How do you say or do you understand "make-up days" in the US, UK, or other English-speaking countries?

[z7655431]

In Taiwan, when a national/public holiday falls on Thursday or Tuesday, we always have a "bridge holiday" on Friday or Monday to make a four-day long weekend.

But the bridge holiday NEEDS to be compensated by making a Saturday from a different weekend a working day, which I translate into a "make-up day" from Chinese.

However, it seems that it's NOT the case in the US. I don't think there's such a make-up day thing in the US. (I'm not sure about the UK.)

So in this case, how would you call it in NATURAL English?

If I just call it "a make-up day," will you understand easily?

If I use it as a phrasal verb, is that a NATURAL way to express it? Like this--"Do we have to make up the bridge holiday this weekend?"

 

[teechar]

So in this case, how would you call it in NATURAL English?

I've never heard of such arrangements, so there is no expression in English-speaking countries for it.

If I just call it "a make-up day," will you understand easily?

People would assume you are talking about make-up (personal cosmetics, e.g. lipstick, etc).

If I use it as a phrasal verb, is that a NATURAL way to express it? Like this--"Do we have to make up the bridge holiday this weekend?"

In that sentence, the listener would think you're talking about a holiday related to bridges.

 

[Rover_KE]

We have no name for those days in the UK.

Here, when a Bank Holiday (which is what we call public holidays) falls on a Sunday, we all know that the following day is going to count as a public day-off.

 

[tedmc]

This is the first time I hear the terms "bridge holiday" and "make-up day", though they sound logical.

How about:
Since Thurday is a public holiday, you take Friday off to get a long weekend. You can make up by working on the following (or another) Saturday.

 

[z7655431]

We have no name for those days in the UK.

Here, when a Bank Holiday (which is what we call public holidays) falls on a Sunday, we all know that the following day is going to count as a public day-off.

Have you heard of the term "bridge holiday" before?

 

[Rover_KE]

Never.

 

[emsr2d2]

This is the first time I have heard the terms "bridge holiday" and "make-up day", though they sound logical.

How about:
Since Thursday is a public holiday, you take Friday off to get a long weekend. You can make it up by working on the following (or another) Saturday.

 

[emsr2d2]

When I lived in Spain, this was a common occurrence. Everyone got very excited about "el puente" (literally, "the bridge"). It usually happened when a public holiday fell on a Friday - the following Monday was deemed another public holiday! This didn't happen every time there was a holiday on a Friday, though.
We don't use the term in BrE. That's mainly because our public holidays, known as Bank Holidays (except at Christmas) always fall on a Monday. The date is irrelevant. You don't have to make up the time later. If it's a public holiday, you simply don't work. Bear in mind, that's not the same for all employers. Most supermarkets, for example, are open on all Bank Holidays except Christmas Day.
As Rover said, if a holiday that is always the same date (Christmas Day, Boxing Day and New Year's Day) falls on a Saturday or a Sunday, the following Monday is deemed to be the Bank Holiday instead. On a year when Christmas Day is Saturday (and therefore Boxing Day is Sunday), the following Monday and Tuesday are the Bank Holidays.

 

[SoothingDave]

The only people I know of that such logic applies to is the garbage men. If they normally work Monday through Friday and there's a holiday on Monday, they work Tuesday-Saturday that week. Garbage needs to be picked up.

 

[emsr2d2]

The only people I know of that such logic applies to is the garbage men. If they normally work Monday through Friday and there's a holiday on Monday, they work Tuesday-Saturday that week. Garbage needs to be picked up.

Not in the UK. If your rubbish is usually collected on a Monday and that day happens to be a Bank Holiday, you have to wait until the following Monday for your next collection.

 

[Rover_KE]

Not in the UK. If your rubbish is usually collected on a Monday and that day happens to be a Bank Holiday, you have to wait until the following Monday for your next collection.

We’re lucky, then. In my local authority, Hyndburn (the Accrington area of NW England), when our collection day falls on a Bank Holiday Monday, our rubbish/recycling is collected on the preceding Saturday.