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Post by padresfan619 on May 15, 2017 4:23:08 GMT
I know the word but it isn't a regular part of my vocabulary.
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Post by papersilly on May 15, 2017 4:28:11 GMT
We have never referred to dinner as supper. Maybe it's a regional think but we just wouldn't say supper, like ever.
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Post by betty on May 15, 2017 4:32:06 GMT
Yes- supper is what my parents called the evening meal- they never said dinner. Well, lunch on Sunday was called "Sunday dinner". Gotta love the South! Yep, that. We always ate supper in the evening and on Sundays we had "Sunday dinner" after church.
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Post by lesley on May 15, 2017 4:35:59 GMT
To me, supper is a snack I eat just before bedtime. My dad was a big fan of supper, usually having a couple of slices of hot buttery toast and a large mug of tea.
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Post by vpohlman on May 15, 2017 5:06:01 GMT
From southwest Nebraska, breakfast, dinner and supper here. Lunch was what my mom brought out to the field when we were on the tractor and supper was going to be late.
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Post by Deleted on May 15, 2017 5:14:31 GMT
"Dinner" refers to the largest meal of the day. While the terms lunch and supper denote small meals at noon and in the evening. My parents have breakfast, dinner and supper. I have breakfast, lunch and dinner.
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Post by Deleted on May 15, 2017 5:33:09 GMT
Breakfast, dinner, supper
Upstate New York , but my family is from Pennsylvania
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Post by anniefb on May 15, 2017 5:47:21 GMT
I have heard the word before but I have never used it. I always assumed it was a British term. I also thought that it referred to a snack late in the evening, not the main evening meal. When I was growing up in the 70s our meals were called breakfast, lunch and tea. When I was in my 20s I started saying dinner instead of tea. I have never referred to lunch as dinner, but I know a lot of people from my grandparents' generation who do/did. I doubt that my 12yo son would have any idea what 'supper' was. Yep, supper as a kind of snack meal before heading to bed. I often call the evening meal tea, particularly among friends.
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Post by Sue on May 15, 2017 6:01:02 GMT
PNW - grew up with breakfast, lunch, and supper but for me now the last big meal of the day is dinner.
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Post by LeaP on May 15, 2017 6:01:34 GMT
Just asked my 13-year-old if she knows what "supper" is and she does. We live in Los Angeles and call our evening meal dinner. It surprises me that a 25-year-old wouldn't know the word supper.
Remember this commercial? (pizza at SUPPER time)
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Post by JoP on May 15, 2017 6:47:40 GMT
In my part of the UK supper is a snack eaten before bed lesley I see it is the same where you are - cheese and crackers are a favourite here
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Post by gar on May 15, 2017 7:11:44 GMT
"Dinner" refers to the largest meal of the day. While the terms lunch and supper denote small meals at noon and in the evening. Exactly that. Supper is a little 'meal'/snack in the evening after the main evening meal generally but I believe in the UK it also has a 'posh' connotation for an evening meal - "We're having friends round for supper" which would be meal, not a snack.
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Post by Deleted on May 15, 2017 7:18:42 GMT
I'm with the others in the UK...supper to me is a snack before bedtime. But I don't use the word " supper" although I do know what it means here.
My grandmother always used to have supper , but her main meal was at lunchtime which she used to call dinner. ( breakfast, dinner, tea ( usually a cup of tea, bread & butter with jam and cake and then she would have supper at about 8-9pm)
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Post by Deleted on May 15, 2017 7:22:52 GMT
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Post by heather on May 15, 2017 7:25:38 GMT
I say supper. Growing up, dinner meant lunch. Breakfast, dinner, supper. I personally don't use the term dinner to mean lunch though.
I just googled it to see if it was just my family/area. Dinner meaning lunch is a thing. Lol.
ETA: Lizzy beat me to it.
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Post by gar on May 15, 2017 7:35:29 GMT
Dinner meaning lunch is a thing. We used to have b'fast dinner and tea - dinner was the meat and veg meal of the day, whatever time it was. The other meal was then lunch or tea.
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Post by joelise on May 15, 2017 9:08:19 GMT
"Dinner" refers to the largest meal of the day. While the terms lunch and supper denote small meals at noon and in the evening. Exactly that. Supper is a little 'meal'/snack in the evening after the main evening meal generally but I believe in the UK it also has a 'posh' connotation for an evening meal - "We're having friends round for supper" which would be meal, not a snack.
