Guest guest Posted September 1, 2007 Report Share Posted September 1, 2007 Years ago my girkfriend from back east invited me to dinner well I was 4 hrs late because I tought I would arrive early and help set up. I showed up for supper thinking I was early for dinner and she really invited me to lunch. Lol. Thanks for explaining. Donna Sent via BlackBerry from T-Mobile Katie M <cozycate Sat, 1 Sep 2007 15:58:16 Re: Language That is an easy one to explain. Just count. Some people eat breakfast, lunch and dinner. Others eat breakfast, lunch, dinner and supper. Actually in the midwest and especially in the grain belt, where thers is so much agriculture, it is quite usual for a hard working farm man to need at least 3 solid meals and lunches in between. Maybe not so much now, with all the machinery that does so much of the hard work, but I can remember 40 years ago in Iowa that it seemed that the women hardly got the breakfast dishes done before it was time to start lunch and take it to the fields for the men to eat and go back to work. As soon as they got back from that, they started dinner to have a big nurishing meal ready at noon. For that the men usually came into the house and rested for about 45 minutes over their coffee before they went back. As soon as they were gone the women started putting another lunch together that the kids took to the fields as soon as they got home from school so mom could stay in the house and get supper ready. Supper was usually about 7, but if it was a real busy time the men needed to stay in the fields longer, so there was sometimes a snack taken out to the men about 7 and they continued to work till it was completely dark. It was a hard life for the men and the women did nothing but cook. I am glad I live in Alaska. Katie Donnalilacflower <thelilacflower@ <thelilacflower%40> > wrote: I'm a California native and I never understood the dinner for lunch and the supper for dinner terms. LOL Donna --- genny_y2k <genny_y2k (AT) (DOT) <genny_y2k%40> com> wrote: > Where I live in the Western US (Colorado) we think > of Eastern , > Southern and Northern US/American English to be > different > languages..LOL I loved it in New England and just > wanted to sit and > listen to the wonderful way the English Language was > spoken there. Then > down South , especially Cajun is just so interesting > and beautiful to > hear. We lived in Cali for a couple years and > everyone thought we had > an 'accent' and spoke another language. (smile) For > the life of me I > cannot understand the Brittish Cockney Accent and my > ancestors came > here from London. > I know one thing we can all understand without a > problem and that is > the 'language of good Vegetarian/Vegan food. > Sending smiles and hugs your way > Deanna in Colorado > also in recycled_gardens@ <recycled_gardens%40> > and organic_gardens@ <organic_gardens%40> > > Music washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life. - Berthold Auerbach - ________ Building a website is a piece of cake. Small Business gives you all the tools to get online. http://smallbusines <http://smallbusiness./webhosting> s./webhosting oneSearch: Finally, mobile search that gives answers, not web links. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 1, 2007 Report Share Posted September 1, 2007 My parents were raised from Indiana to Florida and they called the noon meal dinner and the evening meal supper. We ate Supper no later than 5:30p.m. The reason I mention the time is because the only time I can remember hearing folks in other places call the evening meal Supper was when they ate their last meal very late. Ironic isn't it. LOL When we moved to Atlanta many years ago, there were rarely any native Atlanta folks you met that lived there. Most were transplants from all over the US and other parts of the world. I changed what I called these meals after hearing no one call the noon meal, dinner and restaurants calling the evening meal dinner. I never call the meals, breakfast dinner supper anymore. Now that we have moved out of a metro area, I am once again surrounded by folks that call the noon meal dinner, but I still call them breakfast lunch dinner. Funny how the circles of life forms isn't it. Judy - <thelilacflower " Vegetarian Group " Saturday, September 01, 2007 11:31 AM Re: Language. Dinner > Years ago my girkfriend from back east invited me to dinner well I was 4 > hrs late because I tought I would arrive early and help set up. I showed > up for supper thinking I was early for dinner and she really invited me to > lunch. Lol. Thanks for explaining. > Donna > Sent via BlackBerry from T-Mobile > > > Katie M <cozycate > > Sat, 1 Sep 2007 15:58:16 > > Re: Language > > > That