Posted March 14, 2013 Currently working down south and people here have baffled me regarding what they call their meals. They call their lunch their dinner and their dinner their tea, i mean WTF?! Do you all do this down this end of the country?! Is it a London thing? I just don't get it. I even lived in Bournemouth for 3 years and never heard this. I don't even know what supper/tea is supposed to be, i thought they were just terms 'posh' people used. As far as i have ever known, and everyone i know back home in the midlands refers to them the same, the day's meals are named as follows... Morning - 6am-10am ish = Breakfast Afternoon - Between 12pm-3pm = Lunch Evening - Anytime after 5pm ish = Dinner That's just the way it is!!! Right?! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted March 14, 2013 To be honest, I always thought it was the other way round - that the Breakfast/Lunch/Dinner was a southern trait and that Breakfast/Dinner/Tea was a more northern way of looking at it. Shows what I know. When addressing my family, I always use Dinner/Tea but with others I use Lunch/Dinner since I think it sounds more eloquent personally. Maybe it's a grass-is-always-greener thing. I think technically speaking, Dinner is just the largest meal you eat during the day and so could qualify for either time slot depending on what you consume. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted March 14, 2013 This is another thing that people get far too angry about for no reason. I call them the same as Jav, but have no qualms if someone wants to switch them around because that's what they're used to. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted March 14, 2013 So you never had a roast "Sunday Dinner" at midday, @Jav_NE? I use lunch and dinner interchangeably sometimes. From Sunday dinners growing up, I probably associated lunch with a cold midday meal and dinner with a hot midday meal and then merged them later. Tea is your evening meal.... obvs..... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted March 14, 2013 Breakfast/Lunch/Dinner. Though I'll very occasionally through in a Dinner instead of Lunch, or a Tea instead of Dinner, because I'm JUST THAT CRAZY. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted March 14, 2013 I use: Morning (whenever): Breakfast Afternoon: 12noon-ish: Dinner Evening: 5PM-ish: Tea. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted March 14, 2013 Breakfast - morning. Lunch - middle of day. Dinner/tea - evening. Use either interchangeably, no difference between them. I'm a southerner. I would perhaps change it around and call it dinner if I was having the largest meal in the middle of the day, but never would I call a meal in the middle of the day tea. I guess if I had dinner at lunchtime, I'd call the evening meal tea. I never ever use the word supper. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted March 14, 2013 Afternoon - Between 12pm-3pm = Breakfast Fixed for you. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted March 14, 2013 So you never had a roast "Sunday Dinner" at midday, I have Sunday dinners at my Dad's, usually at 3-4PM, so it's in between dinner and tea. (And, yes, I still have dinner and tea) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted March 14, 2013 Well I go with with the naming conventions of Breakfast - Lunch(Midday food at work) - Tea(Evening Meal) But I don't actually have breakfast, so my day just consists of Lunch & Tea. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted March 14, 2013 Morning - Breakfast Mid-Day - Lunch (bread and soup, generally) Afternoon (4/5pm) - Tea (tea/coffee, cakes, scones etc - very light) Evening Meal - Supper My gran does this so it must be the posh way. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted March 14, 2013 So you never had a roast "Sunday Dinner" at midday, @Jav_NE? I use lunch and dinner interchangeably sometimes. From Sunday dinners growing up, I probably associated lunch with a cold midday meal and dinner with a hot midday meal and then merged them later. Tea is your evening meal.... obvs..... Actually in my family we call it Sunday Lunch....so i suppose it still holds there. In my actual life, i only eat one meal - in the evening, so i suppose that since i have no need to distinguish between them, i could just call my evening meal 'meal' or 'foodtime' and be done with it. I presume everyone calls it whatever their parents/carers call it. I doubt anyone wakes up one morning and says 'Hmm, I know what i'll call dinner, just to fuck with everyone else - i'll call it tea. That'll piss everyone off!' Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted March 14, 2013 I'm a landan lad and I've always called it breakfast lunch and dinner. Admittedly the sunday roast is an exception, though we normally ate it closer to dinner time anyway. Actually we ususally just called it roast, or sunday roast. I think I have never heard someone called their lunch their dinner, and I find it highly proposterous that you might! This is another thing that people get far too angry about for no reason. I call them the same as Jav, but have no qualms if someone wants to switch them around because that's what they're used to. SHUTUP BOB THIS IS SERIOUS SHIT Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted March 14, 2013 To be honest, I always thought it was the other way round - that the Breakfast/Lunch/Dinner was a southern trait and that Breakfast/Dinner/Tea was a more northern way of looking at it. Shows what I know. THIS. I know it to be a more of a Northern thing, so what's wrong with you up there! :p I call mine Orange Time, Pitta Bread Interlude and It's lucky if I remember. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted March 14, 2013 SHUTUP BOB THIS IS SERIOUS SHIT Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted March 14, 2013 Brunch Purging Champagne Tea Oh the life of a socialite. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted March 14, 2013 Breakfast Lunch Dinner Supper Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted March 14, 2013 Breakfast, lunch and tea. I'm a northerner. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted March 14, 2013 I don't think it's a north-south thing, just some people (breakfast-dinner-tea-people) are stupid. I once got told off by a teacher for doing this. Back in primary school we were doing stuff on health/diet, so had to list what we'd eaten in the week. He looked at mine confused, "Why have you put that as your dinner? That was your tea. And that's not lunch, it's dinner." "That's what I call them." "No that's wrong, go change them." I refused. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted March 14, 2013 So I've lived in London most of my life and it's always been: Breakfast Lunch Dinner However, the last 3 years I've lived for bit in Belfast and work with some northerners who all say it as: Breakfast Dinner Tea So basically the opposite to what you are saying.... So I'm not sure it is a north south divide. Perhaps just whatever you grew up with your parents calling meal times. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted March 14, 2013 It's breakfast, dinner and tea. Tea time is 5pm. Always has been. Always will be. People who think dinner is in the evening are morons. :P Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted March 14, 2013 According to Wikipedia, Dinner is the main meal of the day, which was originally the first meal of the day, taken at noon. What the fuck, Wiki? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted March 14, 2013 It's breakfast, dinner and tea. Tea time is 5pm. Always has been. Always will be. People who think dinner is in the evening are morons. :P I have never heard anyone call lunch dinner before seeing this topic. Dinner has always just been a fancy way of saying tea for me. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted March 14, 2013 Only people i've heard calling dinner 'tea' are people who are trying to make themselves sound posh. I find it grates on me when people call tea 'dinner'. I get lunch - I don't mind that, but dinner is definitely not tea. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
