Tea?

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[Motobecane]

Good morning @0lonerider

& to those yet to surface

RL today & a pub Tea ....

That's 'dinner' to the Aristocracy which in turn is the proper word for Lunch to the Hoi Polloi

Not supper then?

 

[Motobecane]

Good afternoon everyone. Warmer and sunny but rain predicted tomorrow. Where is the heatwave?

 

[Motobecane]

Earring of the day:

 

[Motobecane]

Good morning @0lonerider

& to those yet to surface

RL today & a pub Tea ....

That's 'dinner' to the Aristocracy which in turn is the proper word for Lunch to the Hoi Polloi

Well I do find use of terminology quite fascinating. When I was kid (very working-class background, council estate) we called the midday meal 'dinner'. That would be school dinners or if at home then fish fingers, beans and chips or tinned spaghetti on toast (!) etc. - a roast on Sunday. Then we had 'tea' at 5pm (maybe earlier?). Tea was just a snack really. A piece of cake or a bun or perhaps toast with a cup of tea. I think my Dad had something more substantial for tea as he took sandwiches to work. Then, before bed, we had supper: bread and dripping or bread and cheese if we were hungry.

Now, I call the midday meal 'lunch'. 'Tea' (if I ate it) would mean an English tea with sandwiches, scones, cakes and 'dinner' would be an evening meal usually eaten at 8pm. I have come across some rather upper-class people who call the evening meal 'supper' just to confuse things! I also know quite a lot of people who call their evening meal 'tea' but eat it at about 6pm as soon as they get home from work.

 

[classic33]

Well I do find use of terminology quite fascinating. When I was kid (very working-class background, council estate) we called the midday meal 'dinner'. That would be school dinners or if at home then fish fingers, beans and chips or tinned spaghetti on toast (!) etc. - a roast on Sunday. Then we had 'tea' at 5pm (maybe earlier?). Tea was just a snack really. A piece of cake or a bun or perhaps toast with a cup of tea. I think my Dad had something more substantial for tea as he took sandwiches to work. Then, before bed, we had supper: bread and dripping or bread and cheese if we were hungry.

Now, I call the midday meal 'lunch'. 'Tea' (if I ate it) would mean an English tea with sandwiches, scones, cakes and 'dinner' would be an evening meal usually eaten at 8pm. I have come across some rather upper-class people who call the evening meal 'supper' just to confuse things! I also know quite a lot of people who call their evening meal 'tea' but eat it at about 6pm as soon as they get home from work.

Any meal eaten after tea would be supper!
That from working class, who's often had breakfast before going to bed, and dinner when I've got up and had my tea.

 

[stephec]

Well I do find use of terminology quite fascinating. When I was kid (very working-class background, council estate) we called the midday meal 'dinner'. That would be school dinners or if at home then fish fingers, beans and chips or tinned spaghetti on toast (!) etc. - a roast on Sunday. Then we had 'tea' at 5pm (maybe earlier?). Tea was just a snack really. A piece of cake or a bun or perhaps toast with a cup of tea. I think my Dad had something more substantial for tea as he took sandwiches to work. Then, before bed, we had supper: bread and dripping or bread and cheese if we were hungry.

Now, I call the midday meal 'lunch'. 'Tea' (if I ate it) would mean an English tea with sandwiches, scones, cakes and 'dinner' would be an evening meal usually eaten at 8pm. I have come across some rather upper-class people who call the evening meal 'supper' just to confuse things! I also know quite a lot of people who call their evening meal 'tea' but eat it at about 6pm as soon as they get home from work.

I have my dinner any time between 11:30 - 14:30 depending on work.

Tea is anytime after 17:00, and anything after tea is just more food.

 

[i hate hills]

Evening all....hope everyone is well and enjoying the bank holiday . Yesterday i travelled to a football match and cheered on the mighty Brechin City beat our cousin marrying neighbours from Forfar 2-1. Great day. Today i morphed into Gok Wan and went with my oh to Dundee to " help " choose her a new outfit for a night out we have next weekend. I'm magic as we only took an hour and a half ......so if you need a hand picking an outfit i'm available for hire...just putting that out there..

 

[welsh dragon]

Has @stephec told all of you that keith harris has died? Poor orville.lol

 

[stephec]

Has @stephec told all of you that keith harris has died? Poor orville.lol

You're almost as late as me there.

 

[classic33]

 

[Smithbat]

Evening all Anyone doing anything exciting for Mayday?

 

[classic33]

Not much, truth be told. Just another day.

 

[stephec]

Evening all Anyone doing anything exciting for Mayday?

Welcome back SB, what have you been upto?

 

[Motobecane]

I have my dinner any time between 11:30 - 14:30 depending on work.

Tea is anytime after 17:00, and anything after tea is just more food.

So what would you say if you invited your partner out for a an evening meal in a restaurant? Would that be called tea? Its all got confused as far as I'm concerned. My son's girlfriend calls the evening meal 'tea'. My kids call it dinner. I used to call it tea. The only definite thing is breakfast. Everyone knows what that means!