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Re:Tea if by sea, cha if by land: Why the world only has two... by baby on Friday January 12, 2018 @08:53AM (#16132775)
People say “dejeuner” to mean breakfast a lot. But everyone knows that it is also not correct (we always this kind of people that will correct people on that)
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Re:Tea if by sea, cha if by land: Why the world only has two... by wazoox on Friday January 12, 2018 @11:13AM (#16133929)
But it is correct. The Parisian-imposed usage is obviously faulty :)
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Re:Tea if by sea, cha if by land: Why the world only has two... by enqk on Friday January 12, 2018 @08:13PM (#16137677)
Well thing is, in Paris, you often skip the breakfast, so the real moment where you're breaking the fast is during lunch.
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