Page 6 | It's not bloody half term!

StructuredColumn · 25/03/2024 18:05

WOMANDOWNN · 25/03/2024 17:59

Can you imagine anyone going through a tough time really thinking about this and letting it annoy you to this level…. No? Same love.

it’s a very true conclusion to draw!

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Yes. When something major is going on then it’s easier to focus on the trivial sometimes.

And most people aren’t actually thinking about this 24/7. There is a thread on this that reminds them of this new idiocy so they join in the griping and move on.

It is such a stupid trite cliche when people say what you have done.

StructuredColumn · 25/03/2024 18:03

WOMANDOWNN · 25/03/2024 18:00

Unintelligent 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

Probs about the same time you became stuck up your own arsehole

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What’s your explanation for people not being able to use the correct words nowadays?

WOMANDOWNN · 25/03/2024 18:00

StructuredColumn · 25/03/2024 17:56

It never used to be this way though. People have managed to say half-term and then Christmas, Easter and summer holidays for decades now. Why have people suddenly become unintelligent? It makes no sense.

Anyway I don’t think it is ‘most people’. Thank goodness everyone I know uses the correct terms.

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Unintelligent 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

Probs about the same time you became stuck up your own arsehole

WOMANDOWNN · 25/03/2024 17:59

StructuredColumn · 25/03/2024 17:54

Again can you show me where people said it’s the only thing on their mind?

It is really such a stupid conclusion to draw!

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Can you imagine anyone going through a tough time really thinking about this and letting it annoy you to this level…. No? Same love.

it’s a very true conclusion to draw!

StructuredColumn · 25/03/2024 17:56

43ontherocksporfavor · 25/03/2024 17:50

Anyway, what difference does it make to you? It’s just the first thing that trips off the tongue for most people and they haven’t given it much thought. Relax!

It never used to be this way though. People have managed to say half-term and then Christmas, Easter and summer holidays for decades now. Why have people suddenly become unintelligent? It makes no sense.

Anyway I don’t think it is ‘most people’. Thank goodness everyone I know uses the correct terms.

StructuredColumn · 25/03/2024 17:54

WOMANDOWNN · 25/03/2024 17:40

Imagine having a life so good, that this is the only thing on you’re mind.

What's it like?

HAPPY HALF TERM BESTIES.

Again can you show me where people said it’s the only thing on their mind?

It is really such a stupid conclusion to draw!

43ontherocksporfavor · 25/03/2024 17:50

Anyway, what difference does it make to you? It’s just the first thing that trips off the tongue for most people and they haven’t given it much thought. Relax!

43ontherocksporfavor · 25/03/2024 17:49

Well it’s neither . Still at school here!

BustopherPonsonbyJones · 25/03/2024 17:42

peakygold · 25/03/2024 16:19

Oh, to be a teacher.....

We’ll take you. We’ll take anyone. But you might regret it.

PeaceandCakes · 25/03/2024 17:42

Dotdashdottinghell · 25/03/2024 08:13

Why / when did every school holiday become half term?

The half term holidays are February, Whitsun and October, not Easter, Christmas and thr summer.

People keep saying "Happy half term" or "Enjoy the half term" etc. Why is this an accepted thing?

I've never heard anyone say half term.

It's all 'Easter hols'.

DistinguishedSocialCommentator · 25/03/2024 17:41

I've never heard of that, it must be regional ie where you live. In London, these hols as still called 'Easter Hols" - The majority of kids are still at school and are off from Friday, GOOD Friday.

WOMANDOWNN · 25/03/2024 17:40

Imagine having a life so good, that this is the only thing on you’re mind.

What's it like?

HAPPY HALF TERM BESTIES.

potato57 · 25/03/2024 17:35

I don't have kids and I don't care what they're called. I call them all half term or school holidays, whichever my brain happens to go to at the time. Everywhere is so busy and holidays away are expensive during all those weeks, so it's all the same to us. Avoid everything until it all goes back to normal again.

MargaretThursday · 25/03/2024 17:32

tigger1001 · 25/03/2024 08:27

Am in east coast of Scotland and same here - never referred to holidays as term at all. Easter holidays are coming up, summer holidays, October or tattie holidays and Christmas. Feb break and November weekend etc.

