Talk:Wedding breakfast

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"The name apparently arises from the fact that the bride and bridegroom would have been fasting before the wedding, and so the reception would be the time when they would break their fast."

In what times was this "fact" around? And how long would they fast for?

I know of "breakfast" in the normal sense having this etymology. But I'd imagined that "wedding breakfast" was an analogy with the normal meaning: as breakfast is the first meal of the day, so wedding breakfast is the first meal of married life. -- Smjg 17:31, 7 September 2005 (UTC)

Why does this article begin with confusingly? I know it is confusing, but can't that be stated later in the sentence, like: "The Wedding Breakfast is the traditional name for the dinner given to the wedding party at the wedding reception that follows a wedding in England." , then state the confusion? -Patinthehat1


 * I hope I have now clarified these issues, or at least documented the claim. seglea (talk) 00:41, 5 January 2010 (UTC)

Note 'a' syntax
"C--- and his bride returned to the coffee house, where they were received with great kindness the master and mistress who, notwithstanding the short notice, had a comfortable wedding-breakfast prepared for them". This looks as if there ought to be a 'by' after kindness. Snugglepuss (talk) 21:29, 17 June 2024 (UTC)