On Fri, Jan 12, 2018 at 07:38:47PM +0000, Raf Czlonka wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> According to the most[0] prominent[1] websites[2][3][4], there's no
> apostrophe (') in Burns Night.
>
> [0]
> https://www.gov.uk/government/news/uk-government-leads-burns-night-celebrations-around-the-world
> [1] https://www.scotland.org/events/burns-night
> [2] http://www.bbc.co.uk/arts/robertburns/burns_night_running_order.shtml
> [3] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burns_supper
> [4] http://www.robertburns.org/suppers/
>
> Regards,
>
> Raf
>
evening.
it seems both are acceptable. i'm reluctant to change it without any
pressing reason to prefer one over the other.
but do check fortunes for some class...
Burn's Hog Weighing Method:
(1) Get a perfectly symmetrical plank and balance it across a
sawhorse.
(2) Put the hog on one end of the plank.
(3) Pile rocks on the other end until the plank is again
perfectly balanced.
(4) Carefully guess the weight of the rocks.
-- Robert Burns
jmc
> Index: usr.bin/calendar/calendars/calendar.uk
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> RCS file: /cvs/src/usr.bin/calendar/calendars/calendar.uk,v
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> --- usr.bin/calendar/calendars/calendar.uk 14 Jan 2016 20:08:01 -0000
> 1.1
> +++ usr.bin/calendar/calendars/calendar.uk 12 Jan 2018 19:28:40 -0000
> @@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
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> 01/01 New Year's Day
> 01/02 Bank holiday in Scotland
> -01/25 Burns' Night in Scotland
> +01/25 Burns Night in Scotland
> 02/14 Saint Valentine's Day
> 03/01 Saint David's Day in Wales
> 03/17 Saint Patrick's Day (also a bank holiday across Ireland)
