On 2016-01-11, Jason McIntyre <j...@kerhand.co.uk> wrote: > On Mon, Jan 11, 2016 at 08:33:56PM +0000, Raf Czlonka wrote: >> > +04/01 April Fool's Day >> >> This I'm not entirely sure of but both Google and Wikipedia use plural >> possessive - "April Fools' Day". >> > > oxford style manual notes "Fool's" (singular) as being of US in origin, > and "Fools'" as UK. i would probably use "Fools'" myself. > >> > +11/05 Guy Fawkes' Day >> >> If Google search results are anything to go by, then "Guy Fawkes Night" >> might be a bit better as it returns slightly more results. Regardless >> how you call it, however, it's neither possessive, nor plural. >> > > it is possessive. but it may well be more usually written without the > apostrophe. apostrophes often get applied illogically. i can;t say in > this case, since i can;t find anything definitive. personally i would > use an apostrophe. but everyone i know calls it bonfire night.
+1 for bonfire night. It looks like there's a different bonfire night in N.Ireland though. April Fools, solstices and equinoxes aren't just UK.
