A Small Request

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Can we all please STOP referring to this place as “Carmody’s”? The name of the bar is Carmody. Singular. Or, alternatively, Carmody Irish Pub.

It does not belong to a person named Carmody. Look at the sign. There is no apostrophe. There is no “S.”

Carmody. Plain and simple.

Anything else sounds, well, kind of stupid.

28 Comments

  1. Calk on April 10, 2009 at 5:28 am

    You’ve got to be kidding me. The fact everyone calls it Carmody’s bugs you? By the way, we went there Sunday for drinks, and got talked into participating in their Sunday night Irish pub quiz — and we won! It helped that there were a lot of questions about U.S. presidents and my husband teaches American history at UWS. It was a total blast.

  2. Chester Dark on April 10, 2009 at 6:31 am

    Wow … make’s me apprehensive to go there lest I offend the sensitive folk’s and their pint’s o’stout’s.

  3. Beamish Smithwicks on April 10, 2009 at 6:12 am

    I thought it was called O’Naughtagin’s.

  4. mevdev on April 10, 2009 at 7:09 am

    Can I call R.T. Quinlan’s just R.T’s?

  5. ben boylan on April 10, 2009 at 8:45 am

    neither, just R. T.

  6. hbh1 on April 10, 2009 at 8:47 am

    The real answer?

    No.

  7. kyanize on April 10, 2009 at 9:42 am

  8. Sjixxxy on April 10, 2009 at 9:53 am

    Thank you Barrett. I’ve been meaning to make this exact post since about the day Carmody opened.

  9. Jibbers on April 10, 2009 at 9:55 am

    Carmody is a surname of Irish origin. If there was a bar called Johnson Swedish Pub I certainly wouldn’t ask someone to meet me at Johnson. Id be all like “Hey lets got to Johnson’s and grab a Spendrups!”

  10. edgeways on April 10, 2009 at 11:18 am

    heh, now I know how to idly push a few people’s buttons.

  11. dbrewing on April 10, 2009 at 11:51 am

    It’s hard to care will the place used to have ( for over a year) table tents that referred to it as Carmondy’s. I believe they where made by Superior Beverage—-Budweiser.

  12. ms dean on April 10, 2009 at 2:03 pm

    I’m with Barrett on this one. Edgeways, if you really want to get under my skin, tell me “I borrowed $5 to my friend so he could get a drink at Carmody’s.”

  13. Calk on April 10, 2009 at 2:14 pm

    Hey can you reach me a bottle of the good stuff behind the bar at Carmody’s?

  14. edgeways on April 10, 2009 at 2:58 pm

    Carmody’s
    Carmody’s
    Carmody’s

    but I am totally with you Ms. Dean about the “I borrowed $5 to my friend…” yeach

  15. Beverly on April 10, 2009 at 8:09 pm

    My 4-year-old calls Burger King “Burger King’s.” This made me think of that.

  16. The Internet on April 11, 2009 at 10:19 am

    Congratulations!

    You’ve won “Best Post and an Ensuing Comment Thread on the Internet Ever!” award.

    Unless you were being ironic and your expressed gripe was intended to initiate the dumbest discussion (w/ people defending) on purpose. If that’s the case…

    Congratulations!

    You’ve won “Greatest Post and an Ensuing Comment Thread on the Internet Ever!” award.

    Keep reaching for the stars.

    Love,
    The Internet’s

  17. dunderhead duluthian on April 13, 2009 at 6:59 am

    Is it annoying that I not only say it with an ‘S’ but also with the most Minnesotan accent a girl can muster?

    I say it kinda like the Target Lady on SNL … Kermodees.

  18. Admackbar on April 13, 2009 at 10:29 am

    Whatever you call it, I’m not paying $5 + $1 tip for a pint of beer in Duluth.

  19. Adrian on April 15, 2009 at 10:48 am

    I have a friend that insists on calling it Carmondies

  20. pH on April 15, 2009 at 12:51 pm

    You know… singular does sound classier than possessive. Consider: Barrett House vs Barrett’s house. OK, maybe I need to lay off the Masterpiece Theater for awhile.

  21. ae on June 28, 2009 at 10:40 pm

    Internet sed…
    Love,
    The Internet’s

    —————-hellarious!

    sorry, barrett, im late to respond but i have an excuse. i never read PDD. i dont even have PDD bookmarked. i forget PDD exists. ..i reckon facebook sent subliminal messages that got me here. or OMG maybe it
    was the UFO’s because i dont remember a thing. except suddenly im reading an article
    on PDD and

    i kept reading and much to my surprise saw this particular post. even more specific i saw the photo on this post topic. i like that photo. and

    how cool is to see a c-pub photo someplace other than myspace or personal photo acct.

    with that said,
    id like to know where this pub photo was stolen from. **you have all the permission you want barrett [to clarify im not flippin out] id hardly want to flip out online. what, with no audience! but plenty of people do flip out online. on farmtown, for godssake. lol.. sigh. i know im the only one who thinks thats funny. no need to respond; doubt i will ever read PDD again.

    i have list of things to do!

    Learn how to protect digital images.
    200 words or less, please
    Photoshop.

  22. Barrett Chase on June 29, 2009 at 1:25 am

    I’ll respond to this anyway since I actually am a big believer that we shouldn’t steal photos. I got this shot from carmodyirishpub.com. The photo is not credited on that site. I didn’t feel bad about taking it since some of my own photos appear (uncredited) on that site, and I saw it as a sort of give-and-take. I realize now that that doesn’t make much sense.

  23. wildgoose on June 29, 2009 at 7:05 am

    Are we all catching the irony here or is it just me?

  24. Eddie Carmody on September 21, 2009 at 8:47 pm

    karma-dee eye-rish-puuub. Oh what the hell, call it what you like and we won’t be offended! Just stay away from the kar-MOOOO-dee

  25. Eddie Carmody on September 21, 2009 at 8:49 pm

    And all this time I thought it was: Oh-Not-Again!

  26. Eddie Carmody on September 21, 2009 at 8:50 pm

    Better that than grabbing your Johnson, eh!

  27. Paul Lundgren on February 26, 2014 at 9:35 am

    You’d at least think the experts at The Growler magazine would get it right.

  28. Ramos on February 27, 2014 at 6:57 pm

    It is high time that Carmody Irish Pub invested in an apostrophe and an S and started calling itself what everyone else calls it. I’m sure there are plenty of Duluth Apostrophe’s that would be happy to find legitimate work.

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