is an easy one to explain. Just count. Some people eat breakfast, > lunch and dinner. Others eat breakfast, lunch, dinner and supper. > Actually in the midwest and especially in the grain belt, where thers is > so much agriculture, it is quite usual for a hard working farm man to need > at least 3 solid meals and lunches in between. > Maybe not so much now, with all the machinery that does so much of the > hard work, but I can remember 40 years ago in Iowa that it seemed that the > women hardly got the breakfast dishes done before it was time to start > lunch and take it to the fields for the men to eat and go back to work. As > soon as they got back from that, they started dinner to have a big > nurishing meal ready at noon. For that the men usually came into the house > and rested for about 45 minutes over their coffee before they went back. > As soon as they were gone the women started putting another lunch together > that the kids took to the fields as soon as they got home from school so > mom could stay in the house and get supper ready. Supper was usually about > 7, but if it was a real busy time the men needed to stay in the fields > longer, so there was sometimes a snack taken out to the men about 7 and > they continued to work till it was completely dark. > It was a hard life for the men and the women did nothing but cook. I am > glad I live in Alaska. > Katie > > Donnalilacflower <thelilacflower@ <thelilacflower%40> > > wrote: > I'm a California native and I never understood the > dinner for lunch and the supper for dinner terms. LOL > Donna > > --- genny_y2k <genny_y2k (AT) (DOT) <genny_y2k%40> com> wrote: > > > Where I live in the Western US (Colorado) we think > > of Eastern , > > Southern and Northern US/American English to be > > different > > languages..LOL I loved it in New England and just > > wanted to sit and > > listen to the wonderful way the English Language was > > spoken there. Then > > down South , especially Cajun is just so interesting > > and beautiful to > > hear. We lived in Cali for a couple years and > > everyone thought we had > > an 'accent' and spoke another language. (smile) For > > the life of me I > > cannot understand the Brittish Cockney Accent and my > > ancestors came > > here from London. > > I know one thing we can all understand without a > > problem and that is > > the 'language of good Vegetarian/Vegan food. > > Sending smiles and hugs your way > > Deanna in Colorado > > also in recycled_gardens@ <recycled_gardens%40> > > > > and organic_gardens@ <organic_gardens%40> > > > > > > Music washes away from the soul > the dust of everyday life. > - Berthold Auerbach - > > ________ > Building a website is a piece of cake. Small Business gives you all > the tools to get online. > http://smallbusines <http://smallbusiness./webhosting> > s./webhosting > > > oneSearch: Finally, mobile search that gives answers, not web > links. > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 2, 2007 Report Share Posted September 2, 2007 I'm from FL and been here my whole lives and I've never heard anyone use the word supper around here really. And noonish meal has always been lunch, evening meal dinner. I just thought supper was another word for dinner I didn't realize dinner was sometimes used for lunch. ) Rachel ~ Mommy to Gavin (07/05) & New Year Baby on the way ~ KUSTOMIZED KIDS ~ http://www.cafepress.com/kustomizedkids Baby & Kids, Pregnancy, Natural Parenting, Wedding, & Personalized Clothing Designs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 2, 2007 Report Share Posted September 2, 2007 As I have said in another post, where I was brought up in Stoke on Trent, we had breakfast, dinner (at what most people call Lunchtime) and the main meal of the day was 'tea' which we had in the early evening. Some people also had 'Supper which was a light meal before going to bed at night, but I have never bothered with Supper. To confuse matters more I have friends who live in the Highlands of Scotland their main evening meal in the early evening is what they call 'Supper'! LoL Sandra , " Rachel Lucas " <mommytogavin wrote: > > I'm from FL and been here my whole lives and I've never heard anyone use the word supper around here really. And noonish meal has always been lunch, evening meal dinner. I just thought supper was another word for dinner I didn't realize dinner was sometimes used for lunch. > > > ) Rachel ~ Mommy to Gavin (07/05) & New Year Baby on the way > > ~ KUSTOMIZED KIDS ~ http://www.cafepress.com/kustomizedkids > Baby & Kids, Pregnancy, Natural Parenting, Wedding, & Personalized Clothing Designs > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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