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Ruth Gregory Posts: 3007 Joined: 25th Jul 2007 Location: USA	quotePosted at 03:25 on 27th July 2008 Hi Paul: Hope this finds you well. Missed you the last few days. Why are they called bank holidays?
Paul Hilton Posts: 827 Joined: 21st Nov 2004 Location: United Kingdom	quotePosted at 03:45 on 27th July 2008 Thanks Ruth; have been working but earwigging on the side, so to speak from my CB days. Bank Holidays were when the Bank Of England celebrated various holidays which stopped people trading on those days. The Bank Holiday Act of 1871 made some of them statutory and I think it was the Bank and Financial Dealings Act of 1971 they were last amended when New Years Day finally was made a Bank Holiday. It has no connection with what Bank Holiday means in the US. Hope you've been keeping well too, Ruth.
Ruth Gregory Posts: 3007 Joined: 25th Jul 2007 Location: USA	quotePosted at 04:01 on 27th July 2008 Well, the banks are closed on holidays here, Paul. But our holidays are not connected to Bank and Financial Dealings. Funny how the meaning of a word will change ever so slightly as language migrates. Somehow it seems that the words holiday and vacation are tied to being away from work.
Wolf Posts: 3270 Joined: 9th Jul 2008 Location: Australia	quotePosted at 04:56 on 27th July 2008 Just been reading the posts from all the cuckoo's on here, very interesting. sorry that should read :- about all the cuckoo's ....lol
Lyn G Posts: 5530 Joined: 10th Jun 2004 Location: United Kingdom	quotePosted at 08:41 on 27th July 2008 LOL @ Wolf
Paul Hilton Posts: 827 Joined: 21st Nov 2004 Location: United Kingdom	quotePosted at 10:23 on 27th July 2008 LOL at Wolf too. Ruth---i think holiday comes from Holy Day as a period off work which America translasted into vacation---which possibly comes from vacating---like your place of work? Only a guess on vacations origins.
Lyn G Posts: 5530 Joined: 10th Jun 2004 Location: United Kingdom	quotePosted at 10:26 on 27th July 2008 Google says the meaning of 'vacation' is “freedom from occupation.”.....makes sense
Denzil Tregallion Posts: 1552 Joined: 26th May 2008 Location: United Kingdom	quotePosted at 13:39 on 27th July 2008 freedom from occupation thats what the Iraqis need then
Lyn G Posts: 5530 Joined: 10th Jun 2004 Location: United Kingdom	quotePosted at 15:13 on 27th July 2008 as long as they don't all take their vacations here Denzil
Ruth Gregory Posts: 3007 Joined: 25th Jul 2007 Location: USA	quotePosted at 18:33 on 27th July 2008 On 27th July 2008 13:39, Denzil Tregallion wrote: freedom from occupation thats what the Iraqis need then Well said, Denzil.