it's not its fault that we don't use "to sup" instead of "to eat" anymore.
With my kids, sitting down to dinner definitely does not mean that eating will actually take place.
Simon: You are my beautiful sister. River: I threw up on your bed. Simon: Yep. Definitely my sister.
'War Stories'
Natter 33 1/3
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Gudanov - Mar 10, 2005 8:10:19 am PST #5893 of 10002
Coding and Sleeping
msbelle - Mar 10, 2005 8:11:25 am PST #5894 of 10002
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
LUPPER! I very often have Lupper.
Nilly - Mar 10, 2005 8:11:57 am PST #5895 of 10002
Swouncing
I've always thought the word breakfast has a certain poetry to it that the other meals lack.
Yes, it does.
The Hebrew equivalent to "brunch" (which is a combination of the words for "morning" and "noon", of course, in the lack of other words) is kinda ugly. People sometimes say just "brunch", the English word, because it has a nicer sound.
tommyrot - Mar 10, 2005 8:12:38 am PST #5896 of 10002
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
'Dinner' also means "to dine." WTF does "lunch" mean? Did 'lunch' the verb come from 'lunch' the meal?
juliana - Mar 10, 2005 8:16:23 am PST #5897 of 10002
I’d be lying if I didn’t say that I miss them all tonight…
Oh, come on -- "brunch" is a beautiful word!
"What's brunch?"
"It's not quite breakfast, it's not quite lunch, but it comes with a slice of cantaloupe at the end."
-t - Mar 10, 2005 8:16:28 am PST #5898 of 10002
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
We sup at supper, dine at dinner, and break our fasts at breakfast. Right?
Frankenbuddha - Mar 10, 2005 8:17:12 am PST #5899 of 10002
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
"I discovered a meal between breakfast and brunch!"
t /Homer
juliana - Mar 10, 2005 8:19:01 am PST #5900 of 10002
I’d be lying if I didn’t say that I miss them all tonight…
tommyrot, Webster says that lunch-the-noun was probably formed from "luncheon" in 1812 or so (luncheon is from 1652), and lunch-the-verb was cited in 1823.
Lunch has now lost all meaning. Lunchlunchlunchlunchlunch.
DXMachina - Mar 10, 2005 8:20:01 am PST #5901 of 10002
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.
Lunch has now lost all meaning.
Say it ain't so.
DavidS - Mar 10, 2005 8:20:39 am PST #5902 of 10002
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
According to M-W, lunch is short for luncheon, which is an alteration of nuncheon which is a light snack.
Not the way I eat lunch though, which is often the biggest meal of the day.