03-17-2010, 02:29 PM
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Pixie's Resident Reptile
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Join Date: Jul 2002
Location: Central MD, USA
Posts: 21,184
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Originally Posted by Neige
Why is it that you Anglos shorten Saint Valentine's Day to Valentine's Day, but Saint Patrick's Day obviously remains a saint's day?
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Well, when I've heard it shortened, the usual form is St Patty's Day. YMMV.
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Originally Posted by Neige
This is all the more confusing to me since St. Patrick's Day celebration are far more pagan than Saint Valentine's Day celebrations, wouldn't you say?
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Not at all...how so?
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