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minus-squarejoneskind@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·6 months agoAs a French I only learned recently from a Londoner coworker how you call your national days off. “Bank holidays” Why? Anyway, good luck from the bottom of my heart.
minus-squareDestide@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·6 months agoAs the name would imply, the banks had to legally close. It took over pretty much every singular holiday like may day for example
minus-squarejoneskind@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·6 months agoI understand, but I’m kind of stuck by what’s implied. Like “money doesn’t make money today so everyone can stay home because the bank decides” In France they are called “jour férié” from the old French “foirié”, literally “fair day”
minus-squareThis is fine🔥🐶☕🔥@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·6 months agoSame in India. Wonder where we got it from… Bank holidays are when banks are closed for business. There are other holidays when schools or some other establishments might be closed but banks are open.
minus-squarejoneskind@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·6 months ago Wonder where we got it from… Well, sometimes I wonder why half of Africa speaks French… so I get your point. Sorry for that… There are other holidays when schools or some other establishments might be closed but banks are open. Are they still called bank holidays or do they have another name?
minus-squareThis is fine🔥🐶☕🔥@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·6 months ago Are they still called bank holidays or do they have another name? No, they’re just holidays. Hence the distinction between those and ‘bank holidays’.
As a French I only learned recently from a Londoner coworker how you call your national days off.
“Bank holidays”
Why?
Anyway, good luck from the bottom of my heart.
As the name would imply, the banks had to legally close. It took over pretty much every singular holiday like may day for example
I understand, but I’m kind of stuck by what’s implied. Like “money doesn’t make money today so everyone can stay home because the bank decides”
In France they are called “jour férié” from the old French “foirié”, literally “fair day”
Same in India. Wonder where we got it from…
Bank holidays are when banks are closed for business.
There are other holidays when schools or some other establishments might be closed but banks are open.
Well, sometimes I wonder why half of Africa speaks French… so I get your point. Sorry for that…
Are they still called bank holidays or do they have another name?
No, they’re just holidays. Hence the distinction between those and ‘bank holidays’.