I call mine dinner. My midway meal is refered to as Lunch.
2007-04-30 08:56:46 · 45 answers · asked by casey_leftwich 5 in Society & Culture ➔ Etiquette
Dinner. But my grandparents (on my mother's side) call 'lunch' dinner and 'dinner' supper.
2007-04-30 12:30:42 · answer #1 · answered by Busta 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I use both terms depending on the meal. It was once explained to me that Dinner is the biggest meal of the day. If you eat it at noon, then the evening meal is Supper. If evening is the biggest meal it is Dinner and Lunch is at noon. Don't know for sure but it made sense.
2007-04-30 09:01:37 · answer #2 · answered by Truth is elusive 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
This formal version of the meal is generally served in the evening, starting at some time between 7.30 and 8.30 (in the Netherlands, however, typically at 6). It may be served at midday or shortly afterwards; this tends, however, to be more typical of Scotland than of other countries. In Spain, where lunch is eaten relatively late, dinner is typically served late in the evening, no earlier than 9 or 10 p.m. Dinner is generally followed by tea or coffee, sometimes served with mint chocolates or other sweets, or with brandy or a digestif. When dinner consists of many courses, these tend to be smaller and to be served over a longer time period than a dinner with only two or three courses. Dinners with many courses tend to occur at formal events such as dinner parties or banquets.
2007-04-30 12:24:02 · answer #3 · answered by millineumlaura 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Evening meal is supper, midway meal is lunch or dinner. Am I wrong?
2007-04-30 09:07:01 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
According to dictionary.com:
dinner: The main meal of the day, eaten in the evening or midday.
supper: A light evening meal when dinner is taken at lunch. OR
A light meal eaten before going to bed.
2007-04-30 09:16:03 · answer #5 · answered by princess_bluerose 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Lunch is actually slang and should properly be referred to as dinner. Supper is the evening meal.
2007-04-30 09:03:52 · answer #6 · answered by KeK 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Midday is lunch. Supper is the evening meal, unless you are going out for dinner (see the difference??).
In the UK working class people say tea for supper, but I think it's spread out across the "classes" (unfortunately, I think it sounds awful).
2007-04-30 09:06:32 · answer #7 · answered by Hunny 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Supper. I'm from the mid south. Lunch was lunch (once in a while Dinner was used for lunch).
2007-04-30 09:03:11 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
British and common as muck me, so I call it tea. Unless I'm going out then it's dinner as in "let's go out for dinner". Supper for me is a meal right before bedtime and I can't handle that - gives me indigestion!
2007-04-30 09:36:12 · answer #9 · answered by miss_blue_47 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm southern, so I have breakfast, then dinner, then supper. Lunch is the break I have from work to eat dinner.
2007-04-30 09:10:23 · answer #10 · answered by Steph. 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