Grappling for inspiration for tonight’s post, what should appear on Twitter in a puff of internet magic but the following post from my friends at Upper Street? We did the interview ages ago but I had no idea it was going to be put out now, in time for Mothering Sunday. To tell the truth, I’d more or less forgotten about it but there we are, next to HBC herself. I should mention here that Upper Street chucked me a couple of shoe vouchers but I’m so financially embarrassed at present that I haven’t used them.
I must admit that I’m cringing a bit. Did I really say all those really embarrassing things? Do I really, really, own over 60 pairs of shoes? Perhaps I am an entitled old bat after all.
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Incidentally, the perennial Mothering Sunday apostrophe question is predictably coming to the fore, in my mind at least.
You’ll see above that Upper Street choose “Mother’s Day” with the emphasis on one mother, and not all of them. Personally, if I use it at all, I favour Mothers’ Day: one day for all mothers, with a nod to the fact that some people have more than one mother.
Waitrose choose to fudge the issue with the following typography:
That indecisive apostrophe could be anywhere. Or at least it seemed that way to me this morning. Now, I must admit, I’m not so sure.
I don’t know why people don’t just use Mothering Sunday and be done with it.
Mothering Sunday sounds a bit odd though, doesn’t it? What exactly is Mothering? Anyhow, that interview was really good and nothing for you to cringe over. As for the quantity of shoes, I can guarantee that you are pretty average if not a little on the low side, as I have seen friends and relatives with many, many more than 50 pairs.
For me it is Mothering Sunday, always.
Mothers’ Day or Mother’s Day is an Americanism. However it is getting harder and harder to find Mothering Sunday cards 🙁
Mothering Sunday is a Christian festival in which we remember all mothers and also how the Church nurtures and cares for us like a mother. Historically it was also a holiday when servants were given time off to go and visit their mother after Church. The tradition of posies being given out in church for people to take home to their mother persists in most churches today.
Yes, Sarah. This is my preference too. Anyway, “Mother’s Day” or “Mothers’ Day” is more likely to be celebrated in ex-colonies in May, is it not?
I favour Mother’s Day. Mothering Sunday sounds too American for me!