Re: OT-ish: txt - Could it replace Standard Written English?

[gArTwal@srot]
Subject: Re: OT-ish: txt - Could it replace Standard Written English?
> Yes, but Americans are much more inclined to use the word "vacation"
> instead of "holiday" for that concept. In the USA, IME, "holiday"
> usually refers to religious holidays rather than any time away from work
> or school that isn't just a weekend.
Not just any amount of time.  In my experiance it must be at least a week
to be called just "vacation."  Shorter than a week but longer than a day
gets
a time modifier (like "three-day vacation"), while a single free day is just
"the
day off."  I'm sure this varies regionally.  (I'm from new Jersy in NE US).

Jake

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