dd whos almost 4, pulled me up yesterday and corrected me, telling me its not called tea its called dinner

[carriedababi]

i felt like saying you and your middleclass upbringing!

its always been called tea in our house

i was telling dd, we are having such and such for tea, and she went tea? its not tea, its called dinner

bloody hell

nickelbabe the upper middles classes would not refer to the family evening meal as dinner. that would be supper. lower middle and middle would call it dinner

I find the idea of being invited round for supper (a la Nigella) really weird. If you can't be arsed to cook me dinner, don't bother. I'm not to be fobbed of with supper !

lol at mealtime facilitator !

In my area of the North West traditionally the working man (person) has
first breakfast then,

10.30 lunch

12.30 dinner

5- 6ish tea

before bed supper

That is so weird! My 4 year old DD corrected me in the exact same way earlier! I was a bit gobsmacked.

So why do men wear dinner jackets if dinner is not for the posh?

Re: packed lunch, yes people might say 'so and so takes sandwiches' but what would the school put on a note about a trip or something? 'Your child will need sensible shoes, a waterproof and butties'?

I've always worked on the following

Breakfast- served up until about 10.
Brunch- between 10 and 12
Lunch- between 12 and 2.30-ish

Afternoon tea- light meal between 3 and 4:30
High Tea (commonly referred to as just tea) between 4.30 and 6.30
Dinner- served between 7 and 9 usually
supper- light snack between 8 and bedtime

If you had afternoon tea ( growing up usually a cup of tea and a slice of bread and butter or cake) then you probably had dinner. If you had Tea, then you would usually raid the larder have supper.

I hope it clears everything up

Lies - dinner is a formal supper. The upper classes would call the family evening meal supper not dinner.