Lunch or Dinner Time

[swee'pea99]

Even down here in 'that there' London we only ever had school dinners. Explains a lot.

 

[Katherine]

[QUOTE 5101465, member: 45"]It's the meal, not the time. The main meal of the day is dinner.[/QUOTE]

Yes.

Dinner is the meal, not the time.

Eg a roast dinner, which can be eaten at lunchtime or in the evening.

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

I'm with @Afnug

Dinner is the meal around noon
Tea, towards 17:00 - 18:00

L*nch is for Southerners


Stuart Maconie summed up the 'going out for supper' that some southerners partake of, in one of his books
When a publicist suggested it, he had images of sitting on her settee, in his dressing gown, eating cheese & crackers

 

[Julia9054]

I'm with @Afnug

Dinner is the meal around noon
Tea, towards 17:00 - 18:00

L*nch is for Southerners


Stuart Maconie summed up the 'going out for supper' that some southerners partake of, in one of his books
When a publicist suggested it, he had images of sitting on her settee, in his dressing gown, eating cheese & crackers

I agree too.
Although if I am just having a sandwich, I would call it lunch. Also, if I went to a restaurant in the evening, I would probably be going out for dinner rather than my tea. Though I realise that this means I may end up eating dinner twice . . . it's complicated!

 

[User32269]

I was discussing this with friends over Christmas brunch.

 

[User32269]

I agree too.
Although if I am just having a sandwich, I would call it lunch. Also, if I went to a restaurant in the evening, I would probably be going out for dinner rather than my tea. Though I realise that this means I may end up eating dinner twice . . . it's complicated!

Stop pretending your posh, I've met you!

 

[raleighnut]

Surely the mid-day meal is Luncheon, when I worked at one company they even gave us vouchers for it.

 

[ClichéGuevara]

Even though he's a Londoner, and therefore lower than a southerner, I'm with Richard Digence on this.
He said:
"All this north v south thing is getting too much. We should all just unite and kick the shoot out of the Brummies."

 

[Markymark]

Even down here in 'that there' London we only ever had school dinners. Explains a lot.

But do kids who bring their own carry a Dinner Box?

 

[Markymark]

I think the confusion comes about because northern layabouts who don’t work have time for a main meal during the day. Those in the south only really eat a snack at lunchtime to ensure we spend time keeping the economy afloat.

 

[AndyRM]

My take on it:

Breakfast is for the weak.

Bit bait.

Gin.

Doesn't really matter the order.

 

[Venod]

But do kids who bring their own carry a Dinner Box?

Surely they carry a Snap Box (used to be a Snap Tin but other materials are now available)

 

[perplexed]

It's breakfast, dinner and tea. A snack late in the evening is supper...

Anyway, even the southern-centric BBC knows that late afternoon/early evening is 'tea time'.

I've mentioned before that 'tea time' is actually on the clock in Yorkshire, because it is used by BBC Look North to describe the time of an event - for example, 'The Archbishop of York conducted 500 mass dunkings outside the Minster at tea time...'

 

[nickyboy]

What do people in the South of England call the (mainly) ladies who cook and serve the midday-ish food at schools?

 

[raleighnut]

What do people in the South of England call the (mainly) ladies who cook and serve the midday-ish food at schools?

Brenda.