Re: USAGE: Pop, smearcase, kolaches

Steg Belsky wrote:
>
> I use "dinner" and "supper" interchangeably, with no meaning difference
> that i can tell.  However, since "breakfast" was mentioned, the first
> meal after a fast (such as Yom Kippur) is referred to commonly as
> "break-fast", both words pronounced separately /brejk fe@st/, as opposed
> to /brEkf@st/.
>
        Isn't it the origin of the term "breakfast" (as well as the French
"de'jeuner")? To break the fast of the whole night?

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