Why we call it Indigenous Peoples Day, a thread.
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I feel happy about Indigenous Peoples Day. But also impotent as an unemployed journo, while non-indigenous journos getting the basics wrong.
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Anyway. That's your free thread from me today. Please don't steal it from me like you did our land. Thanks :)
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Indigenous Peoples' Day. The day of all indigenous peoples.
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Like Veterans Day, Peoples is functioning as an adjective, not a possessive. They get to decide this.
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This may be getting too nitpicky, but I’ve been writing “Indigenous Peoples’ Day,” with a plural possessive. Is that also acceptable?
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Maybe Indigenous Peoples' Day, then? You're clarifying that there are many diverse groups, right?
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I was signifying that I'm an idiot who doesn't know where apostrophes go, too. Sincere thank you for the very real teaching!
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Right on. I am a HUGE fan of the Oxford Comma liberally used, and close scrutiny of the subtle messages of punctuation.
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Serious question from a non-native English speaker: Why is it not "indigenous peoples' day", plural genitiv?
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What about "Indigenous Peoples' Day"? Or is plural possessive also wrong?
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Would Indigenous Peoples' Day work?
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Or that you're dyslexic or made a typo.
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