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Wedding Breakfast
Can someone tell me why a wedding breakfast is so called bearing in mind that the meal usually happens in the afternoon and is in no sense a breakfast?
Alasdair.
Alasdair.
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[/nq] Really? Mine was a breakfast for the out of town guests who stayed over.
- [/nq] Really?
- Mine was a breakfast for the out of town guests who stayed over.
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[nq:1]Can someone tell me why a wedding breakfast is so called bearing in mind that the meal usually happens in the afternoon and is in no sense a breakfast?[/nq]
Really? Mine was a breakfast for the out of town guests who stayed over.
Really? Mine was a breakfast for the out of town guests who stayed over.
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[nq:1]Can someone tell me why a wedding breakfast is so called bearing in mind that the meal usually happens in the afternoon and is in no sense a breakfast?[/nq]
You have obviously come across a reference to something that is not at all common. A wedding breakfast would be a meal served in the morning for the members of the wedding party. If it is held in the afternoon - ever - it is because
You have obviously come across a reference to something that is not at all common. A wedding breakfast would be a meal served in the morning for the members of the wedding party. If it is held in the afternoon - ever - it is because
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[nq:1]Can someone tell me why a wedding breakfast is so called bearing in mind that the meal usually happens in the afternoon and is in no sense a breakfast? Alasdair.[/nq]
In no sense? For me, breakfast is the meal you eat after you get up. Not everyone gets up in the morning. When I was in college, I ate breakfast at 9:00 in the evening (I worked night shift). In graduate school and for most
In no sense? For me, breakfast is the meal you eat after you get up. Not everyone gets up in the morning. When I was in college, I ate breakfast at 9:00 in the evening (I worked night shift). In graduate school and for most
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[nq:2]Can someone tell me why a wedding breakfast is so ... afternoon and is in no sense a breakfast? Alasdair.[/nq]
[nq:1]In no sense? For me, breakfast is the meal you eat after you get up. Not everyone gets up in ... meal have more to do about whether it is a breakfast than the time of the day does. Dominic Bojarski[/nq]
I went into a diner, large sign "breakfast served any time". "give
[nq:1]In no sense? For me, breakfast is the meal you eat after you get up. Not everyone gets up in ... meal have more to do about whether it is a breakfast than the time of the day does. Dominic Bojarski[/nq]
I went into a diner, large sign "breakfast served any time". "give
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[nq:2]Can someone tell me why a wedding breakfast is so ... in the afternoon and is in no sense a breakfast?[/nq]
[nq:1]You have obviously come across a reference to something that is not at all common. A wedding breakfast would be ... group likes to sleep in. I do note that you post from the UK. Perhaps things are different over there.[/nq]
"Wedding breakfast" is still used in the UK for
[nq:1]You have obviously come across a reference to something that is not at all common. A wedding breakfast would be ... group likes to sleep in. I do note that you post from the UK. Perhaps things are different over there.[/nq]
"Wedding breakfast" is still used in the UK for
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[nq:1]Can someone tell me why a wedding breakfast is so called bearing in mind that the meal usually happens in the afternoon and is in no sense a breakfast? Alasdair.[/nq]
A wedding breakfast is a local custom in England. While not normally a morning meal, the name apparently arises from the tradition that the bride and bridegroom would have been fasting before the wedding, and so the recepti
A wedding breakfast is a local custom in England. While not normally a morning meal, the name apparently arises from the tradition that the bride and bridegroom would have been fasting before the wedding, and so the recepti
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[nq:2]Can someone tell me why a wedding breakfast is so ... in the afternoon and is in no sense a breakfast?[/nq]
[nq:1]You have obviously come across a reference to something that is not at all common. A wedding breakfast would be ... group likes to sleep in. I do note that you post from the UK. Perhaps things are different over there.[/nq]
Well they are, but 'wedding breakfast' is certai
[nq:1]You have obviously come across a reference to something that is not at all common. A wedding breakfast would be ... group likes to sleep in. I do note that you post from the UK. Perhaps things are different over there.[/nq]
Well they are, but 'wedding breakfast' is certai
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