According to my Mom...
Dinner is the "big meal" of the day... which can be at any time. So if lunch is the big meal, such as after church family lunch, then that's dinner.
Where as, lunch is the mid-day meal and supper is the evening meal.
She would say breakfast is the morning meal, but if we're being technical about this (as she is with dinner) then technically breakfast is the meal that you break your fasting...
Which means if you skip any morning meals, and your first meal is at lunch, then it can technically also be breakfast.
Therefore, breakfast, dinner and lunch can technically all be the same mid-day meal.
Dinner is the "big meal" of the day... which can be at any time. So if lunch is the big meal, such as after church family lunch, then that's dinner.
Where as, lunch is the mid-day meal and supper is the evening meal.
She would say breakfast is the morning meal, but if we're being technical about this (as she is with dinner) then technically breakfast is the meal that you break your fasting...
Which means if you skip any morning meals, and your first meal is at lunch, then it can technically also be breakfast.
Therefore, breakfast, dinner and lunch can technically all be the same mid-day meal.
wackidywack · 26-30
@Xxdecayingenternallyxx like in anno domini ?
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ArishMell · 70-79, M
@JimboSaturn It's long been a British word. It may well have entered Canadian and American use but did not originate there.
Indeed, Chambers' Dictionary gives it Old English and Old French etymology and meaning a light meal taken in the evening.
The Fr. was an old verb sopper, meaning to eat and drink in small portions. It survives in Northern English in the phrase, "Sup up" often used in pubs as part of an offer to buy another drink.
Indeed, Chambers' Dictionary gives it Old English and Old French etymology and meaning a light meal taken in the evening.
The Fr. was an old verb sopper, meaning to eat and drink in small portions. It survives in Northern English in the phrase, "Sup up" often used in pubs as part of an offer to buy another drink.
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wackidywack · 26-30
@JRVanguard here's an F
ArishMell · 70-79, M
It varies in Britain.
Although "Dinner" with a capital D is often used for formal events like a large club's "Annual General Meeting & Dinner", it's not itself a formal word.
It generally and simply refers to the day's main meal; which can be around mid-day or in the early evening.
A lot of Britons now use "lunch" for the mid-day meal, whether a significant cooked one of (usually) two courses, or simply a pack of sandwiches one might take to work.
If dinner is a cooked meal at "lunch-time" (around mid-day) the lighter evening meal is called "tea."
I have not heard or read the word "supper" for many years. It seems falling out of use, or perhaps has become more regional in use.
Although "Dinner" with a capital D is often used for formal events like a large club's "Annual General Meeting & Dinner", it's not itself a formal word.
It generally and simply refers to the day's main meal; which can be around mid-day or in the early evening.
A lot of Britons now use "lunch" for the mid-day meal, whether a significant cooked one of (usually) two courses, or simply a pack of sandwiches one might take to work.
If dinner is a cooked meal at "lunch-time" (around mid-day) the lighter evening meal is called "tea."
I have not heard or read the word "supper" for many years. It seems falling out of use, or perhaps has become more regional in use.
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wackidywack · 26-30
@HijabaDabbaDoo i expected nothing less
HijabaDabbaDoo · F
@wackidywack supper is so posh. Around these ends it's either dinner or tea
wackidywack · 26-30
@HijabaDabbaDoo girl id be so dead if i hear you say that
wackidywack · 26-30
@Cigarguys 🤨 ok zebedee
wackidywack · 26-30
@empanadas is that where they say ts
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