Dinner vs. Supper - Page 2

Undertoad · 07-17-2009, 01:49 PM

The way I grew up, it was breakfast-lunch-dinner, until Sheffield where it was breakfast-dinner-tea[-supper], where supper was a fourthmeal of small proportions.

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dar512 · 07-17-2009, 02:55 PM

Aragorn: Gentlemen, we do not stop till nightfall.
Pippin: What about breakfast?
Aragorn: You've already had it.
Pippin: We've had one, yes. What about second breakfast?
[Aragorn turns and walks off in disgust]
Merry: I don't think he knows about second breakfast, Pip.
Pippin: What about elevenses? Luncheon? Afternoon tea? Dinner? Supper? He knows about them, doesn't he?
Merry: I wouldn't count on it.

Shawnee123 · 07-17-2009, 03:37 PM

I've always heard dinner is the main meal of the day. Typically, during the week, supper is dinner. On Sunday, lunch is dinner.

Pensive Monkey · 07-17-2009, 03:40 PM

This makes sense. To me, sup connotes a lighter meal. I don't know why. And dine seems a little more substantial. So in places where people get together and have more than just ham sandwiches or Slimfast shakes for lunch, they're more likely to call the midday meal dinner.

I wish that a longer lunch break was more typical here in the US. I think siestas and a good meal in the middle of the day are a grand idea. When I lived in Brazil, it was nice having a big spread around noon and lighter fare in the evening.

Sheldonrs · 07-17-2009, 04:04 PM

Supper is what you have before you get crucified.

DanaC · 07-17-2009, 07:57 PM

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The way I grew up, it was breakfast-lunch-dinner, until Sheffield where it was breakfast-dinner-tea[-supper], where supper was a fourthmeal of small proportions.

That's how I was raised. Breakfast, dinner, tea and then supper. Didn't always have supper, but most nights we'd have something.

These days for me, supper basically means any cooked or prepared snack I may eat late at night. Regardless of what time I actually eat it, if I have a main evening meal I'll call it 'tea'. Dinner and lunch I use almost interchangably.

Which begs a question: why is it, in a typical northern school that the children might get a school dinner, but otherwise might take in a packed lunch?

Pensive Monkey · 07-17-2009, 08:35 PM

So very English.

Clodfobble · 07-17-2009, 10:31 PM

I find the word "supper" to be entirely weird. Mr. Clod uses it on occasion and it drives me nuts. And I was willing to accept "tea" might be as substantial as a light lunch (but still by definition included tea, you know) but "tea" as a large evening meal? No, I'm sorry. Just... no.

ZenGum · 07-17-2009, 10:45 PM

Breakfast (first meal); morning tea (snack around 10.30); lunch (just after midday); afternoon tea (snack around 3.30pm); dinner (or sometimes tea) (around sunset); supper (optional, just before bed time).

I am still trying to work in brunch, and maybe brunchfast as well.

skysidhe · 07-26-2009, 09:19 AM

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Originally Posted by ZenGum

Breakfast (first meal); morning tea (snack around 10.30); lunch (just after midday); afternoon tea (snack around 3.30pm); dinner (or sometimes tea) (around sunset); supper (optional, just before bed time).

I am still trying to work in brunch, and maybe brunchfast as well.

I like this plan. It also seems it is a good way to ward off diabetes too. Lite frequent snacking is just my cup of tea.

xoxoxoBruce · 07-18-2009, 12:53 AM

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Originally Posted by Pensive Monkey

I hate planning dinner,...

So don't, plan something for supper.

Dinner is at noon, at home or out of your dinner pail.
I was reading about a hotel in Philadelphia that opened in 1860. They charged $2.50 a day for a room and 4 meals, breakfast, lunch, dinner, and supper?

Radar · 07-21-2009, 11:49 PM

I don't sup. I dine.

It's always been breakfast, lunch, dinner for me and most of the time I skip either breakfast or lunch because I'm too busy to stop work.

I like the SUP cat.

Aliantha · 07-21-2009, 11:53 PM

We use dinner for either lunch or tea. Mostly at our place dinner means the evening meal. Supper is normally a late snack after the evening meal.

Perry Winkle · 07-22-2009, 07:25 AM

There is no difference between dinner and supper for me. They are both the evening meal when talking about a typical 3-squares diet.

Glinda · 07-22-2009, 10:55 AM

Essentially interchangeable but I only use "supper" when speaking to pets:
It's sup-sup-suppertime!

