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>I think "continental breakfast" refers to custom abroad of having charge for meals included in price of staying at European hotel, in contrast the "American plan" under which meals and rooms were billed separately. So a "continental" breakfast was not likely to be very filling.
In English hotels in the mid seventies there were two types of breakfast - "English" (breakfast cereal, fruit juice, Full Monty (not don't start again) or choice of - bacon, eggs, sausage, fried bread, grilled tomato, toast, marmalade, jam, tea, coffee) or "Continental" (Bread rolls, croissants or whatever). Continental was essentially a posh word for "French", as it didn't include elements of a German breakfast (cheese, cold meat), it was just a way of offering a lighter breakfast to those who preferred it. English hotels tended to include breakfast in the price. These days, many hotels in the UK have replaced this with the ubiquitous breakfast buffet. Things like pancakes, waffles tend to be only served in larger hotels with an American clientele.
In my experience, French hotels always charge separately for breakfast and it ranges from simple bread rolls to more complicated pastries. It can be a very small meal. I remember the look of horror from an elderly US tourist group in Paris who told me, in unision, it seemed, "they gave us bread for breakfast". I don't think that the saying "when in Rome ..." had been mentioned in their "see Europe in a week" itinerary.
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Welcome aBoard, RMW. You and milum both have square feet? My sympathies. What is the name for this medical condition, please?  Whoa--I didn't know "not worth a Continental" had spread clear to NZ! That's very interesting to me, because of a theory I've developed, based on reading that the Maaori (did I get that right, Max?) easily adapted parts of the European settlers' culture into their own. Having also been given the tidbit that current NZ'ers eagerly adopt the newest technology, I am now wondering if perhaps the Maaori malleability has had its turnabout influence on the pakeha (non-Maaori of European extraction). Enough digression. I have also heard the expression "not worth a Continental damn". (Guessing on the spelling--was there ever a Continental dam?) WO'N, a long time ago we had a discussion on whether it was tinker's dam or damn. But I don't recall learning about the clay dam they made--thank you. Though--since it served a valuable purpose, I don't see how it could have come to mean valueless--unless it was the impermanence? [tangled thoughts emoticon]
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A large fundraising fete or fair: I am responsible for the craft fair at the High school Continental.From a wordsite forwarded by paulp in Miscellany entitled Wordmap. - http://www.abc.net.au/wordmap/Wow! A high school craft show for the whole continent!
Boy, those aussies sure know how to intensify. -  (Talk about intensifying - as a added bonus, look at "Budgie-smugglers" in their Top Ten.) -
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Maaori were supposed to be assimilated out of existence
Oh, that gave me the shivers! Why, oh why, can't we ever be satisfied with what we've got, without wanting to take what the next guy (culture) has?
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Thank you all for your observations, answers and ripostes. This was my maiden AWAD offering, so I am overwhelmed by the responses.
I still am searching for some contemporary evidence to guide me in my quest.
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