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selowitch · Jun 1, 2005, 06:16 PM

Anybody know?

ManOfSteal · Jun 1, 2005, 06:20 PM

Most definitely "Father's Day"...

selowitch · Jun 1, 2005, 06:22 PM

So it's only for one father instead of more than one? It sure seems like a holiday for all the dads, so I can't see how it could be singular. What's your evidence?

ManOfSteal · Jun 1, 2005, 06:24 PM

Originally Posted by selowitch

So it's only for one father instead of more than one? It sure seems like a holiday for all the dads, so I can't see how it could be singular. What's your evidence?

iCal doesn't lie...

selowitch · Jun 1, 2005, 06:26 PM

Sorry, I need historical or linguistic/grammatical proof. Apple Computer's iCal files are hardly the arbiters for such things — they're chock-full of errors.

ManOfSteal · Jun 1, 2005, 06:30 PM

Originally Posted by selowitch

Sorry, I need historical or linguistic/grammatical proof. Apple Computer's iCal files are hardly the arbiters for such things — they're chock-full of errors.

Google Fight.

selowitch · Jun 1, 2005, 06:32 PM

Interesting, but hardly convincing. "Fathers' Day" won the Google fight, but I'm still not sure that's right.

ManOfSteal · Jun 1, 2005, 06:34 PM

Originally Posted by selowitch

Interesting, but hardly convincing. "Fathers' Day" won the Google fight, but I'm still not sure that's right.

Haha, you aren't going to find a "correct" answer. Plus, if you read it on the Internet, is it automatically true? Go to Hallmark and see what the majority of the cards read...

"Father's Day"

Dale Sorel · Jun 1, 2005, 06:37 PM

Originally Posted by ManOfSteal

Haha, you aren't going to find a "correct" answer. Plus, if you read it on the Internet, is it automatically true?

Some people's kids

nforcer · Jun 1, 2005, 06:44 PM

Fahthaz" Dizzay

awaspaas · Jun 1, 2005, 07:39 PM

Or is it just Fathers Day, a day celebrating fathers? This was a big deal in Minneapolis when the University of Minnesota had to decide whether to name a particular walkway the Scholars' Walk or the Scholars Walk - Scholars Walk ended up winning, mostly because they didn't want the apostrophe on signs or something arbitrary like that.

residentEvil · Jun 1, 2005, 08:28 PM

Father's Day

Said person is celebrating their father. It is their day. So when you write it to your dad, that is the correct use.

Fathers' Day Event/Weekend/Etc

Said persons are celebrating an event that is holding some special recognition to all fathers in attendance.

Same works for Mother's Day.

JHromadka · Jun 1, 2005, 09:35 PM

Originally Posted by selowitch

So it's only for one father instead of more than one? It sure seems like a holiday for all the dads, so I can't see how it could be singular. What's your evidence?

How many fathers do you have?

invisibleX · Jun 1, 2005, 09:57 PM

I believe "Fathers Day" is correct. The usage isn't possessive because it is not your Father's day, or all Fathers' day, because its the name of a day. Same reason it's capitalized.

Ω · Jun 1, 2005, 10:32 PM

Are we going to have an "its" vs "it's" argument like the AI nerds are having at the moment?

ManOfSteal · Jun 1, 2005, 10:47 PM

goricky or gorickey?

I forget.

Ω · Jun 1, 2005, 11:20 PM

Originally Posted by ManOfSteal

goricky or gorickey?

I forget.

psst! Looks' in you're signita.