Monkey's Magical Treehouse of Awesomeness

[MonkeyGirl18]

We're not allowed candles, but for that reason, lol.

People apparently don't know how to make popcorn.

They probably use the popcorn button or something.

[MonkeyGirl18]

I think I overdid it on the green, but, ya know, St. Paddy's Day.

PS: If you say St. Patty's Day, you are going to get pinched no matter if you're wearing green or not. You're saying that St. Patrick was a girl.

Paddy = Patrick
Patty = Patricia

The more you know.

[Ka Lai]

Haha, I think everyone here says Patty and Paddy almost interchangeably, so no one would really do the pinching thing.

[MonkeyGirl18]

I'm still pinching people. =3= hmph. Lol.

[MonkeyGirl18]

So, my head's about to burst. I'm writing a new Hetalia fanfic and I cannot come up with a title.

URGH!

[MonkeyGirl18]

So, hopefully 3,000+ feathers would get me everything plus a little extra in case I want to give people something if they weren't able to afford it, perhaps like my sis or something.

I need this event to start

Been prepping for this moment, lol XD

[MonkeyGirl18]

>.> Patty.

Well, apparently it's now become a pet peeve.

It's Paddy, y'all!

http://paddynotpatty.com/

Proof, teehee.

[MonkeyGirl18]

Quick Irish lesson...

Paddy derives from the Irish name for Patrick, which is Pádraig.

If you say Patty, you're talking about either a Patricia or uncooked hamburger meat.

St. Pat's is absolutely fine, though.

This is why I'm going to pinch people.

Also, 4 leaf clovers aren't actually an Irish thing. Shamrocks are the 3 leaf clovers and have more significance. It's what St. PADDY used to teach the trinity with. Because St. Paddy was the one to convert Ireland into Catholicism. So, yeah. Throw out ye 4 leaf clovers, and pick them 3 leaf clovers.

[Diana]

St. Patrick used shamrocks, a type of clover (white) which regularly grow in threes (hence the name: Trifolium family), not just any kind of clover. (Shamrocks/white clovers have heart shaped leaves, while other breeds of clovers have rounded edges). They're like squares and rectangles. All shamrocks are clovers, not all clovers are shamrocks.

Although the three leaf clover represents the holy trinity, the four leaf clover is used to represent love, luck, faith, and hope; much like the Claddagh, representing faith, trust, and loyalty.

So, since not everyone is religious or christian, it's prefectly acceptable to use whatever number of leaves they'd like. Doesn't make the plant any less native to any area. C:

[MonkeyGirl18]

Yeah, I know that not everyone is Christian, but shamrocks are relevant to St. Patrick and 4 leaf clover are relevant so some whole other thing.

The whole holiday is wrapped around the whole St. Patrick converting the Irish, becoming the Patron Saint of Ireland. If it weren't for that, St. Patrick's Day wouldn't be a thing.


But I wasn't saying that 4 leaf clovers aren't less native, just that 3 leaf clovers are tied to St. Patrick and not 4 leaf clovers.

I messed up my wording when talking about the 4 leaf clover. I just meant that 3 leaf clovers are tied to St. Patrick. Not saying 4 leaf clovers aren't lucky. They just don't have anything to do with St. Patrick.

I know what shamrocks are, though.

[Lime]

I do say "St. Patty" because in English, if you're abbreviating a word, you use the last letter where you "cut" the word, which is "T". So "Patrick" does become "Patty".

I get the argument though, but it's how I prefer it. If people called it St. Pádraig's day, it would be "Paddy" for me, but it's not, since it's St. Patrick's.

But it's either or, really. I've never seen someone say St. Paddy's Day. But yeah! Personal preference I suppose.

[MonkeyGirl18]

Patty just seems really feminine too.

Like how, at least in the Hetalia fandom, Idk if people actually do this, call guys named Matthew Mattie, because that just seems like a girl's name, though it's typically spelt Maddie. Idk.

But don't spell it like that in Ireland...... just saying XD

//I don't live in Ireland but still.

[Ka Lai]

I am largely apathetic to how people say or pronounce it, but the history is interesting. xD

Are you Irish then?

[Bassy]

Yes, we have Irish roots. (we are sisters.) Though I think St. Patricks is Patty because of 'Pat' with a t.

[Sheep]

OKAY BUT. I actually learned more about St. Patrick's Day reading this thread for 3 minutes than I have in my whole life. Which is weird, considering my neighborhood is like... 80% Irish. A lot of people go wild about it, too. Parades and stuff. Everyone here calls it St. Patty's Day though, lol.