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To: Olog-hai

Yes i know. What is the spelling of mick as it relates to how people used to relate to irish people?


36 posted on 05/14/2018 7:34:23 PM PDT by stanne
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To: stanne

“Mick” is the correct spelling. I was always told when I was younger by my relatives that it had supplanted “Paddy” (Patrick) due to the upsurge of Irish boys being named Michael (or Irish spelling “Micheál”, pronounced “mee-hall”), resulting in “Mick” becoming pejorative.


40 posted on 05/14/2018 7:37:46 PM PDT by Olog-hai ("No Republican, no matter how liberal, is going to woo a Democratic vote." -- Ronald Reagan, 1960)
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