Anyone else's wife faff about un-necessarily?

Anyone else's wife faff about un-necessarily?

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robinessex

11,046 posts

180 months

Saturday 16th September 2017
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When I was little, it was Breakfast, Dinner and Tea. We used to rule the world, so that's correct !

HTP99

22,445 posts

139 months

Saturday 16th September 2017
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Breakfast, lunch and dinner.

hornetrider

63,161 posts

204 months

Saturday 16th September 2017
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Breakfast, lunch, tea and supper you fking heathens.

Robertj21a

16,475 posts

104 months

Saturday 16th September 2017
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nonsequitur said:
Surely dinner is the mid-day meal?
Que ? - how can dinner be at lunch time ?

robinessex

11,046 posts

180 months

Saturday 16th September 2017
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Tea (also known as high tea or meat tea) is one name for the evening meal. It is associated with the working class and is typically eaten between 5 pm and 7 pm. In the North of England, North and South Wales, the English Midlands, Scotland and in rural and working class areas of Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland, people traditionally call their midday meal dinner and their evening meal tea (served around 6 pm), whereas the upper social classes would call the midday meal lunch or luncheon and the evening meal (served after 7 pm) dinner (if formal) or supper (if informal). This differentiation in usage is one of the classic social markers of British English.

Antony Moxey

8,016 posts

218 months

Saturday 16th September 2017
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Always used to be breakfast, dinner and tea when I was little (including having school dinners served by dinner ladies) but have now progressed to breakfast, lunch and tea.

Zoobeef

6,004 posts

157 months

Saturday 16th September 2017
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Lunch sounds like a snack you have between meals.

davebem

746 posts

176 months

Saturday 16th September 2017
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Zoobeef said:
Lunch sounds like a snack you have between meals.
No thats elevenses.

Twig62

746 posts

95 months

Saturday 16th September 2017
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If you have your main meal at midday (ish) and a light meal in the evening then i would say that it is breakfast, dinner & tea but if your main meal is in the evening and you have a sandwich type meal during the day then it is breakfast, lunch and dinner.

N-TY4C

169 posts

96 months

Saturday 16th September 2017
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I guess I am being taken out for tea later tonight

CanAm

9,115 posts

271 months

Saturday 16th September 2017
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Robertj21a said:
Que ? - how can dinner be at lunch time ?
How can lunch be at dinner time?

nonsequitur

20,083 posts

115 months

Saturday 16th September 2017
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Robertj21a said:
nonsequitur said:
Surely dinner is the mid-day meal?
Que ? - how can dinner be at lunch time ?
Our last tradesman appointment was for ' after dinner'. I was a bit concerned until he arrived at 1400 hours. So it must be true.

Robertj21a

16,475 posts

104 months

Saturday 16th September 2017
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CanAm said:
How can lunch be at dinner time?
Perhaps you mean brunch.......

rolleyes

nonsequitur

20,083 posts

115 months

Sunday 17th September 2017
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N-TY4C said:
I guess I am being taken out for tea later tonight
Fish supper?

Mothersruin

8,573 posts

98 months

Sunday 17th September 2017
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hornetrider said:
Breakfast, lunch, tea and supper you fking heathens.
Breakfast, Elevenses, Lunch, Tea, Dinner & Supper.

Frank7

6,619 posts

86 months

Sunday 17th September 2017
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Robertj21a said:
nonsequitur said:
Surely dinner is the mid-day meal?
Que ? - how can dinner be at lunch time ?
I fear that you are wasting your time, AND banging your head against a brick wall Robert,
leave the heathens to wallow in their ignorance.
The midday meal in schools is probably referred to as dinner, because presumably it was originally served to working class kids who were used to hearing their mothers call it dinner.
Years ago, I asked my old dad about the tea/dinner thing, he said that in the past, lots of people, even in the south, used to call their evening meal tea, but there had been a war since then.

hornetrider

63,161 posts

204 months

Sunday 17th September 2017
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Mothersruin said:
hornetrider said:
Breakfast, lunch, tea and supper you fking heathens.
Breakfast, Elevenses, Lunch, Tea, Dinner & Supper.
Crack on fatty hehe

Mothersruin

8,573 posts

98 months

Sunday 17th September 2017
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hornetrider said:
Mothersruin said:
hornetrider said:
Breakfast, lunch, tea and supper you fking heathens.
Breakfast, Elevenses, Lunch, Tea, Dinner & Supper.
Crack on fatty hehe
I'm not fat, mummy says I'm just a little plump boxedin

Biker's Nemesis

38,536 posts

207 months

Sunday 17th September 2017
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Breakfast, dinner, tea and supper unless you're a southern pen pushing e mail sending bender.

davhill

5,263 posts

183 months

Sunday 17th September 2017
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Biker's Nemesis said:
Breakfast, dinner, tea and supper unless you're a southern pen pushing e mail sending bender.
Correct.