Spelling Preference - St Paddy's Day or St Patty's Day?

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frogboxer

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Aside from writing "Saint Patrick's Day" or "St Patrick's Day", which is truly the correct way to spell the shortened form? Is it 'St Paddy's Day" or "St Patty's Day"?

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The Irish sometimes call it "St Paddy's Day" (or sometimes just "Paddy's Day"). I have certainly never heard anyone refer to it using "Patty". That's not a contraction of Patrick. It's a contraction of Patricia, and therefore a woman's name.
 
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