Pet peeve

It's St. Patrick's Day, St. Paddy's Day, or if you're feeling really hurried, St. Pat's.

It is not, under any circumstances, St. Patty's Day.

St. Patty's Day would be an ideal name for the day in which one celebrated the life and times of a freckled character from Peanuts. It would be an ideal name for the day in which one celebrated the sacrosanct gift from God that is the beef burger. It would be an ideal day for engaging in "patty-cake".

It is not, however, an appropriate name for the Saint's feast day co-opted by attention-starved Irish Americans and the alcohol industry that we engage in today.