Talk:Boss's Day/Archives/2016

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Wouldn't "Boss' Day" be more appropriate?
 * Probably not, as it is primarily an American holiday, and they spell it like that. --204.52.215.27 15:17, 16 October 2007 (UTC)
 * *they* do? No, *we* don't. Only idiots spell it like that. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.205.179.220 (talk) 14:20, 16 October 2013 (UTC)
 * Sadly, we do. It's not really correct or necessary to add the final "s."  This is an uphill battle I fight with friends and the occasional coworker.
 * *sigh*
 * Hey, Mom was an English teacher; what can I say?
 * * Septegram * Talk * Contributions * 16:30, 16 October 2008 (UTC)

"Boss's" is correct. The standard rule in English (both British and American as far as I know) is in fact to add "'s" to words ending in "s". Exceptions are made for some proper names, especially if the "'s" would result in more than two "s" sounds. Thus, we do write "boss's", and "waitress's", and "Charles's", but not "Jesus's". — Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.108.14.248 (talk) 03:23, 5 February 2014 (UTC)


 * On my calendar, it lists it as "Bosses' Day".Zhinz 21:06, 16 October 2007 (UTC)


 * Wikipedia has 1.3 million entries for "Boss's Day" and 741,000 for "Bosses Day" (usually without the '. I am going to note that as an alternate name in the article.Zhinz 21:08, 16 October 2007 (UTC)


 * I've decided to be bold and change the title to Boss' Day, with Boss's Day as an alternate spelling. This is to ensure proper grammar is used throughout. Crisco 1492 (talk) 06:01, 22 December 2010 (UTC)

This entry is incorrect. State Farm Insurance is located in Bloomington, IL. Allstate is headquartered in Deerfield. 71.201.170.158 (talk) 02:23, 1 June 2008 (UTC)

I was wondering this as well. Busy Moose (talk) 12:59, 28 September 2014 (UTC)
 * My issue is that both Boss' and Boss's is used throughout the article, pick one form and stick with it throughout the article. felinoel (talk) 22:02, 14 October 2014 (UTC)

I just removed a section of the article: Somebody had published a blog post encouraging people to bring toast into the office, edited the Wikipedia article to herald "Toast Day" as a new counter-Boss Day movement, and linked to their own blog post as a reference (the ip address of the blog post author and the article editor matched up). Just another reminder to be wary that just because something has cited a reference doesn't mean it's factual or relevant. 38.110.199.182 (talk) 19:51, 17 October 2016 (UTC)