What do you call your main meals of the day?

[Ming the Merciless]

Let’s see where Cc chatters roots lie with this poll

 

[Milkfloat]

You forgot Lunch/Tea, Lunch/Tea/Supper, Lunch/Tea/Dinner and a variety of other combos. Either way, whatever posts follow you are all wrong.

 

[Deleted User]

Dinner/lunch I can see the similarity but surely Tea time can only ever be at Night?

The southerners seem to be the ones that get confused with this for some reason.

Supper is near bedtime.

 

[alicat]

What about the posh folk who think their evening meal is supper?

 

[Deleted User]

Lunch is at lunch time and tea is at tea time.

Lunch/Dinner same thing surely?

Plus I assume you're not Southern going by your avatar?

 

[Ming the Merciless]

You forgot Lunch/Tea, Lunch/Tea/Supper, Lunch/Tea/Dinner and a variety of other combos. Either way, whatever posts follow you are all wrong.

We will put you in the confused category

 

[PK99]

Lunch is at lunch time and tea is at tea time.

Lunch is at dinnertime and tea is at suppertime

 

[ianrauk]

Lunch is at lunchtime - during the day
Dinner is at dinner time - at the evening

 

[Beebo]

It’s all very simple.

Tea is for children at around 5pm
adults eat dinner at 8pm.
Lunch is 1pm.
Supper is for knobbers.

 

[Milkfloat]

We will put you in the confused category

I think it is everyone else who is confused, I know exactly what I call it at the particular time I utter the words. This could however change next time I say something.

 

[SydZ]

Breakfast, lunch, dinner, tea. Simple.

 

[fossyant]

It’s all very simple.

Tea is for children at around 5pm
adults eat dinner at 8pm.
Lunch is 1pm.
Supper is for knobbers.

I'm not eating at 8pm... I'm a tea person then.

 

[MichaelW2]

Our dinner ladies at school called it lunch hour, which to me is the definitive answer.

 

[Ming the Merciless]

Our dinner ladies at school called it lunch hour, which to me is the definitive answer.

Dinner ladies, clue is in the name 😆

 

[PaulSB]

The correct option isn't available so I voted confused:

Midday - lunch
6.00-7.00pm - tea
9.00pm - supper, which I rarely eat

Dinner is something one eats in a restaurant or at someone else's house when invited for dinner. This would 7.30pm onwards.