Re: [DIFF] New Year's calendar

2016-01-12 Thread Stuart Henderson
On 2016-01-11, Jason McIntyre wrote: > On Mon, Jan 11, 2016 at 08:33:56PM +, Raf Czlonka wrote: >> > +04/01 April Fool's Day >> >> This I'm not entirely sure of but both Google and Wikipedia use plural >> possessive - "April Fools' Day". >> > > oxford style manual

Re: [DIFF] New Year's calendar

2016-01-12 Thread Craig Skinner
Hi Raf, On 2016-01-11 Mon 20:33 PM |, Raf Czlonka wrote: > On Mon, Jan 11, 2016 at 07:35:50PM GMT, Craig Skinner wrote: > > > > This isn't _perfect_, but it could be a resonable starting point: > > > > +04/01 April Fool's Day > > This I'm not entirely sure of but both Google and Wikipedia

Re: [DIFF] New Year's calendar

2016-01-12 Thread Craig Skinner
Hi Stuart, On 2016-01-12 Tue 18:14 PM |, Stuart Henderson wrote: > > > >> > +11/05 Guy Fawkes' Day > >> > > +1 for bonfire night. It looks like there's a different bonfire night > in N.Ireland though. > Ahhh yes, you're right. Keeping it the traditional name of Guy Fawkes' Night would

Re: [DIFF] New Year's calendar

2016-01-12 Thread Raf Czlonka
On Tue, Jan 12, 2016 at 09:41:47PM GMT, Craig Skinner wrote: > Hi Raf, Hi Craig, > On 2016-01-11 Mon 20:33 PM |, Raf Czlonka wrote: > > On Mon, Jan 11, 2016 at 07:35:50PM GMT, Craig Skinner wrote: > > > > > > This isn't _perfect_, but it could be a resonable starting point: > > > > > > +04/01

Re: [DIFF] New Year's calendar

2016-01-11 Thread Jason McIntyre
On Mon, Jan 11, 2016 at 08:33:56PM +, Raf Czlonka wrote: > > +04/01 April Fool's Day > > This I'm not entirely sure of but both Google and Wikipedia use plural > possessive - "April Fools' Day". > oxford style manual notes "Fool's" (singular) as being of US in origin, and "Fools'" as

Re: [DIFF] New Year's calendar

2016-01-11 Thread Raf Czlonka
On Mon, Jan 11, 2016 at 07:35:50PM GMT, Craig Skinner wrote: > Hi all, > > On 2016-01-06 Wed 23:31 PM |, Craig Skinner wrote: > > > > So I instead had a stab at a calendar.united-kingdom file. > > > > Following on from a bit of discussion, below is an attempt at a UK > calendar file, with

Re: [DIFF] New Year's calendar

2016-01-11 Thread Craig Skinner
Hi all, On 2016-01-06 Wed 23:31 PM |, Craig Skinner wrote: > > So I instead had a stab at a calendar.united-kingdom file. > Following on from a bit of discussion, below is an attempt at a UK calendar file, with major items already in calendar.holiday strippped out. e.g. New Year's Day,

Re: [DIFF] New Year's calendar

2016-01-06 Thread Craig Skinner
On 2016-01-04 Mon 18:33 PM |, Jason McIntyre wrote: > > i guess you could propose a calendar.scotland addition. i'd be up for > that ;) > After a wee discussion, I began a calendar.scotland addition. As Scottish history goes back to 5000BC, well before the time of Noah (so I found out while

Re: [DIFF] New Year's calendar

2016-01-05 Thread Craig Skinner
On 2016-01-04 Mon 18:11 PM |, Jason McIntyre wrote: > On Mon, Jan 04, 2016 at 03:46:53PM +, Craig Skinner wrote: > > Happy Hogmanay/New Year! > > > > Scotland & New Zealand have an additional New Year's celebrations > > hangover recovery public holiday. > > > > In Scotland, Hogmanay is THE

Re: [DIFF] New Year's calendar

2016-01-04 Thread Mark Carroll
On 04 Jan 2016, Jason McIntyre wrote: > traditionally the 2nd was described as a bank holiday. now banks are > open on this day. some businesses shut. It still is a bank holiday, see https://www.gov.uk/bank-holidays#scotland Neither my Dundee employer nor my bank (Clydesdale) were open for it.

Re: [DIFF] New Year's calendar

2016-01-04 Thread Jason McIntyre
On Mon, Jan 04, 2016 at 06:11:58PM +, Jason McIntyre wrote: > On Mon, Jan 04, 2016 at 03:46:53PM +, Craig Skinner wrote: > > Happy Hogmanay/New Year! > > > > Scotland & New Zealand have an additional New Year's celebrations > > hangover recovery public holiday. > > > > In Scotland,

Re: [DIFF] New Year's calendar

2016-01-04 Thread Jason McIntyre
On Mon, Jan 04, 2016 at 06:40:13PM +, Mark Carroll wrote: > On 04 Jan 2016, Jason McIntyre wrote: > > > traditionally the 2nd was described as a bank holiday. now banks are > > open on this day. some businesses shut. > > It still is a bank holiday, see >

Re: [DIFF] New Year's calendar

2016-01-04 Thread Raf Czlonka
On Mon, Jan 04, 2016 at 06:11:58PM GMT, Jason McIntyre wrote: > On Mon, Jan 04, 2016 at 03:46:53PM +, Craig Skinner wrote: > > Happy Hogmanay/New Year! > > > > Scotland & New Zealand have an additional New Year's celebrations > > hangover recovery public holiday. > > > > In Scotland,

Re: [DIFF] New Year's calendar

2016-01-04 Thread Jason McIntyre
On Mon, Jan 04, 2016 at 03:46:53PM +, Craig Skinner wrote: > Happy Hogmanay/New Year! > > Scotland & New Zealand have an additional New Year's celebrations > hangover recovery public holiday. > > In Scotland, Hogmanay is THE most significant winter festival, with > internationally popular