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01cite10Seaside12cite10Hi!12br
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10How should I say in the british english language : "Happy frienship day" or "Happy friendship's day"12br
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0if we say "happy friendship day" why do we have to say "happy valentine's day"02br
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0There is no official Friendship Day celebrated in the UK - the situation may differ in the US where there are a number of card-giving celebrations (Grandparents' Day, Secretaries' Day) which are recent traditions, and not international.02br
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00Valentine's Day is the traditional Feast Day of St Valentine = St Valentine's Day. The romantic celebration has nothing to do wi

0 I've never heard of such a day. Wow. Must be a Hallmark invention. 0-

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01cite10Anonymous12cite10if we say "happy friendship day" why do we have to say "happy valentine's day"12br
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10Valentine's Day is named after the Saint Valentine, so we have to use "'s", friend is just a noun, so no need to put"'s"0-

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00Names of days are often, maybe usually, idiomatic. I wouldn't look for some universal and rational rule.02br
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00I hear some people say 01font00Valentine's Day 00and others say00 Valentine Day.02font02br
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00As regards special days in general, the 2007 calendar I was

0This American has never heard of anything called "Friendship Day" either.0-

0"St Valentine's Day" is traditionally the day on which birds begin to mate. 02br
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00(Though not many of them waited this year, from what I could see.)02br
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00PS: presumably the "Valentine" in "Valentine Day" should be taken as an attributive noun (the Valentine(s) you might expect to send or receive).0-