Comments on: Bread and Butter letter http://www.word-detective.com/2008/07/14/bread-and-butter-letter/ Semper Ubi Sub Ubi Sun, 12 Feb 2012 00:19:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 By: XL-3750 http://www.word-detective.com/2008/07/14/bread-and-butter-letter/comment-page-1/#comment-8098 XL-3750 Tue, 02 Nov 2010 20:40:06 +0000 http://www.word-detective.com/2008/07/14/bread-and-butter-letter/#comment-8098 I've never heard of a Bread and Butter letter before, We use it to describe an everyday thing or event. That's his bread and butter etc. I’ve never heard of a Bread and Butter letter before, We use it to describe an everyday thing or event. That’s his bread and butter etc.

]]> By: Connie Confer http://www.word-detective.com/2008/07/14/bread-and-butter-letter/comment-page-1/#comment-7963 Connie Confer Fri, 29 Oct 2010 03:53:36 +0000 http://www.word-detective.com/2008/07/14/bread-and-butter-letter/#comment-7963 In Pennsylvania in the 40's and 50's and even to this day. one person would say "bread and butter" and the person on the other side of the post or whatever seperated them momentarily would answer "salt and pepper" In Pennsylvania in the 40′s and 50′s and even to this day. one person would say “bread and butter” and the person on the other side of the post or whatever seperated them momentarily would answer “salt and pepper”

]]> By: Juliet Bushinski http://www.word-detective.com/2008/07/14/bread-and-butter-letter/comment-page-1/#comment-6897 Juliet Bushinski Tue, 05 Oct 2010 23:58:43 +0000 http://www.word-detective.com/2008/07/14/bread-and-butter-letter/#comment-6897 I believe there is a quote that goes something like, "daily pleasantries and simple courtesies are the bread and butter that keep civilization from starvaton".... so, therefore, a bread and butter letter is a standard thank you note. I believe there is a quote that goes something like, “daily pleasantries and simple courtesies are the bread and butter that keep civilization from starvaton”…. so, therefore, a bread and butter letter is a standard thank you note.

]]> By: Carol Campbell http://www.word-detective.com/2008/07/14/bread-and-butter-letter/comment-page-1/#comment-4965 Carol Campbell Thu, 10 Jun 2010 20:07:05 +0000 http://www.word-detective.com/2008/07/14/bread-and-butter-letter/#comment-4965 Saying "bread and butter" when momentarily separated is common in my part of the country, too, Oklahoma, Arkansas and Texas. I always believed it mean that the two people should stay close, like bread and butter, which when joined cannot be separated. Saying “bread and butter” when momentarily separated is common in my part of the country, too, Oklahoma, Arkansas and Texas. I always believed it mean that the two people should stay close, like bread and butter, which when joined cannot be separated.

]]> By: Audrey Massey http://www.word-detective.com/2008/07/14/bread-and-butter-letter/comment-page-1/#comment-4317 Audrey Massey Fri, 02 Apr 2010 01:21:24 +0000 http://www.word-detective.com/2008/07/14/bread-and-butter-letter/#comment-4317 I don't think saying "bread and butter" when an object separates one from a friend while walking, etc. is strictly Midwestern, as my childhood friends and I said that in Middle Tennessee in the 1940's-50's. I don’t think saying “bread and butter” when an object separates one from a friend while walking, etc. is strictly Midwestern, as my childhood friends and I said that in Middle Tennessee in the 1940′s-50′s.

]]> By: Rosio Patadia http://www.word-detective.com/2008/07/14/bread-and-butter-letter/comment-page-1/#comment-4145 Rosio Patadia Fri, 19 Mar 2010 09:05:30 +0000 http://www.word-detective.com/2008/07/14/bread-and-butter-letter/#comment-4145 There's a lot of numerous different places for a effective holiday escape across the world. I don't know why, though i do believe i find nice mostly this asian continent regarding my best getaway, as i do believe individuals you will find therefore helpful as well as useful There’s a lot of numerous different places for a effective holiday escape across the world. I don’t know why, though i do believe i find nice mostly this asian continent regarding my best getaway, as i do believe individuals you will find therefore helpful as well as useful

]]> By: deUz http://www.word-detective.com/2008/07/14/bread-and-butter-letter/comment-page-1/#comment-3986 deUz Tue, 09 Feb 2010 01:10:23 +0000 http://www.word-detective.com/2008/07/14/bread-and-butter-letter/#comment-3986 is somebody out there can give samples on how to use the Bread and Butter into a sentence...thanks. is somebody out there can give samples on how to use the Bread and Butter into a sentence…thanks.

]]> By: Bill Kalenborn http://www.word-detective.com/2008/07/14/bread-and-butter-letter/comment-page-1/#comment-3810 Bill Kalenborn Thu, 21 Jan 2010 07:09:58 +0000 http://www.word-detective.com/2008/07/14/bread-and-butter-letter/#comment-3810 I read on another website that it should go in the morning post the day after you got home (back when mail was more than once a day); therefore you wrote it at breakfast time. I read on another website that it should go in the morning post the day after you got home (back when mail was more than once a day); therefore you wrote it at breakfast time.

]]> By: Firoze Sameer http://www.word-detective.com/2008/07/14/bread-and-butter-letter/comment-page-1/#comment-3774 Firoze Sameer Wed, 13 Jan 2010 15:59:46 +0000 http://www.word-detective.com/2008/07/14/bread-and-butter-letter/#comment-3774 Didn't Jane Austen use this term in her opus, Pride and Prejudice? Didn’t Jane Austen use this term in her opus,
Pride and Prejudice?

]]> By: Laura http://www.word-detective.com/2008/07/14/bread-and-butter-letter/comment-page-1/#comment-648 Laura Mon, 12 Jan 2009 06:54:36 +0000 http://www.word-detective.com/2008/07/14/bread-and-butter-letter/#comment-648 I was not aware that "bread-and-butter note" only applied only to a home stay situation. I thought it was any kind of pleasantry thank you note. Thanks for the clarification. Also, As a Midwesterner, I was unaware that saying "bread and butter" when something comes between two walking partners was strictly a Midwest phenomenon. If I write a blog post about it I will include a link to this article. I was not aware that “bread-and-butter note” only applied only to a home stay situation. I thought it was any kind of pleasantry thank you note. Thanks for the clarification.

Also, As a Midwesterner, I was unaware that saying “bread and butter” when something comes between two walking partners was strictly a Midwest phenomenon. If I write a blog post about it I will include a link to this article.

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