Dinner or Supper?

I'm from the north of England, and we call it Tea!

I use both. I might use supper more...not sure lol.

I'm from MA.

I'm from the north of England, and we call it Tea!

^this.

Down South, the three meals were traditionally called breakfast, dinner, and supper. I grew up (in Texas) with breakfast, lunch, and supper. Nowadays it's pretty much breakfast, lunch, and dinner.

Dinner...though my parents always said supper. I was raised in NH.

dinner! Actually, these days i talk to my cats a lot and i use the term "din-dins"...i need to break that habit.....

born n raised in south jersey

OMG...dinner for sure. For some reason the word "supper" is one of those words that makes me want to kill!!

Dinner... Phoenix Az

i grew up on a farm in nebraska, and "farm people" tend to say "breakfast, dinner, supper". i say "breakfast, lunch, dinner." supper has a bit of hillbilly connotation to me, don't know why. (i can say that since i grew up on a farm... )

in WI I have dinner at night. The only time I heard people say supper was at my grandparent's farm in Upper Michigan

I use both. Supper is usually a small sandwich or snack right after work. Dinner is a few hours later, sometimes right before bed, and generally more substantial. I live in the Midwest.

I grew up in East Texas. We said breakfast, dinner, and supper. I went to college in Austin, where most students are from Dallas or Houston, and they all said breakfast, lunch, and dinner, so that's what I say now, except when I'm back home with my family. A lot of my rural speech patterns return when I'm home.

I think we mostly say supper in our house but dinner is perfectly acceptable. (Maine)
Where & when my parents grew up (northern Maine, 1950-70), dinner referred to the midday meal known by most as lunch - weird.

From Wikipedia...

Supper is a name for the evening meal in some dialects of English. While often used interchangeably with "dinner" today, supper was traditionally a separate meal. "Dinner" traditionally had been used to refer to the main and most formal meal of the day, which, from the Middle Ages until the 18th century, was most often the midday meal. When the evening meal became the main meal, it was referred to as "dinner", and the lighter midday meal was called "luncheon."

Supper may refer to, on largely class-based distinctions, either a late-evening snack (working and middle class usage) or to make a distinction between "supper" as an informal family meal (which would be eaten in the kitchen or family dining room) as opposed to "dinner"; generally a grander affair (either or both in terms of the meal and the courses within the meal itself), which would be eaten in the best dining room, may well have guests from outside the household, and for which there may be a dress code. It is common for social interest and hobby clubs that meet in the evening after normal dinner hours to announce that "a light supper" will be served after the main business of the meeting.

In England, whereas "dinner", when used for the evening meal, is fairly formal, "supper" is used to describe a less formal, simpler family meal. In some areas of the United Kingdom, "supper" is used to describe an evening meal when dinner has been eaten around noon. In some northern British and Australian homes, as in New Zealand and Ireland, "tea" is used for the evening meal. In parts of the United Kingdom, supper is a term for a snack eaten after the evening meal and before bed, usually consisting of a warm, milky drink and British biscuits or cereal, but can include sandwiches.[citation needed]

In Ireland, a "chicken supper" is a meal of chips, gravy, onions, peas and chicken breast. Similarly in Scotland and perhaps elsewhere in the United Kingdom, such as in Ulster Scots, a fish supper is a portion of fish and chips. The word is used also as a modifier in this way for a range of other similar meals, such as a "sausage supper", "pastie supper", "haggis supper" and indicates the presence of chips.

In New Zealand it is similar – generally cake and tea/coffee served later in the evening, particularly when people have visitors.

The distinction between dinner and supper was common in United States farming communities into the twentieth century. In most parts of The United States and Canada today, "supper" and "dinner" are considered synonyms. In many areas, including Ontario, the term "supper" may be rarely used. In Saskatchewan, and much of Atlantic Canada, "supper" means the main meal of the day, usually served in the late afternoon, while "dinner" is served around noon. "Dinner" is used in some areas, such as Newfoundland and Labrador, to describe the noon meal as well as special meals, such as "Thanksgiving Dinner" or "Christmas Dinner", the evening meal being "supper". For harvest meals put on by churches and other community organizations, the term used is "Fowl Supper" (features turkey) or "Fall Supper", never "dinner".

Growing up in rural Nebraska it was always breakfast, dinner, and supper and soda was pop. Been in New Mexico for over 25 years now and it's breakfast, lunch, and dinner...and they call every kind of soda "coke" regardless of whether it's actually Coca Cola or not.