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Hi, this is one for the disambiguation experts, the Harry Harrington, or is it Harry Harington? See Levenshtein distance\Levenstein distance. What about slovenly use of language.. Often our sources have an incorrrect spelling, but we think we know better.. Regards Gregorydavid 11:09, 7 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

As Tee-totaller

I removed the following claim, because it is not true:

"Padraig Harrington is a tee-totaller.[1]"

In fact, Harrington does drink occassionally. See the following stories about his famous all-nighter after the Ryder Cup:

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/golf/article2589229.ece

http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2004/sep/13/rydercup2004.rydercup14

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sportacademy/hi/sa/golf/skills/newsid_2279000/2279303.stm

Therefore, the fact is that he drinks alcohol, albeit rarely, and thus not important enough to make. Oconnell usa (talk) 18:36, 20 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Name

I have never seen his name rendered with the fada before, indeed it adds nothing to the article and as far I can tell isn't supportable by anything other the common Gaelic spelling of Padraig. I'll wait for someone with more Irish context before I make any changes, I'm aware of the sensibilities of some on these issues. -MichiganCharms (talk) 15:28, 22 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

That's narrow-minded monoglot nonsense, in all fairness. Maybe you don't live in Ireland? I take it from your reference to "Gaelic spelling" you are either British or American. In other words, you would be in no position to express expertise on this issue. No offence. Every educated person spells Pádraig correctly, as they spell Seán and Ciarán, Siobhán, Sinéad and Aodhán- to name a few more- correctly. For Pádraig, see the front page of this morning's Irish Times: http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/sport/2008/0811/1218232695204.html (indeed the entire website and newspaper consistently spells his name correctly). The fada adds everything in terms of pronounciation. Otherwise it would be 'Pad rayge' or something equally ridiculous. Try pronouncing a French name without the accent and see how silly it is. 86.42.109.173 (talk) 12:34, 11 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Unfortunately in modern Ireland there has been an increasing trend of parents giving their children supposedly Irish names like 'Sinead' or 'Sean' and leaving out the fada for convenience. I suspect this is what happen in 'Pádaigs case. Anyone have any sources to confirm this? Stephen Shaw (talk) 16:10, 22 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

How do you pronounce his first name? PAWD-rig, PADrig, whatever? I don't find the pronunciation guide useful and the US commentators used different versions. Thanks. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 216.189.183.77 (talk) 19:10, 26 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

It's pronounced paw-rig. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Abbeyvet (talk • contribs) 23:46, 10 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

It's pronounced Paw-drig, although in common Irish use the D tends to be silent, thus Paw-rig is how most Irish people would pronounce it. Bh02306069 (talk) 23:48, 10 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Well, I guess it's now pronounced Golf God! Seriously, I was brought up in Ireland and all the pawrigs were called just that. So what's with the wiki pronounciation? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 216.189.162.201 (talk) 01:04, 11 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

  1. ^ BBC SPORT | Fun and Games | Quotes of the Week
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