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aem > wrote:

> On Jan 21, 11:04*am, Serene > wrote:
> > Steve Pope wrote:
> > > Julie Bove > wrote:
> >
> > >> My parents always say supper. *They're from the midwest. *I never
> > >> liked the sound of the word supper. *
> >
> > > Same here! *Someone says "supper" and I have an instant negative
> > > reaction just to the word. *I know it's irrational, but it there.
> >
> > I use dinner and supper interchangeably, as did my mother before me.
> >
> I use dinner for the largest meal of the day. If that's in the
> evening then the midday meal is lunch, and supper isn't used except
> maybe for a late evening snack. If the largest meal of the day is
> midday, then supper is the evening meal. -aem


If you were a serious farmer working the fields you'd milk the cows at
5:00 and then have breakfast when you were finished, maybe at 6:00 a.m.
Then you'd have a little lunch around 10:00, dinner at noon, coffee at
3:00 and supper at 6:00 or so after the evening milking. Note that
lunch is a light meal, and coffee is accompanied by sweet treats.
Breakfast , dinner, and lunch are all likely to be substantial.
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-Barb, Mother Superior, HOSSSPoJ
http://www.jamlady.eboard.com
Laissez les bons temps rouler!