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The account I've long heard is that they are called "Paddy Wagons" not because so many drunken Irish hooligans were thrown in them, but because the Irish Invaders took over the police departments in NYC and Boston.
Though this might just be nit-picking because the cops today do seem to have become most all actual niggers.
Is Paddy a derogatory term for Irish in North America? I always thought it was only the Brits called us Paddies but Americans called us Micks. Mick wagon sounds shit though in fairness.
Offhand I dunno if we have a real derogatory term for Irish. I have heard "Mick" used, for example in that cartoon Archer, but it's weird to think of that as a derogatory term when Mick Dundee is the name of the world's unofficial ambassador of Australia. Similarly it's weird to think of Paddy as a derogatory term when we have the unofficial holiday of "Saint Paddy's Day".
Ha yeah well they became nicknames for us because they’re such common names here. St Patrick is obviously our patron saint so there’s always been a lot of Patricks here, and I don’t think I’ve ever known a Patrick who isn’t called Paddy. I think the Mick thing took off in North America cos ye tend to shorten Michael to Mike instead of Mick. I even know Micks from Ireland that became Mike as soon as they moved stateside. I don’t really find either moniker derogatory or offensive though tbh, and often refer to myself as a Paddy.
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