have a holiday or have got a holiday

[Yurui Liu]

Hi,

Is there any difference between 'have a holiday' and 'have got a holiday'
in British English?

Many thanks!

[Jack Campin]

> Is there any difference between 'have a holiday' and 'have got
> a holiday' in British English?

"Have got" to me suggests you've had the holiday time allocated
by your employer but haven't actually gone on the holiday yet.

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[John Ritson]

In article <fecf8f27-1480-4dd6...@googlegroups.com>,
Yurui Liu <liuyur...@gmail.com> writes

"have a holiday" is more general and can be applied to a specific
holiday or to a series of holidays as in "I have a holiday in Greece
every year", while "have got a holiday" refers to a specific future
holiday as in "I have got a holiday that starts on Friday, so can you
move the meeting to Thursday?"
--
John Ritson

[Don Phillipson]

"Yurui Liu" <liuyur...@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:fecf8f27-1480-4dd6...@googlegroups.com...

> Is there any difference between 'have a holiday' and 'have got a holiday'
> in British English?

1. Both variants have the same semantic function.
2. Some speakers may add the word "got" to add some nuance
not in the shorter phrase (e.g. suggesting success in negotiating
to obtain a holiday) but #1 generally prevails.

--
Don Phillipson
Carlsbad Springs
(Ottawa, Canada)

[Robert Bannister]

On the other hand, I would say "have a holiday" is fairly rare. In fact,
"I have [something]" is fairly rare in BrE anyway, although I suppose
you could say "I do have time for a short holiday in October, but time's
pretty tight at the moment". I think most of us would be more likely to
say something like "I'm going to Greece on holiday(s)" or "I spend my
holidays in Greece every year". I agree, of course, about "got".
--
Robert Bannister - 1940-71 SE England
1972-now W Australia