ᴇᴍᴘᴇʀᴏʀ 帝@feddit.uk to okmatewanker@feddit.ukEnglish · 1 month agoChristmas Dinnera.l3n.coimagemessage-square33fedilinkarrow-up186arrow-down116
arrow-up170arrow-down1imageChristmas Dinnera.l3n.coᴇᴍᴘᴇʀᴏʀ 帝@feddit.uk to okmatewanker@feddit.ukEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square33fedilink
minus-square__nobodynowhere@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·edit-21 month agoApparently, dinner originally meant breakfast from the Old French “disner”, meaning to break the fast, essentially de-fast. Supper is from the Old French “soper” which just means soup-er What a world.
minus-squareZip2@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 month agoOh yeah, I’d forgotten about the French, and it’s been a long time since my GCSE French lessons but wasn’t petit-déjeuner breakfast? Is that a more modern invention?
Apparently, dinner originally meant breakfast from the Old French “disner”, meaning to break the fast, essentially de-fast.
Supper is from the Old French “soper” which just means soup-er
What a world.
Oh yeah, I’d forgotten about the French, and it’s been a long time since my GCSE French lessons but wasn’t petit-déjeuner breakfast? Is that a more modern invention?