Paddy? Why not Patty?

United States
March 15, 2007 10:04pm CST
This is pretty trivial, but I've always wondered why Paddy, the nickname for Patrick, is spelled with "dd" instead of "tt". Is it because Patty is short for Patricia? Pat is usually the same whether it's short for one or the other. Any ideas?
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daedel2006
@daedel2006 (147)
• United States
16 Mar 07
HUH? I always thought it was Patty! I had a friend who went by Pat! Dunno?!?
emeraldisle
@emeraldisle (13138)
• United States
16 Mar 07
That's because it's short for Padrick, the Irish version of Patrick. Patrick is the English version So Paddy is short for Padrick. It confuses a lot of people and you aren't alone in that one.