Talk:National Patriotes Day

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I've tried to clean this article up a bit, and make it more understandable for non-Canadians, but I may have got a fact or two wrong. Please edit if I have. Kevintoronto 17:06, 28 Feb 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Name of the article.

Wouldn't the French name be more appropriate? As far as I know, Anglos are free to call it Victoria Day otherwise. Unless someone can reference official government documents calling it National Patriotes Day in English, this title just sounds wrong.--Boffob 15:19, 14 May 2007 (UTC)

It would have to be "patriots" without the "e". elpincha 15:58, 14 May 2007 (UTC)

I don't think so. These are not any "patriots", they are the "Patriotes" (with a capital P) of the 1837-1838 rebellion. Just like the Montreal Canadiens are not the Montreal "canadians". It's a proper team/troop name of some sort. Anyway, I have yet to find a decent link on the matter (the only non-wiki page I could find was bonjourquebec.com, which translated it to both Patriots' National Day and Patriotes' Day on the same page).--Boffob 19:36, 14 May 2007 (UTC)

If it's a proper name then by all means use the "e", but is that the more common usage when in English? IIRC it's not... but I could be wrong. elpincha 04:22, 15 May 2007 (UTC)