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

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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?!

@MagicSummer

Well, I have never heard the expression 'chippy tea', thank goodness. It sounds absolutely awful.

Why?

@TheJerkStore

Is chippy tea baby speak gone out of control?

Do you mean to sound so rude?

Omg I'm a true mnetter now, someone has finally asked me if I meant to be so rude!

And the answer is no probably not. I should have said 'Chippy sounds quite childlike to me, appreciate if it's just another regional expression I don't understand".

Better? Probably not. But oh did I mean to be so rude

Yes YABU. It is breakfast, lunch, and dinner.

Tea, is hot drink made from leaves.

I would say I was having a fish supper but if you say you have tea usually then a chippy tea makes sense.
I'm not really understanding the problem with this.
Different people use different words.

Scotland.

Meals are breakfast, lunch, dinner. Tea is a drink.

If you combine breakfast and lunch that makes brunch and means you are having one less meal that day. (You'll only have brunch and dinner)

Afternoon Tea is a specific type of meal which includes tea as a drink and may mean you don't eat dinner, especially if you've already had breakfast and lunch.

High tea is another type of meal and definitely replaces dinner.

You may have your main meal of the day at lunchtime but it will still be lunch!

Breakfast like a king, lunch like a peasant, dinner like a pauper apparently this is a good mantra for weight loss.

I know that if I have my main meal of the day at breakfast (say a cooked breakfast) then I don't need to eat again until dinner in the evening. That can often be a light dinner too. Maybe soup and bread.

I'm making myself hungry now.

Well, I have never heard the expression 'chippy tea', thank goodness. It sounds absolutely awful.

It's regional dialect. One of many diverse variations of the English language. I cant see what's absolutely awful about that? Unless perhaps you don't like fish and chips

We have breakfast lunch and supper

I'm
Posh me

Words have different meaning ,s though @Cokie3 don't they ,I would say Coke was a fizzy pop ,other,s may attribute it to an illegal substance they snort ,as for hot drinks made from leaves I would call it a brew ,you call it Tea 🤷

@dementedpixie

I call it a chippy but never a chippy tea I dont eat fish and chips so wouldn't call it that

I’ve been known to buy a fish supper from the chippy but never a chippy tea.....

MN snobbery at its best (worst) on this thread....
Referring to regional dialect and phrases as childish and childlike.

I'll never fail to be astounded at the narrow minded comments people make in relation to this and similar topics. Like they're surprised that there are people who speak differently to them and that different means childish/lower class/stupid .....

I love a chippy tea

@BuggerOffAndGoodDayToYou you must also be in Scotland then
I am partial to a king rib supper from the chippy for my dinner

So long as it’s not called “supper”, which is properly insufferable.

Supper, supper, supper, supper, supper, supper. Yum

[quote dementedpixie]@BuggerOffAndGoodDayToYou you must also be in Scotland then
I am partial to a king rib supper from the chippy for my dinner[/quote]
@dementedpixie

No... I’m in the south east! Planning a trip to Scotland when we are allowed though......

@BuggerOffAndGoodDayToYou I also would have thought you were Scottish with a supper from the chippy.
London DH when visiting my hometown was totally confused the first time he asked for fish in the chippy and was asked if he wanted a supper.

Tea sounds really common

I say dinner but I’m in the minority where I live. I’m reminded quite often that I am an outsider.

Why would you have a lunch box and lunch time if the midday meal was dinner?

[quote snowliving]@BuggerOffAndGoodDayToYou I also would have thought you were Scottish with a supper from the chippy.
London DH when visiting my hometown was totally confused the first time he asked for fish in the chippy and was asked if he wanted a supper.[/quote]
It's a supper here in Ireland as well, you can get all kinds Fish Supper, Chicken Supper, Batter Sausage Supper etc

Why would you have a lunch box and lunch time if the midday meal was dinner?

Well, in some areas and mileux it's called a snap box (or is it snap tin...?) And there are probably other variations too.

London DH when visiting my hometown was totally confused the first time he asked for fish in the chippy and was asked if he wanted a supper.
Reminds me of when I moved from Glasgow to London and went in a Greggs. I asked for a tuna Big Softie and I thought they were going to call the police

I didn’t grow up in the UK, but was always told tea is a hot drink, high tea is a late afternoon/early evening meal, lunch is a midday meal, supper is a night time meal, and dinner is interchangeable between lunch and supper, depending on which is the main meal - dinner is used for the main meal. No idea if that’s correct, but that’s how I’ve always understood the terminology. But really, all that matters is that you know what the other person is trying to say, right?

@AryaStarkWolf when I can finally travel back to Scotland I'm having a haggis supper!

chippy tea

See, I'd call that a "fish supper". mmmm, might see if the fish & chip shop is open tonight.

This thread is making me hungry - for my supper, supper, supper, supper, supper, supper, supper, supper, supper, supper, supper, supper, supper, supper, supper, supper, supper, supper, supper, supper, supper, supper, supper, supper.

@TheJerkStore

It makes me cringe when adults say going home for my tea . Sounds so childish.

Wow. How ridiculous.

How lovely of you to brand large parts of the country 'childish' for using local/regional dialect.

Chippy tea and chipper also sound childish I cant bear slang from adults

Tea sounds really common

You are done for ! 😂

Southeast and tea is fine if a child is concerned.eg 'Would Kieran like to come for his tea next week?' He then comes for 'tea' but gets his dinner.

[quote snowliving]@AryaStarkWolf when I can finally travel back to Scotland I'm having a haggis supper![/quote]
Ok that's one we don't have!