07-17-2009, 02:55 PM	#2
dar512 dar512 is now Pete Zicato Join Date: May 2003 Location: Chicago suburb Posts: 4,968	Aragorn: Gentlemen, we do not stop till nightfall. Pippin: What about breakfast? Aragorn: You've already had it. Pippin: We've had one, yes. What about second breakfast? [Aragorn turns and walks off in disgust] Merry: I don't think he knows about second breakfast, Pip. Pippin: What about elevenses? Luncheon? Afternoon tea? Dinner? Supper? He knows about them, doesn't he? Merry: I wouldn't count on it. __________________ "Against stupidity the gods themselves contend in vain." -- Friedrich Schiller

07-17-2009, 03:37 PM	#3
Shawnee123 Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya? Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 21,206	I've always heard dinner is the main meal of the day. Typically, during the week, supper is dinner. On Sunday, lunch is dinner. __________________ A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones who need the advice. --Bill Cosby

07-17-2009, 03:40 PM	#4
Pensive Monkey Purveyor of Brilliance Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: The dimpled chin of Illinois. Posts: 72	This makes sense. To me, sup connotes a lighter meal. I don't know why. And dine seems a little more substantial. So in places where people get together and have more than just ham sandwiches or Slimfast shakes for lunch, they're more likely to call the midday meal dinner. I wish that a longer lunch break was more typical here in the US. I think siestas and a good meal in the middle of the day are a grand idea. When I lived in Brazil, it was nice having a big spread around noon and lighter fare in the evening. __________________ *Consistency is the last refuge of the unimaginitive.* ~ Oscar Wilde

07-17-2009, 04:04 PM	#5
Sheldonrs Master Dwellar Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Los Angeles, CA Posts: 4,412	Supper is what you have before you get crucified. __________________ Laugh and the world laughs with you; cry and the world laughs AT you.

07-17-2009, 08:35 PM	#7
Pensive Monkey Purveyor of Brilliance Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: The dimpled chin of Illinois. Posts: 72	So very English. __________________ *Consistency is the last refuge of the unimaginitive.* ~ Oscar Wilde

07-17-2009, 01:49 PM	#1
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	The way I grew up, it was breakfast-lunch-dinner, until Sheffield where it was breakfast-dinner-tea[-supper], where supper was a fourthmeal of small proportions. meanwhile The original sup cat pretenders to the throne

07-17-2009, 10:31 PM	#8
Clodfobble UNDER CONDITIONAL MITIGATION Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 20,012	I find the word "supper" to be entirely weird. Mr. Clod uses it on occasion and it drives me nuts. And I was willing to accept "tea" might be as substantial as a light lunch (but still by definition included tea, you know) but "tea" as a large evening meal? No, I'm sorry. Just... no. __________________ My book My other book My spirit animal

07-17-2009, 10:45 PM	#9
ZenGum Doctor Wtf Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Badelaide, Baustralia Posts: 12,861	Breakfast (first meal); morning tea (snack around 10.30); lunch (just after midday); afternoon tea (snack around 3.30pm); dinner (or sometimes tea) (around sunset); supper (optional, just before bed time). I am still trying to work in brunch, and maybe brunchfast as well. __________________ Shut up and hug. MoreThanPretty, Nov 5, 2008. Just because I'm nominally polite, does not make me a pussy. Sundae Girl.

07-21-2009, 11:49 PM	#12
Radar Constitutional Scholar Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Ocala, FL Posts: 4,006	I don't sup. I dine. It's always been breakfast, lunch, dinner for me and most of the time I skip either breakfast or lunch because I'm too busy to stop work. I like the SUP cat. __________________ "I'm completely in favor of the separation of Church and State. My idea is that these two institutions screw us up enough on their own, so both of them together is certain death." - George Carlin

07-21-2009, 11:53 PM	#13
Aliantha trying hard to be a better person Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 16,493	We use dinner for either lunch or tea. Mostly at our place dinner means the evening meal. Supper is normally a late snack after the evening meal. __________________ Kind words are the music of the world. F. W. Faber

07-22-2009, 07:25 AM	#14
Perry Winkle Esnohplad Semaj Ton Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: A little south of sanity Posts: 2,259	There is no difference between dinner and supper for me. They are both the evening meal when talking about a typical 3-squares diet.

07-22-2009, 10:55 AM	#15
Glinda Fucktard Resistance League Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: 1.14 acres of heaven Posts: 1,512	Essentially interchangeable but I only use "supper" when speaking to pets: It's sup-sup-suppertime!

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