Graeme J W Smith M.R.I.N.

A Scot's eye view from the USA.

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Name:Graeme J W Smith
Location:Newport, Rhode Island, United States

Ex-Glasgow, Scotland I moved to the USA in 1996 and am now a naturalized American. I have a consulting business which advises small to medium sized businesses about the best use they can make of IT.

In a past life I have been a youth worker, Tall Ship Captain and I also worked in the yacht building industry in the UK and USA.

Friday, November 24, 2006

Vacation, Holiday what the heck

As I was happily keywording the blog I realized that as you cross the Atlantic the Oxford English Dictionary and Webster's come up with slightly different interpretations on a theme that confuses many from the UK. So here is the definitive.....

USAUK
HolidayBank Holiday
VacationHoliday


In the UK the term "holiday" is used a bit loosely, in the USA it is pretty precise as to which is which........

Happy Holidays!

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