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Default Terms for meals

On Sat, 25 Jan 2014 19:04:58 -0500, S Viemeister
> wrote:

>On 1/25/2014 4:53 PM, Jeßus wrote:
>> On 25 Jan 2014 17:40:02 GMT, KenK > wrote:
>>
>>> I noticed here that different people have different terms for the daily
>>> meals.
>>>
>>> Like some say lunch, others say dinner for the afternoon meal. I say either
>>> but usually dinner.
>>>
>>> Some say supper, some say dinner for the evening meal. I say either but
>>> usually supper.
>>>
>>> I'm from Chicago and picked up these terms in 1934 - 1950 or so when I was
>>> a kid there. Just my family?
>>>
>>> Comments? Maybe some have other terms?

>>
>> In Van Dieman's Land, lunch is 'dinner' and the evening meal is 'tea'.
>>

>In parts of Scotland, too.


Makes sense, given most people's ancestry here