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Post by phoenixcov on May 15, 2017 9:49:27 GMT
Like other Brits have said I have always known Supper to be a little snack before bed. Also dinner is the main meal in the day or evening. I am not a lady who lunches.
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Post by lesley on May 15, 2017 10:01:10 GMT
That's a blast from the past - I had totally forgotten that I used to call my midday meal 'dinner'! We were another family who had breakfast, dinner and tea. And then supper, of course.
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Post by LavenderLayoutLady on May 15, 2017 10:03:47 GMT
Wow, I find that extremely odd. I think it's even stranger that the 25 yr old admitted that he needed to Google it.
And yes, I definitely know the word "supper."
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Post by wellway on May 15, 2017 10:05:41 GMT
"Dinner" refers to the largest meal of the day. While the terms lunch and supper denote small meals at noon and in the evening. Exactly that. Supper is a little 'meal'/snack in the evening after the main evening meal generally but I believe in the UK it also has a 'posh' connotation for an evening meal - "We're having friends round for supper" which would be meal, not a snack. I see a cup of tea as the main part of supper (I'm assuming that supper comes from to sup, to drink) and having a small snack to go with it.
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Post by AllieC on May 15, 2017 10:08:21 GMT
I have heard the word before but I have never used it. I always assumed it was a British term. I also thought that it referred to a snack late in the evening, not the main evening meal. When I was growing up in the 70s our meals were called breakfast, lunch and tea. When I was in my 20s I started saying dinner instead of tea. I have never referred to lunch as dinner, but I know a lot of people from my grandparents' generation who do/did. I doubt that my 12yo son would have any idea what 'supper' was. Yes, this exactly me. Always had tea - now I interchange tea with dinner. Like you and @gar and other Brits, supper to us is a snack after tea/dinner.
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Post by monklady123 on May 15, 2017 10:08:35 GMT
My dh, born and raised in Troy, New York by a father from Troy and a mother from Denmark), always says "supper", even as long as he's lived here (Northern Virginia). I've always said "dinner" (born and raised in Pittsburgh by a father from Indiana and a mother from Australia). My dh also says "pocketbook" for "purse", and he used to say "parlor" for "living room". But I think I cured him of that "parlor" business by pointing out how pretentious it sounds. lol. I think that was his mother pretending to be high class or something.
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Post by suzastampin on May 15, 2017 10:56:22 GMT
I use both supper and dinner. Depends on which word happens to roll out of my mouth at the time.
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Post by theshyone on May 15, 2017 10:56:40 GMT
Canadian here supper is your evening meal, occasionally interchanged with dinner.
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Post by melanell on May 15, 2017 10:58:18 GMT
Supper & dinner are both used around here. Some people switch between them with no real "rules"; others use "dinner" to refer to a mid-afternoon meal on Sunday, and "supper" for the typical evening meal; some use"supper" for a casual meal and "dinner" for a more formal or special meal; and then some just choose one term and use it most of the time.
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Post by eastcoastpea on May 15, 2017 11:01:28 GMT
Absolutely, that is what we call the evening meal. I am from New England, Vermont specifically ETA - I am old, in my early 50s. says another New Englander from a different state.
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Post by Spongemom Scrappants on May 15, 2017 11:10:53 GMT
Yes- supper is what my parents called the evening meal- they never said dinner. Well, lunch on Sunday was called "Sunday dinner". Gotta love the South! Supper is a little 'meal'/snack in the evening after the main evening meal generally but I believe in the UK it also has a 'posh' connotation for an evening meal - "We're having friends round for supper" which would be meal, not a snack. I've been in the south my whole life living in five different southern states. Supper is a commonly used term throughout. Interestingly, in my family supper often referred to a more casual, family-version of the evening meal. A fancier meal, or definitely one that included guests, was referred to as dinner. Sunday's mid-day meal is always called dinner.
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Post by IAmUnoriginal on May 15, 2017 11:17:38 GMT
My parents ate three meals: Breakfast, Dinner, and Supper. They were from Minnesota. I grew up in far western Minnesota and we had breakfast, dinner and supper. When I moved to larger towns in the state, I heard breakfast, lunch and dinner far more often.
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Post by lisae on May 15, 2017 11:20:54 GMT
I'm from the South and I prefer dinner for evening and lunch for midday though supper is common here. My husband is from the midwest and always calls it supper. He likes to call the midday meal, dinner, which gets confusing.
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