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>>>> news >>>>> KenK wrote in rec.food.cooking:
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>>>>>> 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?
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>>>>>> Comments? Maybe some have other terms?
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>>>>> It's based on area and country. If talking to USA folks and not sure
>>>>> where they are, lunch is always understood and supper as well for the
>>>>> eventing meal though supper may sound odd in some parts of the
>>>>> country.
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>>>>> The classic is breakfast, lunch and dinner. That your area uses
>>>>> 'dinner' for the noon meal is an abberation of your area. In classic
>>>>> version, dinner=supper=evening meal.
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>>>>> There is one difference seen in the past mostly where supper was
>>>>> delivered at almost english tea time (but was more substantial than a
>>>>> tea) and the kids ate at about 6pm and later after they were in bed, a
>>>>> dinner was served at roughly 8pm for the adults.
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>>>>> I think the english used to have a 'supper' and a dinner as well, both
>>>>> in the evening for hard working farmers but not sure.
>>>>>
>>>>> In areas that use both terms though, supper is always the earlier one.
>>>>>
>>>>> Hows that for pedantic? Grin!
>>>>> Carol
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>>>> Must disagree with you there. Some people use the term "dinner" as the
>>>> main meal and on Sundays or holidays they might eat it around 2:00 p.m.
>>>> followed later by a light supper.
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>>> To be honest, I don't really know why anyone cares)
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>> Most people wouldn't but it could be confusing. For instance when the
>> Dr. tells you to take some medicine with dinner. He might be assuming
>> that the dinner would come at about 6:00 p.m. But if you're eating
>> dinner earlier than that, then it could be that you'd be taking the first
>> dose too close to the second one.
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> I suspect he just needed you to take your meds with food.

That never actually happened but I did have a Dr. tell me to take my larger
dose of diabetes meds with my big meal. And I was like... What big meal?
I don't eat big meals! So he said to take it with dinner then.