Re: meaning of "holiday" in Canada

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1 total messages Started by Andrea Matthews Wed, 20 Jan 1999 00:00

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Author: Andrea Matthews
Date: Wed, 20 Jan 1999 00:00

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Hi everybody-

"Does "holiday" mean "vacation" in Canadian English (as it does in British
English), or does it mean "one special day" as it does in the USA?"

I'm a native speaker from the West Coast of Canada (usage may be regional)
and I tend to use "holiday(s)" more frequently than "vacation" when talking
about a break longer than one day, for example: summer holidays (break from
school),  "being/going on holiday" (annual break from work).  Often we use
the term "stat" or "stat holiday" (short for statutory) to talk about those
all-too-infrequent one-off "special days" that allow us a day off with pay.


Andrea Matthews, EAP Instructor
lucand@DIRECT.CA
Langara College
Vancouver, BC Canada

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