Dinner at midday...

[SleepingStandingUp]

Had reception meeting today.

Schedule says dinner at midday.

Aibu to think it isn't bloody dinner if it'd the second meal of the day??

I'm gonna pretend this is lighthearted but she also talked about what things they'll be learning the children so grrrrr

YANBU - if she’s learning your child to call ‘lunch’ ‘dinner’ then what else will that teacher be learning the class?

Teacher could be learning them all sorts. You should step in. Immediately.

“learning the children”?

I thought this was going to be about the Alan Bennet play dinner at noon

I have breakfast, dinner and tea, nothing wrong with that. However, I would 'teach' children songs, not 'learn' them

raffle i do feel like I need to stage an intervention 😭

Dinner/lunch aside I've never heard of learning being used like that

Sittingonthefence83 is dinner in the afternoon a middle class thing?

Nearly always dinner if hot food midday in schools and this is in the south! Have you heard of "Dinner Ladies?"

I wouldnt worry about it being called dinner...

Dinner is a northern thing I thing

The word you're looking for is teaching...

Learning the children would be incorrect here... but maybe regional variation!?

They do talk about the days learning or the children's learning instead of work now.

Breakfast, dinner, tea in the north. I grew up in the midlands so say breakfast, lunch, tea, but so does northern Irish husband so can't be too wrong! I have no problem with lunch at school being called dinner either

Redglitter because its an abomination. We'll be learning the children how to tell the time

So two things going on here. First, in some areas lunch is called dinner. And in some areas people use learn when it's usually teach.

However, it is somewhat ironic that in your thread about someone using 'wrong' terminology you do the same!

(Neither is wrong as such anyway, it's just regional flavours of English and part of the rich tapestry of our language! But I still rib my DP for calling lunch dinner)

@SleepingStandingUp is English her first language? In my country we call the warm meal in the middle of the day 'dinner' and we eat sandwiches at the end of the day and call them 'supper' :-)

TrendyNorthLondonTeen yes I am aware of that thank you

Have you heard of "Dinner Ladies?" OK ok I concede defeat.

rosesandveg we're Midlands. Also spell Mom with an O

@op: Yes, I always thought dinner in the afternoon was a middle class thing but I think it's more of a north/south divide. I'm in the Midlands!

Oh nevermind I misread it

That'll learn me for reading too quickly

@Celebellyyoull be happy to know I talk better than I multitask and type haha

Viviene yup, English and local.

London... breakfast, lunch, dinner. Tea is a drink! BUT the only exception is school dinners which happen at lunch time obviously! 😂

I’ve never heard learning used like that?! Is it commonplace elsewhere (I’m down south). It doesn’t make much sense to me?

I don’t think it’s a big issue personally - lunch when I was at school was referred to as school dinners. Didn’t really confuse my understanding of meals.

See I'd use dinner and tea for evening meal interchangeably so perhaps I can't really comment lol

is dinner in the afternoon a middle class thing?

It's a British thing.

I'm gonna pretend this is lighthearted but she also talked about what things they'll be learning the children so grrrrr

Have you considered offering to educate the teaching staff on the correct use of language?

Dinner/lunch aside I've never heard of learning being used like that Quite common in some dialects. Also the phrase "I'll learn him!".