As a child, the paddy field was my playground.
Scots are Jocks,WelshmenTaffies, and Irishmen Paddies or Micks but?it is noticeable there is no similar designation for the English.
If any Englishman said he has never called a Chinaman a chink he is lying. There is nothing bad about doing that. It is like calling the British Brits, or the Irish Paddies.
Paddy Chayefksy was writing and it was a time where everybody was happy to be there [on TV].
Irish as a Paddy's pig.