Do you call your midday meal lunch or dinner?
We all know how confusing the English language is, and coupled with regional variations it is quite surprising that we manage to communicate so effectively. Or do we?
When my mother-in-law invited me round for dinner I was slightly confused as to whether she meant dinner at lunchtime, or dinner in the evening. And then there’s the evening meal, which can be tea, supper or dinner!
The ladies who serve meals at lunchtime in schools have always been called ‘dinner ladies’ as opposed to ‘lunch ladies’, however if you took your own to school in a container it was called a ‘lunch box’.
So is it a matter of personal choice? Or is there a right and a wrong?
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Breakfast/Brunch, Lunch, Tea, Dinner and Supper.
As people's work patterns changed, and more women went out to work, that's when a lot ofpeople started having their main meal at night. The evening meal then became 'dinner', although some people still call it 'tea', and the midday meal became lunch.
Plus I have noticed pizza doesn't seem to come into any category, it is just Pizza as far as the little ones are concerned!
Dinner is always midday
Tea Time .. usually 4 ..5 pm
Supper 9 pm. then Bed by 10.30 pm....
"Told me by my Mother" when I was young
Early to bed ..early to rise.. Makes you "Healthy Wealthy, and Wise"
Told to me by "Big Eggo" Beano Comic... all these in approx... 1940s