In the UK, if you take a vacation (the US term), you call it Holiday. What do you call it when you?

April 5th, 2010

mark asked:


get a day off for Christmas, Easter or some other National day off of work?

Gail

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6 Comments

  1. Peyton April 8th, 2010

    Lisa

    Day off.

    If you’re off work/school for a while you would call it a holiday.

    National holidays are referred to as bank holidays.

  2. Shanina April 9th, 2010

    JOHN

    Christmas, Easter etc are called BANK HOLIDAYS.

    The term ‘Vacation’ is NOT recognised in parts of England.

  3. Jessica April 9th, 2010

    ANGEL

    you call it either a day off; a day off for Christmas / Easter / etc or if it is longer than a day I call it the Christmas holiday, the Easter holiday etc national days off work or as we call them in the UK ‘Bank Holidays’ are just called Bank Holidays

  4. Christina April 11th, 2010

    Robert

    Vacation time is called ‘holiday’ or ‘annual leave’ (business use,more formal)

    National holidays etc are known as Bank Holidays.
    Some companies now also refer to bank holidays as ‘statutory holidays’.

  5. Christopher April 12th, 2010

    Treatment for Panic Attacks

    I say i’m off work for the holiday season, whether it be Christmas, Easter or New Year.

  6. Santos April 14th, 2010

    ELIZABETH

    We see this question on a regular basis. Holiday – originally Holy Day. Vacation = to leave empty.

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