, jist you dae the same!'"
Technically, Paddy is Anglicised from Páidí, a pet form of Pádraig. Pádraig is the Irish form of the Latin name Patricius, while Patrick is the English form.