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Originally Posted by MaRuDolph
Asking hubby he has seen it spelled as Patty usually but it's probably because we only use Pat for Patrick for short. A lot of weird things happen to names here when they get Americanized. Our last name is German-based but spelled differently. Even the pronounciation is Americanized. Same with my maiden name which is Irish.
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It's definitely something that really annoys Irish people when Americans call it St Patty's day. Yeah Patrick is sometimes Pat for short never Patty though and never St Pat's Day
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