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TodaysFishIsTroutALaCreme · 19/03/2017 21:33

What is the meal called that you eat at 12pm?

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Topseyt · 19/03/2017 21:37

Lunch, if I bother with it. It is a sandwich or other light snack. Dinner is the main meal in the evening.

For my parents though the midday meal is dinner.

steff13 · 19/03/2017 21:38

Lunch. We have three meals at our house; breakfast, lunch, and dinner.

I'm in the US, btw.

Shurleyshummishtake · 19/03/2017 21:38

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Tinkerbec · 19/03/2017 21:38

Dinner ladies not lunch ladies
Q.E.D

KarmaKit · 19/03/2017 21:38

Just to add an extra level of difference, we say lunch if it's sandwiches etc but dinner if it's a cooked meal. Then if we have sandwiches in the evening it's tea, otherwise it's dinner.

jmh740 · 19/03/2017 21:38

We have breakfast dinner and tea I'm in the north

Factorysettings · 19/03/2017 21:38

Lunch, unless it's Sunday.

RandomMess · 19/03/2017 21:39

Oop North it's dinner

You have school dinners

Breakfast dinner Tea supper

CMamaof4 · 19/03/2017 21:40

Lunch

Weedsnseeds1 · 19/03/2017 21:40

Lunch. Christmas meal though, is dinner, regardless of time of day!

bringonyourwreckingball · 19/03/2017 21:42

My dd2, who is the only one of us actually born in Yorkshire (we live in Sheffield now) aged about 4 gravely pronounced "it can't be dinner, there's no gravy"
So if there's gravy, it's dinner. If not, lunch.

lazydog · 19/03/2017 21:42

Exactly as DontBuyANewMumCashmere described. Generally lunch, but sometimes can be a middle of the day dinner Grin(e.g. Christmas day, or occasional Sundays when I can be bothered to do a roast.)

AnoiseAnnoysanOyster · 19/03/2017 21:44

Lunch.

Ginkypig · 19/03/2017 21:44

Lunch Then

dinner or tea,

I'm just about have some supper.

Guavaf1sh · 19/03/2017 21:44

It's lunch or dinner depending on geographical location and class

Hotheadwheresthecoldbath · 19/03/2017 21:44

Like others breakfast,lunch if light,dinner if it is the main meal.Dinner in the evening,tea if it is a lighter meal following earlier dinner.Super is a late snack.

TodaysFishIsTroutALaCreme · 19/03/2017 21:45

But I call it lunch and I am not even remotely southern. Looks like I lost the argument.

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Janey50 · 19/03/2017 21:45

Luncheon Grin

AYankinSpanx · 19/03/2017 21:46

Lunch.

I live in the north of England though and the 'dinner' thing at midday constantly causes confusion!

I remember a colleague asking me to go out for dinner with him...I was pretty taken aback until I realised he meant 'go and grab a sandwich.'

MrsMooks · 19/03/2017 21:47

Lunch

CactusFred · 19/03/2017 21:48

Lunch

Dinner is the evening meal

Moussemoose · 19/03/2017 21:53

Dinner = middle of the day

321zerobaby · 19/03/2017 21:54

lunch

Gatehouse77 · 19/03/2017 21:56

Lunch.

Breakfast, lunch and supper here.

And dinner ladies are called lunchtime controllers these days which lends to lunch being right?

Doilooklikeatourist · 19/03/2017 21:57

It's lunch if it's a sandwich
And dinner if gravy is involved