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[jean]

(P.S. even though - or probably because - you were in error...

My 'error' was to write that no-one called the Met. Cathedral Paddy's Wigwam when I should probably have said no-one who isn't trying to be 'irreverent' or to 'take a rise out of' the Catholics' ever calls it that.

[weston752]

What adjective would you employ for this, I wonder?


(I think you should know that nobody has referred to the CathedraL as Paddy's Wigwam for many years - if they ever did.)

I'm not sure about that. I went to a lecture on the role of modern art in the life of the church yesterday evening, where 'Paddy's wigwam' was referred to as such!

[jean]

I genuinely never hear the term at all, and I spend quite a lot of time in and around the Cathedral.

But I find that some people really do say it - and some are upset about it, and some are not.

I found this:

http://www.yoliverpool.com/forum/showthread.php?10903-Liver-Buildings-An-Eye-Sore

[amateur51]

It seems that those that do use the name Paddy's/Kelly's Wigwam do so either to be provocative & get a rise out of Catholics or it's irreverent. Simon doesn't do irreverence - it's quite beyond him