[At-Large] R: Happy Labour Day! [Was: Happy Labor Day!]

Salanieta T. Tamanikaiwaimaro salanieta.tamanikaiwaimaro at gmail.com
Tue Sep 4 07:52:44 UTC 2012


Thanks Roberto

On Tue, Sep 4, 2012 at 6:33 PM, Roberto Gaetano <roberto_gaetano at hotmail.com
> wrote:

> Although May Day has a completely different story...
> For Sala's calendar, Italy's national day is 2nd June, celebrating the
> birth
> of the Republic in 1948.
> Austria, where I currently live, has its national day on 26 October.
> R.
>
>
> -----Messaggio originale-----
> Da: at-large-bounces at atlarge-lists.icann.org
> [mailto:at-large-bounces at atlarge-lists.icann.org] Per conto di Alan
> Greenberg
> Inviato: martedì 4 settembre 2012 05:21
> A: At-Large Worldwide; At-Large Worldwide
> Oggetto: Re: [At-Large] Happy Labour Day! [Was: Happy Labor Day!]
>
> According to Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Labour_Day) we seem
> to
> be the only ones that celebrate it on the first Monday in September. Most
> other countries later in the year or typically May 1.
>
> In this case, it is not pride in British spellings that caused me to say
> that "Labour" is the correct spelling. The concept of celebrating labour
> started in Canada and was emulated by the US (although it is unclear which
> made it a federal holiday first).
>
> Alan
>
> At 03/09/2012 05:20 PM, Salanieta T. Tamanikaiwaimaro wrote:
> >+1
> >
> >[I had initially inserted the "u" and removed it since I thought it was
> >American but now that I know it also is Canadian and probably also
> >celebrated in alot of the world...very happily like "labour"]
> >
> >On Tue, Sep 4, 2012 at 8:54 AM, Alan Greenberg
> ><alan.greenberg at mcgill.ca>wrote:
> >
> > > Labor Day is celebrated today in the US, but I hasten to point out
> > > that Labour Day (with Labour spelled the correct way) is celebrated
> > > today in Canada.
> > >
> > > Alan
> > >
> > > At 03/09/2012 03:47 PM, Salanieta T. Tamanikaiwaimaro wrote:
> > > >Dear All,
> > > >
> > > >I was reminded by someone in an email today that it is Labor Day in
> > > >the
> > > US.
> > > >I looked it up in Wikipedia and it says that *Labor Day* is an
> > > >American federal holiday<
> > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_holidays_in_the_United_States>
> > > >observed
> > > >on the first Monday in September (September 3 in 2012) that
> > > >celebrates the economic and social contributions of workers. [
> > > >http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Labor_Day]  I would like to wish all
> > > >members of At Large Worldwide a Happy Labor Day as I reflect on the
> > > >massive economic and social contributions you make and continue to
> > > >make for the greater good and in the name of global public interest
> > > >as volunteers is indeed powerful and significant.
> > > >
> > > >I wish both the Staff and volunteers a very Happy Labor day!
> > > >
> > > >Kind Regards,
> > > >
> > > >--
> > > >Salanieta Tamanikaiwaimaro aka Sala P.O. Box 17862 Suva Fiji
> > > >
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> >Salanieta Tamanikaiwaimaro aka Sala
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> >Suva
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-- 
Salanieta Tamanikaiwaimaro aka Sala
P.O. Box 17862
Suva
Fiji

Twitter: @SalanietaT
Skype:Salanieta.Tamanikaiwaimaro
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