Do you call it Dinner or Supper--or something else entirely?

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  • MinMin97
    MinMin97 Posts: 2,676 Member
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    Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner.
    But I like the idea of calling lunch "Tea." I like that idea a lot!
  • MinMin97
    MinMin97 Posts: 2,676 Member
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    Dinner! I hate the word supper
    Yes!
    In addition, I was asked how many "roasting ears" did I want for "supper."
    I was speechless, as I did not even understand...I was being asked, how many ears of corn can I eat for lunch!
  • elebel82
    elebel82 Posts: 69 Member
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    I'm Australian with a British family.

    to me it's
    breakfast
    lunch
    dinner is interchangable with tea... (I generally use dinner)

    Except if you're having sunday roast, then dinner is interchangeable with lunch.

    And on Christmas day, it's breakfast, dinner, then supper (a light meal around 10pm).

    Other that on Christmas, supper is reserved for school camp where you get "supper" just before bed, meaning a biscuit (cookie) or something small with your milo.
  • xxnellie146xx
    xxnellie146xx Posts: 996 Member
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    Breakfast....Lunch....Dinner/supper (I use both)
  • Dawnymaries
    Dawnymaries Posts: 109
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    Breakfast, lunch, dinner.
  • JesterMFP
    JesterMFP Posts: 3,596 Member
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    Breakfast, lunch, and evening meal is tea. Or, if I'm going out, dinner. Actually, sometimes I say I'm "going out for tea". To me, "supper" would be a small meal/snack before bed, although I don't really say that. Christmas Dinner is "dinner", no matter what time it is.
  • SkyVetis
    SkyVetis Posts: 28
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    Breakfast, lunch and dinner.

    When I was in England, though, dinner was "tea" and dessert was "pudding". Cute as hell.

    Were you in the north? to add to the names, we do have afternoon tea - cream cakes and (drinking)tea.
  • GetFitCarly
    GetFitCarly Posts: 151
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    Dinner is at night.. supper is like before bed
  • juicy_cat
    juicy_cat Posts: 145 Member
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    I am from Northwest working class England - main evening meal is Tea where I come from....
  • carlydevi
    carlydevi Posts: 68 Member
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    Around 7 AM - Breakfast
    Around 1 PM - Lunch
    Around 6 PM - Dinner

    Everything in between - Snacks :D
  • MySunshine76
    MySunshine76 Posts: 389
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    supper at home, dinner at a restaurant.

    Same here in South Carolina
  • TavistockToad
    TavistockToad Posts: 35,719 Member
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    breakfast, lunch and dinner/tea.

    but then i am originally from the south of england.

    the husband is frm the north, so he would say breakfast, dinner, tea... so i often have to clarify when he says 'what shall we have for dinner?'!!

    when we got married we had the 'wedding breakfast' at 5pm... why is it called a breakfast!? its a 3 course meal!
  • two_octopodes
    two_octopodes Posts: 130 Member
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    Here in Pennsylvania, I and everyone I know say breakfast, lunch, and dinner. My grandparents from Iowa always said breakfast, dinner, and supper, which was so confusing!
  • mabelbabel1
    mabelbabel1 Posts: 391 Member
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    For me it's:

    Breaskfast
    Lunch
    Dinner

    Although there could also be Tea, especially at the weekends, a less formal light meal of sandwiches, nibbles, cake etc between 4 and 6pm.
    If we had Tea then you probably wouldn't have dinner unless you were going out to eat quite late, more likely it would be a light supper.
  • d3mon4ngel
    d3mon4ngel Posts: 242 Member
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    For me it is:

    Breakfast
    Dinner (though I do occasionally use lunch)
    Tea

    Supper is a snack before bed

    :smile:

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