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Ask HN: Holiday, English or English?

1 points by buzzergfxkjkl 3 years ago · 2 comments · 1 min read

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Should holiday be used in the American English sense or the British English sense?

As a US English speaker, it annoys me when people who sound like me say 'on holiday' (as in "I'm going on holiday"). I think it's a British English pretention and is therefore pretentious.

I don't care if a UK English or Australian/New Zealand English sounding person says it.

Am I the only one who dislikes this?

slater 3 years ago

https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/facebook/000/582/861/e26...

mattl 3 years ago

As long as nobody says holibobs I’m okay with anything else.

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