@Anonymous wrote:
The message about extra Nectar points because it's 'hump day' ....
I am English, I speak English and I list/buy on ebay.co.uk, so I expect interactions with them to be in English as well.
I know of three definitions of 'hump':
a hump (like a camel's)
'in a hump', meaning annoyed with someone
and a third one, which I can't really put into words as the mods will delete it - let's just say being really, really friendly with someone.
Apparently in America 'hump day' means Wednesday - but I'm not American, I don't live in the US and I don't speak American-English.
So, could we just call Wednesday 'Wednesday', please?
Hi @Anonymous,
I can assure you this one refers to Wednesday being in the middle of the week. You're over the "hump" in the week. I'm Irish and it's a term we use here in the office too.
eBay is an American brand and this saying may have originated in the US but is used universally.
It's also a bit of fun to express Wednesday in a more positive way. One of my German colleagues shared with me recently they have a similar saying "Bergfest ", which roughly translates to Mountain Party.
We're over the hump/mountain of the week! 😊
Thanks,
Katie
