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in reply to a message by Mireio
Those seem to have gone out of fashion, and Paddy never was in fashion in the US. Pat is kind of like Bill or Bob to me, you never seem to see it on anybody younger than like, thirty.
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That's interesting, do Patricks in the US usually go by their full name? In the UK I know a teenage Patrick who goes by Paddy and another kid of around 8 years old who is just Paddy. Of course, it still has some connotations here as a ethnic slur to Irish people (my Irish father is called this by his work colleagues!), but I think the younger generations are probably less familiar with that.
Pat is pretty much out of fashion here too and was probably more common on women anyway (as a nn for Patricia). I've also heard of Tricky as a nickname, which is pretty bad, lol.
Pat is pretty much out of fashion here too and was probably more common on women anyway (as a nn for Patricia). I've also heard of Tricky as a nickname, which is pretty bad, lol.
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I live in the US and all the Patricks I've known have gone mainly by Patrick, but called Pat on occasion. This includes guys I went to school with as well as older ones. I don't know any currently kid ones. I've never known one who went by Paddy. I think in the US since Patricia/Patty is so common and Paddy and Patty would sound the same here, males stay away from it.
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Adding my two cents, I've known two Patricks in my life. (I'm in the US.) One was a young man in his early twenties when I knew him, but that was back in the early 90s, so he'd be in his forties now. He was called Patrick with no nickname. The other was an Irishman who'd moved to the US and owned an Irish bar. He was in his thirties when I knew him ten years ago. He also had no nickname--was always called Patrick. No Paddy for this Irishman---at least not here in the US. Maybe he had been called Paddy in Ireland, but since that's not a nickname thought of in the US it didn't take here. I don't know, but that occurred to me as a possibility.
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I've had a few Patrick's in the classes I've subbed for these last few years (they were all between 8 and 17), and they did all go by their full names now that I think about it. Except for one who went by Ricky. I knew 2 Patrick's when I went to school and they both went by their full name as well.
Huh. Come to think of it, I don't think I've ever met an American Pat or Paddy... not even an old one!
Huh. Come to think of it, I don't think I've ever met an American Pat or Paddy... not even an old one!
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Patricks here do seem to go by the full name more often than not. The Pats tend to be older men but who knows when they started going by Pat? Pat and Patty are very common as a nn for Patricia, which you don't see much on young women anyway. I know of only one Patricia that goes by the full name, she's about thirty-five or maybe forty. Most are Pat or Patty with a significant minority using Trish.
I did once know a Patrick, named after his father, (I think the father was called Pat by his family but among his friends, my grandfather being one of them, he was called Stretch, because he was so tall and skinny) anyway, the son Patrick was always called Rick.
Never known a Tricky and I hope I never do.
I did once know a Patrick, named after his father, (I think the father was called Pat by his family but among his friends, my grandfather being one of them, he was called Stretch, because he was so tall and skinny) anyway, the son Patrick was always called Rick.
Never known a Tricky and I hope I never do.
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