Irish breakfast

[Jonathan Lighter]

Hmmmmmm. Then "Irish breakfast tea" could be a slang term for....

Naaaaaaahhhhhh.

JL

Jesse Sheidlower <jester at PANIX.COM> wrote:
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On Thu, Sep 15, 2005 at 06:47:55AM -0700, Dave Wilton wrote:
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: American Dialect Society [mailto:ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU]On Behalf
> > Of Peter A. McGraw
> > Sent: Wednesday, September 14, 2005 8:17 AM
> > To: ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
> > Subject: Re: Irish breakfast
> >
> >
> > --On Wednesday, September 14, 2005 7:00 AM -0700 Jonathan Lighter
> > wrote:
> >
> > > Nevvuh hoid of it.
> > >
> > > JL
> >
> > Me neither. (And BTW, there's no need to translate "B&B" for an American
> > audience. It's well established over here, too.)
>
>
> I've only seen "Irish Breakfast" in Ireland. I've just returned from
> Amsterdam and there are lots of places advertising "Full English Breakfast",
> but no "Irish."

I'm a little surprised by this thread because I find _Irish
breakfast_ to be very common in New York City. Perhaps I just
go to the right (wrong?) places. Typically it consists of two
eggs any style, sausage, bacon, black pudding, grilled tomato,
and toast. Sometimes there might be mushroom or white pudding
too. Usually not baked beans, which is English.

Jesse Sheidlower
OED


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