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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: Gap gone and done it again! #82782 10/04/2002 2:46 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 1,156 Bean old hand Bean old hand Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 1,156 There is, of course, the simple fact that the USn use of holiday is etymologically more defensible Except for the fact that the choice of the word holiday by retailers is dictacted by their desire not to appear to prefer/offend any particular religion's holy day. In fact, in ad campaigns, holiday has quite an un-religious meaning. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted Gap gone and done it again! jmh 10/04/2002 7:10 AM Re: Gap gone and done it again! Bean 10/04/2002 10:11 AM Re: Gap gone and done it again! Jackie 10/04/2002 12:52 PM Re: Gap gone and done it again! Faldage 10/04/2002 12:57 PM Re: Gap gone and done it again! Alex Williams 10/04/2002 2:17 PM Re: Gap gone and done it again! Bean 10/04/2002 2:46 PM Re: Gap gone and done it again! Faldage 10/04/2002 3:48 PM Re: Gap gone and done it again! Bean 10/04/2002 5:21 PM Re: Gap gone and done it again! Faldage 10/04/2002 5:28 PM Re: Gap gone and done it again! of troy 10/04/2002 5:32 PM Re: Successful ads Faldage 10/04/2002 5:39 PM Humor, add salt musick 10/04/2002 7:41 PM Re: Gap gone and done it again! milum 10/04/2002 9:50 PM Re: Gap gone and done it again! Faldage 10/05/2002 12:49 AM Re: Gap gone and done it again! jmh 10/05/2002 9:47 PM Re: Gap reply jmh 10/05/2002 9:58 PM Reply gap musick 10/06/2002 4:56 PM Successful ads FishonaBike 10/09/2002 11:05 AM Sub - poser musick 10/09/2002 1:41 PM Re: Sub - poser FishonaBike 10/09/2002 2:29 PM Re: Gap gone and done it again! wsieber 10/09/2002 11:43 AM Fall-acy? TEd Remington 10/04/2002 6:10 PM Re: Fall-acy? Faldage 10/04/2002 6:33 PM Howdy, everybody! wofahulicodoc 10/04/2002 6:51 PM Re: Howdy, everybody! AnnaStrophic 10/04/2002 7:07 PM Re: Gap gone and done it again! AnnaStrophic 10/10/2002 12:05 PM Re: Gap gone and done it again! FishonaBike 10/10/2002 1:26 PM Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Flat Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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