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ShazzieB

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13. Maybe they're using "holiday" in the UK sense?

Reply to PoindexterOglethorpe (Reply #4)

Fri Jul 16, 2021, 09:56 AM

Jul 2021

Over there, "holiday" is used as the term for what Americans call a vacation. Why they would do that is another question; but it makes more sense if you read it that way.

If that's not it, well, that's all I've got.

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