Re: USAGE: Pop, smearcase, kolaches

"Grandsire, C.A." wrote:
>         Isn't it the origin of the term "breakfast" (as well as the French
> "de'jeuner")? To break the fast of the whole night?
Yep.  In fact, I've seen "break one's fast" used by a particular author,
an Irishwoman, so perhaps it's a feature of Irish English?  At any rate,
that's the origin of "breakfast", so it's interesting to see how the
idea's been sort of repeated in "break-fast".

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