May 18, 201115 yr it my family its always been dinner and tea, always. never heard any the older folk call it owt else. but im noticing more people i come across calling it lunch and dinner? posh bastards. lunch has always been a southern thing imo. are we being infiltrated or something? or is this the way now, im just a backwards commoner? so, lets have a vote. Edited May 18, 201115 yr by HomerJay
May 18, 201115 yr Dinner and tea, always. Agreed, however - and I'm ashamed to say this - I sometimes have to refer to them as lunch and tea, especially with American work colleagues. If I was to ask them where they fancied going out for tea it would be an unneccesarily long conversation.
May 18, 201115 yr The mid day meal - from school days, if you had buttys it seemed to be lunch, but if you had something from the canteen it was a school "dinner". If I'm at home, it tends to be lunch these days, but at work it's referred to as dinner....as in "what are you doing for dinner?" The evening meal - tends to be tea if I'm at home, or if we're going out we go out for "dinner"
May 18, 201115 yr I agree with Jules on the dinner front. If you are going out for a meal it's dinner. I also agree with Traf & have lunch & tea, unless it gets late, then you're in the realms of supper territory.
May 18, 201115 yr What about if said "going out" meal is at a sit-in chippy? Is that a chippy dinner, or chippy tea?
May 18, 201115 yr unless it gets late, then you're in the realms of supper territory. No, no, no, no. Supper is not a meal. It's piece of toast, or a biscuit before bedtime.
May 18, 201115 yr What about if said "going out" meal is at a sit-in chippy? Is that a chippy dinner, or chippy tea? I'd say: Lunchtime - Chippy Dinner Evening - Chippy Tea. There's always a deviation to any rule.
May 18, 201115 yr Dinner and tea, I don't understand when people call tea their dinner, dinner = around midday, dinner time, dinner ladies etc
May 18, 201115 yr Lunch - Dinner. At school it was Dinner - Tea, training at work we tend to 'Break for Lunch'
May 18, 201115 yr Dinner and Tea, Even if I dont eat until 8-9 pm its still called tea Lunch and Supper is for Gayers/Southerners
May 18, 201115 yr Washed down with a pint of finest Shandy? Usually go for something a bit stronger, like a lager top!
May 18, 201115 yr Dinner and Tea. But if im dining out with friends its Lunch instead of Dinner. 'Ladies That Dinner' just doesnt have the correct ring to it! I also say 'Dine out' rather a lot. As in 'shall we dine out tonight' as opposed to tea. So, being a typical woman, i say whatever i want when i want depending on my mood, and whether the meal is in or out. And because i can.
May 18, 201115 yr To be proper posh southern you gave to gave people round for supper or sups! This I draw the line at but I have to admit tea as an evening meal dropped out of my lexicon a while ago I'm ashamed to admit.
May 18, 201115 yr To be proper posh southern you gave to gave people round for supper or sups! This I draw the line at but I have to admit tea as an evening meal dropped out of my lexicon a while ago I'm ashamed to admit. +1 The use of 'supper' always incites a quiet intense hatred in me for that person, for some reason.
May 18, 201115 yr I don't see why all you haters are hating the word "supper". I invite my friends round for it and they seem ok with it. & if I find out the cunts take the piss behind my back then Caf? NB will close permanently!
May 18, 201115 yr The last supper... was that an afternoon affair or a teatime thingy or a mid evening event
it my family its always been dinner and tea, always. never heard any the older folk call it owt else.
but im noticing more people i come across calling it lunch and dinner?
posh bastards. lunch has always been a southern thing imo. are we being infiltrated or something?
or is this the way now, im just a backwards commoner?
so, lets have a vote.
Edited by HomerJay