Dinner or Tea?

[Gonzo]

I think Kate Fox's analysis is spot on.

The evening meal has always been "dinner" in my house and "lower middle class" is about the right social description for me, however much I dislike it.

While growing up I had a friend who lived up the road in a more "well to do" family and they always referred to their evening meal as supper.

[TheFaQQer]

While growing up I had a friend who lived up the road in a more "well to do" family and they always referred to their evening meal as supper.

There's a good bit in Stuart Maconie's Pies and Prejudice where he talks about someone in the south inviting him round for suppah and wondering if it was appropriate for him to turn up for a bit of cheese on toast in his pyjamas, since that's what supper means to those from the north.

[DaveB]

dinner = lunch
tea is the evening meal.


breakfast elevenses dinner tea supper

<voodooflux>

Breakfast,
Second breakfast
Elevenses
Luncheon
Tea
Dinner
Supper

+ snacks for when you get peckish between meals.

</voodoflux>