Thursday, February 21

"Penn State town limits booze on St. Patty's Day"

Another lousy headline, this one from yahoo news;
a common error, but the wrong word nonetheless:

Folks, it's St. Patrick's Day -- or St. Paddy's Day, for short.
Now, if you're a hardcore femme, and celebrating St. Patricia's Day on March 17, well o.k. then...

but if you're just too lazy to bother getting it right...
then off to the paddy wagon* with you.

 (You see how these seemingly little word things relate?  Can we just take a bit more care out there, please?  Words do matter, and distinctions indeed can save/cost a life...)

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* the "patty wagon" sounds like a Schwan's truck somewhere out there, hawking peppermint mints.