Dinner / Tea / Supper???

[Raj]

What do you call it???

[whoareyaaa]

Dinners at dinner 12/1pm, Tea at 6pm?

[Milo]

Just now, whoareyaaa said:

Dinners at dinner 12/1pm, Tea at 6pm?

[Raj]

Lunch is at 12

Just now, whoareyaaa said:

Dinners at dinner 12/1pm, Tea at 6pm?

Lunch is at 12/1pm???

Its either tea dinner or supper in the evening ain't it???

[whoareyaaa]

1 minute ago, Raj said:

Lunch is at 12

Lunch is at 12/1pm???

Its either tea dinner or supper in the evening ain't it???

Dunno dinner is at 12/1pm in my life tea in the evening?

[Raj]

No one for supper???

[Unabomber]

It’s lunch at lunchtime hence it’s called lunch time. Dinner is in the evening. If you go to book at any restaurant do they ask if you want dinner or tea? There’s ya answer. 

[Izzy]

19 minutes ago, Milo said:

You’ve lived down south too long and gone native mate 

[Unabomber]

Also tea is a drink. You don’t ask coffee or dinner do you? 

[Unabomber]

3 minutes ago, Raj said:

No one for supper???

Supper is after dinner like 9pm I don’t have it though as have a big dinner 

[davieG]

Breakfast - Dinner  - Tea

 

Although if I'm not eating a proper meal mid day I'd call it lunch but still tea in the evening.

[Otis]

What time is brunch?

[Izzy]

Do your kids have school dinners or take a packed lunch?

Just to confuse things…

[Milo]

6 minutes ago, Izzy said:

You’ve lived down south too long and gone native mate 

Very possibly, mate. 
 

But tea is a drink, ffs…

[whoareyaaa]

I rarely have 3 set meals a day now usually just two these days, do you need 3 meals a day?

[Milo]

Jeez this is like the ‘do you p*ss in the shower’ thread.

 

Awful, the lot of you…

[davieG]

1 minute ago, Milo said:

Very possibly, mate. 
 

But tea is a drink, ffs…

This explains it, sort of.

 

Do the British really get together every afternoon at 4 to sit and drink several cups of tea? Ask any of my German students and they will tell you 'YES!'

I’m sorry to disappoint, but it’s simply not true. We drink over 150 million cups of tea a day in Britain, but there is no special time for the nation’s favourite drink. British people will drink tea all day whether morning, noon or night (my mother makes her first cup at 6 am!). There are reasons for the confusion surrounding ‘teatime’, however ...

‘Tea’ is widely used as a name for the evening meal. This is more common in Scotland and the north of England but you can hear it all over the country. Usually it is the main meal of the day, eaten between 5 and 7. So, ‘teatime’ refers to the meal and not the drink. In the south, the evening meal is often called dinner, while dinner in the north is the midday meal. Confused? Many heated debates can happen between southerners and northerners about the right name, but in general:   

North: Breakfast – Dinner – Teatime

South: Breakfast – Lunch – Dinner

What about tea breaks? Surely this must be a special time for tea? Wrong again, I’m afraid. Tea breaks are simply an opportunity to have a rest from work for around 10 minutes. In this time you can drink whatever you like (which of course includes tea). This is usually with a small snack, like biscuits for dunking. The best time for a tea break is mid-morning around 11 or mid-afternoon around 3.

But what about tea rooms? Can I drink tea there? Yes! A tea room is the perfect place to go with friends and family to enjoy tea, cakes, sandwiches and pastries. This is known as afternoon tea and is usually saved for special occasions such as a birthday or engagement party. In Devon and Cornwall, afternoon tea is served with scones and locally made clotted cream and strawberry jam - we call this a cream tea. While a rare occasion for Brits, tea rooms are very popular with tourists and are definitely worth a visit.

Teatime, tea breaks, afternoon tea, cream tea ... how could you possibly get muddled up?

 

 

[tom27111]

This argument has got nothing on what do you call a bread roll.

 

For the record, if its soft, it's a bap. Crusty, it's a cob.

 

 

[davieG]

4 minutes ago, Milo said:

Jeez this is like the ‘do you p*ss in the shower’ thread.

 

Awful, the lot of you…

Perhaps we should move on to...

 

 

Then on to front or rear when wiping your arse?

 

 

[Izzy]

3 minutes ago, tom27111 said:

This argument has got nothing on what do you call a bread roll.

 

For the record, if its soft, it's a bap. Crusty, it's a cob.

 

When I worked in Cov many moons ago, they called a bap a 'batch'

 

Weirdos

[tom27111]

2 minutes ago, Izzy said:

When I worked in Cov many moons ago, they called a bap a 'batch'

 

Weirdos

Innit. Freaks 

[StanSP]

Tea is a drink.

Dinner in the evening.

Supper is an olden-day thing and now doesn't exist.

[Milo]

Just now, StanSP said:

Tea is a drink.

Dinner in the evening.

Supper is an olden-day thing and now doesn't exist.

Some sense at last 

[tom27111]

8 minutes ago, StanSP said:

Tea is a drink.

Dinner in the evening.

Supper is an olden-day thing and now doesn't exist.

 

He's the Foxestalk voice of reason.

 

The man of the people.

 

I'd vote for Stan as my MP 

[The Syrup]

Lots of southern nancies on here... Its breakfast, dinner, tea.