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Nowhere near Scotland and only have heard it a couple of times off MN.
It seems to be a recent thing too.

StructuredColumn · 25/03/2024 17:19

TheTigerWhoCameToEatMyHusband · 25/03/2024 11:05

You all need to get hobbies if this is the type of thing you're losing sleep over.

Can you show me where people said they are actually losing sleep over this? I must have missed it. I have seen posters express irritation but not insomnia.

StructuredColumn · 25/03/2024 17:17

MrsMiddleMother · 25/03/2024 10:24

This is honest such a non issue! I'm one of these annoying people who call every school break 'half term'. My husband is always correcting me, 'it's Easter holiday' etc but who cares, it's not that deep. Everyone knows what I mean.

You may not care but I think it makes people sound unintelligent.

Quanked · 25/03/2024 17:17

This enrages me too. Dd says it and I correct her every time. She’s not taking the hint though

StructuredColumn · 25/03/2024 17:14

My kids have just left school. This thread has blown my mind. People call all school holidays half-term now?? How weird. It is simply incorrect. I need to go and lie down now.

CharlotteBog · 25/03/2024 17:12

Mnetcurious · 25/03/2024 16:29

One look at my local mums’ fb page or the school year WhatsApp group and you’ll see there are plenty of people referring to the upcoming school holidays (ie Easter) as half term. “Can anyone recommend days out for half term next week“ etc etc

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Well I hope you have unfriended every single one of them. 😜

CharlotteBog · 25/03/2024 17:12

Trickabrick · 25/03/2024 16:34

I totally understand the concept, fear not. I just don’t care enough to be as accurate as others would like, it’s just shorthand I use for “a school holiday that isn’t the six weeks in the summer”. And now that I know it annoys so many people, I’m really not minded to change my approach but then I really try not to sweat the small stuff 😂

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1/2 term isn't a concept, it's a fact. It has been used to define the break around the middle of a school term likely since forever that break has occurred.

Trickabrick · 25/03/2024 16:34

pistachioicecream · 25/03/2024 16:06

I don't know how anyone can NOT be annoyed by it.

It's factually inaccurate and so bizarre that it's become an accepted turn of phrase.

Half term quite literally means - half way through the term.

The Christmas, Easter and Summer holidays are the holidays at the end of each term.

It's really not a difficult concept to understand.

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I totally understand the concept, fear not. I just don’t care enough to be as accurate as others would like, it’s just shorthand I use for “a school holiday that isn’t the six weeks in the summer”. And now that I know it annoys so many people, I’m really not minded to change my approach but then I really try not to sweat the small stuff 😂

Mnetcurious · 25/03/2024 16:29

smithsgj · 25/03/2024 16:23

I've just ploughed through the thread and I think it's a conspiracy. Nobody can seriously call Easter "half-term" wtf.

Worse still is some plonker up thread who thinks maths is the plural form of math lmao

One look at my local mums’ fb page or the school year WhatsApp group and you’ll see there are plenty of people referring to the upcoming school holidays (ie Easter) as half term. “Can anyone recommend days out for half term next week“ etc etc

Madamlulu · 25/03/2024 16:24

Dotdashdottinghell · 25/03/2024 08:13

Why / when did every school holiday become half term?

The half term holidays are February, Whitsun and October, not Easter, Christmas and thr summer.

People keep saying "Happy half term" or "Enjoy the half term" etc. Why is this an accepted thing?

Omg this is so annoying I agree l!!!

Sillypede · 25/03/2024 16:23

madeinmanc · 25/03/2024 08:57

It's definitely to avoid saying Easter which, and I say this as a non-Christian, is not a good thing.

We managed to cope with Holy Days being replaced with the word holidays in the 1500s, I'm sure we'll survive.

smithsgj · 25/03/2024 16:23

I've just ploughed through the thread and I think it's a conspiracy. Nobody can seriously call Easter "half-term" wtf.

Worse still is some plonker up thread who thinks maths is the plural form of math lmao