To think that you’re evening meal is called ‘tea’ not ‘dinner’?!

[Biscoffaddict]

I see so many posters on here referring to their evening mea, as ‘dinner’, but in real life I’ve never met anyone who does this and it’s always ‘tea’. It always has been tea. My parents call it tea, my grandparents called it tea, my friends call it tea, my work colleagues call it tea etc. ‘Dinner’ is the meal you have in the middle of the day and that’s why school dinner ladies, are called dinner ladies!

I don’t know but I find it quite irrationally annoying! Surely I’m not alone?!

Lunch middle of the day, a light meal, (high) tea at 6pm, supper 8pm. Now our kids are older we usually have supper but when they were little the adults around at 6pm would have tea with them. 'Dinner' is a large weekend midday meal or a special occasion evening meal "out for dinner" etc. There's something a bit kiddyish about adults going for tea at each other's houses. The phrase "chippy tea" sets my teeth on edge.

Eh? The midday meal is called lunch! Dinner is an evening meal.

Mind you, in times gone by, breakfast was your midday meal. But dinner was still in the evening, with supper to follow later.

Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner. In the south east. I’ve never heard of anyone call it anything different except on here.

At our school they were called lunch ladies!

I call it lunch and tea (Midlands).
But if someone asks me what I had for dinner and I answered quickly and without thinking, I would tell them what I had for lunch.
If I thought about it for a second, I would clarify which meal they meant.
Anything ate in the evening, no matter the size of the meal, I would call tea.
To me it is what I called things when I was growing up and I stuck with it. My younger sister calls it dinner in the evening now but never used to. My mom and dad call it tea.

It's silly to say that it's posh though. Plenty of non-posh people call it dinner because that's the norm in their area of the country. It's just lazy stereotyping. My dc found it so annoying when we moved north when a lot of kids at school just thought southern automatically = posh.

I was always told calling lunch ‘dinner’ was common 😱😂

You go out to dinner. You have supper at home in the evening

@Fembot123

I was always told calling lunch ‘dinner’ was common 😱😂

I believe that's what many posters here are insinuating.

So dinner is in the middle of the day here, we have tea in the evening, obvs (why do you think 6pm ish is referred to as 'teatime') 🤷‍♀️

I’m originally from the North west and most people I know call it tea, I’ve always said: breakfast, lunch and dinner 🤷🏻‍♀️My grandparents called a small meal later on before dinner (crackers/sandwich) supper, I didn’t know anyone else who did

Ds has breakfast.

He has a packed lunched watched over by a Dinner Lady in the dining room

He comes home and has Dinner and a cup of Tea

He's not allowed Supper because they're my crumpets

Dinner/Tea is the same thing here up North!!

I can't understand the hate for the word 'supper'. When I was at school, I ate lunch, came home and had supper around 7 pm. Having had a two-course meal at lunchtime, I didn't have to eat dinner as well, so it was usually soup with bread, porridge, bread and cheese or maybe bacon and fried bread. That is supper!

When I was a kid in the 80s it was definitely breakfast, dinner, tea in my house (south east) but at some point it changed and now everyone I know says Breakfast, lunch, dinner. Tea sums up images of sandwiches and cakes, or beans on toast etc. Whereas dinner is a more substantial meal with a pudding. In my mind anyway!

It’s nonsense though isn’t it @Owlish, it just varies from area to area.

My mom and dad call it tea.

Is mom a Midlands word too?

@Maddison12

So dinner is in the middle of the day here, we have tea in the evening, obvs (why do you think 6pm ish is referred to as 'teatime') 🤷‍♀️

Teatime is 4 pm!

@Christinaismyperson

When I was a kid in the 80s it was definitely breakfast, dinner, tea in my house (south east) but at some point it changed and now everyone I know says Breakfast, lunch, dinner. Tea sums up images of sandwiches and cakes, or beans on toast etc. Whereas dinner is a more substantial meal with a pudding. In my mind anyway!

Tea would definitely be something small like cheese on toast to my mind too

@LittleBoPeep95

My partner and I were just talking about this yesterday, it's breakfast, dinner, and tea. I dont know anyone that calls tea dinner. We are in the North east if that makes any difference!

I'm in the NE are in my house it's either!!

Breakfast
Lunch
Dinner

Tea is a mid afternoon snack and drink to me.

I live in NE Scotland

@SittinOnTheDockOfTheBay

My mom and dad call it tea.

Is mom a Midlands word too?

I know they say mom in Birmingham

Theres some dramatic people on here!
' sets my teeth on edge'
'Irrationally annoyingly
'So long as it’s not called “supper”, which is properly insufferable.'
'I don't like the word 'supper' in general!'
What on earth is wrong with you!!🤷‍♀️

You go out to dinner. You have supper at home in the evening.

Me too.