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I think Patrick is really handsome. It wasn't a popular name in my area I guess, because I've never met one. So it's familiar yet exotic to me, a nice combo.
Paddy and Pat is like the female Patty/Pattie; at first it feels silly and even a little unfortunate. But I can't deny they all have a lot of vintage warmth and personality. I could probably grow to love them. I like Pat and Paddy more than tired old Rick, that's for sure.
Paddy and Pat is like the female Patty/Pattie; at first it feels silly and even a little unfortunate. But I can't deny they all have a lot of vintage warmth and personality. I could probably grow to love them. I like Pat and Paddy more than tired old Rick, that's for sure.
I got tired of the name Patrick. I guess I just met too many of them. I don't really like the nickname Pat, but it's alright! No worse than Bob.
Maybe I just don't generally like masculine P names very much.
Paddy seems like a no-no; there's something condescending about it. It's a name suited for a cat or teddy bear. Mick is alright where I live but not Paddy.
Maybe I just don't generally like masculine P names very much.
Paddy seems like a no-no; there's something condescending about it. It's a name suited for a cat or teddy bear. Mick is alright where I live but not Paddy.
Paddy is terrible, Pat is ok, maybe it’s better if Patrick stays Patrick.
Patrick would be a lovely name, if only it could stay Patrick. But Pat is inevitable, and unfortunate. I've never known a Paddy, which is fine by me; maybe Ireland is full of them? Or, I imagine that in most US accents, Patty and Paddy would sound much the same - am I right? Where I am, Pat is unisex and Patty is girls only.
I always did like Patrick, but more as a mn.
I'm not wild about Pat, but it is okay. The main trouble is it is so unisex it's a cliche. Back in the 1990s, Julia Sweeney had a character on Saturday Night Live named Pat and the joke was nobody could be sure if Pat was a Patricia or a Patrick. It was funny the first couple of times, but that was the whole point of the character and it got old fast. Julia would be in bad trouble if she tried Pat today, I'm afraid.
Paddy is a no-no unless you're so Irish you have shamrocks growing on your face. It's very much a cliche as well.
I'm not wild about Pat, but it is okay. The main trouble is it is so unisex it's a cliche. Back in the 1990s, Julia Sweeney had a character on Saturday Night Live named Pat and the joke was nobody could be sure if Pat was a Patricia or a Patrick. It was funny the first couple of times, but that was the whole point of the character and it got old fast. Julia would be in bad trouble if she tried Pat today, I'm afraid.
Paddy is a no-no unless you're so Irish you have shamrocks growing on your face. It's very much a cliche as well.
I still think "It's Pat" is funny. I think it wasn't mean. The joke was really at the expense of the people around Pat, and on the audience, who were the only ones suffering from confusion. Pat was fine! But you are probably right, nobody on SNL would try it today.
I didn't think it was mean ...
And I still don't, actually.
Part of the problem was that Pat wasn't just unaware of the trouble people were having trying to figure her out, she was really dense all around, and a lot of the humor was helped along by her denseness. If I recall, she had some rather off-putting mannerisms as well, as in, off-putting for someone of either sex.
And I still don't, actually.
Part of the problem was that Pat wasn't just unaware of the trouble people were having trying to figure her out, she was really dense all around, and a lot of the humor was helped along by her denseness. If I recall, she had some rather off-putting mannerisms as well, as in, off-putting for someone of either sex.
If I had to use one I'd pick Rick, I think. Pat is all right but it feels like a grown man's name. Hard to picture a little Pat of either sex. The way it's hard for me to picture a little Bob or Bill or Tom.
I like Patrick a lot. I like Pat and Paddy only as nicknames for Patrick.