Shell Beau
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Mon Jun-13-05 04:11 PM
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Do you say supper or dinner? |
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I say supper. Is that a southern thing? I don't know if it is, but that is what we say here in the south!
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Mon Jun-13-05 04:12 PM
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I'm kind of in the middle of everything, geography-wise, so it could be regional. :shrug:
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Mon Jun-13-05 04:13 PM
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They used to be both commonly used
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Mon Jun-13-05 04:14 PM
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4. Aha! Wasn't sure if it was southern or not! I guess not! |
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Mon Jun-13-05 04:16 PM
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in old timey Canada, you had both dinner and supper.
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Mon Jun-13-05 04:14 PM
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Lunch is at noon. Supper is at night. I don't know what dinner is |
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Mon Jun-13-05 04:32 PM
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17. LOL..dinner is at noon, and supper is at night... |
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Mon Jun-13-05 04:14 PM
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I currently live in the south, but hail from NE. I have friends in NE who say supper, however. I wonder if it is more a generational thing?
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Mon Jun-13-05 04:15 PM
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Mon Jun-13-05 04:15 PM
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That's a working class English thing.
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Mon Jun-13-05 04:29 PM
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12. Do you also have dinner at noon? |
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Which is an ideal use to confuse foreigners.
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Mon Jun-13-05 04:16 PM
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7. depends what day it is |
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monday - saturday, it's suppah.
sundays are dinner (and it's eaten in the afternoon).
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Mon Jun-13-05 04:29 PM
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13. Sunday dinner (afternoon). Mon-Sat = suppertime. n/t |
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Edited on Mon Jun-13-05 04:29 PM by CottonBear
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Mon Jun-13-05 04:28 PM
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Books could be written on the various usages in England.
For me, supper is a lighter informal evening meal; if it's a dressy formal occasion (usually later in the evening) it's dinner.
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Shell Beau
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Mon Jun-13-05 04:29 PM
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11. Yeah, if I am going out, I'll say dinner. |
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Mon Jun-13-05 04:30 PM
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16. That is the dictionary definition I am most familiar with, |
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I prefer the term supper myself. Force of habit I suppose. My dad calls lunch dinner. I think that was a midwestern farm usage.
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Mon Jun-13-05 04:29 PM
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when I grew up in Nebraska, my family used to say breakfast, dinner, and supper instead of breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Seems weird now though, but it's definitely a regional thing.
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Mon Jun-13-05 04:30 PM
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15. Lunch at noon, dinner in the evening, what the heck is "supper"? |
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