Dinner vs. Supper - Page 3

Shawnee123 · 07-26-2009, 10:32 AM

I like the idea of calling afternoon snacks "tea." It takes the guilt out. "What are you doing there?" "I'm having tea" I reply with pinky extended and surrounded by Doritos and Pop Tarts and Ho-Hos.

Tulip · 07-26-2009, 09:10 PM

I don't really know the proper definition for English was not used in my household. However, not sure where I learned this, I recall learning that the order of the meals is breakfast, lunch, dinner, supper. Supper is the meal eaten late in the evening, like 9PM or later. My childhood was spent in Hawaii. I'm not sure if that would contribute anything to my education. :p

This is the first time I heard dinner is a term for lunch. Who says a person needs to read or travel to be knowledgeable? Just join a forum.

Aliantha · 07-26-2009, 09:11 PM

According to the rules of etiquette, sticking your pinky out is a no-no and considered very low class darlink.

classicman · 07-26-2009, 09:30 PM

Maybe for those of you "down under" mydear, but not among the upper crusties here. Or so I hear anyway.

Aliantha · 07-26-2009, 09:32 PM

you yanks just have no real class mate.

xoxoxoBruce · 07-26-2009, 09:53 PM

When you're top dog, there is no need for that pretentious bullshit. :p

Aliantha · 07-26-2009, 10:15 PM

Well I'm clearly outnumbered here, so I'll leave you folks to your delus...I mean thoughts.

Sundae · 07-27-2009, 08:29 AM

I always stick my finger out when drinking - I have to, the bones weren't set properly when I broke my hand

It is déclassé though.
Or simply just out of fashion.
It used to be considered polite to tip your drink into a saucer.
And the Japanese always slurp their tea - it's the proper way to savour the taste.

Just keep your hands off my Ho-Hos (wtf?) and I'll be happy to invite you back.

Shawnee123 · 07-27-2009, 08:31 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Aliantha

According to the rules of etiquette, sticking your pinky out is a no-no and considered very low class darlink.

Well, it's good that I don't do that, then. Would look pretty silly while downing a Miller Lite, anyway.

I have more class in my little finger than...oh, wait.

Now, are crumpets passe, too?

monster · 07-27-2009, 10:37 AM

Sundae · 07-27-2009, 11:14 AM

Crumpets?
They're old school darling.
Probably back in vogue now, because they are cheap chic chick.

Have never really been passe, because they have an even spread through the classes. Nanny would make them for Nursery Tea for the upper crust.
Grandma would provide them for High Teas in the farmhouse - middle class landowners, but with daughters who are lawyers, and doctors.
And my class of people, whose Mums would buy them from Iceland (supermarket, not country) because they're only 69p.

We were a cut above though - important at the bottom of the heap - we had ours slathered in butter, not margarine.

Radar · 07-27-2009, 12:11 PM

I prefer tarts to crumpets.

Cloud · 07-27-2009, 12:49 PM

your mother bought you from Iceland?

Well, that explains a lot.

Sundae · 07-27-2009, 12:52 PM

Explains my unique accent anyway

capnhowdy · 07-27-2009, 03:50 PM

I have a simplified method of terming different meals. I call all of them CHOW.

07-26-2009, 10:32 AM	#31
Shawnee123 Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya? Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 21,206	I like the idea of calling afternoon snacks "tea." It takes the guilt out. "What are you doing there?" "I'm having tea" I reply with pinky extended and surrounded by Doritos and Pop Tarts and Ho-Hos. __________________ A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones who need the advice. --Bill Cosby

07-26-2009, 09:11 PM	#33
Aliantha trying hard to be a better person Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 16,493	According to the rules of etiquette, sticking your pinky out is a no-no and considered very low class darlink. __________________ Kind words are the music of the world. F. W. Faber

07-26-2009, 09:30 PM	#34
classicman barely disguised asshole, keeper of all that is holy. Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 23,401	Maybe for those of you "down under" mydear, but not among the upper crusties here. Or so I hear anyway. __________________ "like strapping a pillow on a bull in a china shop" Bullitt

07-26-2009, 09:32 PM	#35
Aliantha trying hard to be a better person Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 16,493	you yanks just have no real class mate. __________________ Kind words are the music of the world. F. W. Faber

07-26-2009, 09:53 PM	#36
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	When you're top dog, there is no need for that pretentious bullshit. :p __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

07-26-2009, 09:10 PM	#32
Tulip Professor Join Date: May 2008 Location: Houston, TX Posts: 1,293	I don't really know the proper definition for English was not used in my household. However, not sure where I learned this, I recall learning that the order of the meals is breakfast, lunch, dinner, supper. Supper is the meal eaten late in the evening, like 9PM or later. My childhood was spent in Hawaii. I'm not sure if that would contribute anything to my education. :p This is the first time I heard dinner is a term for lunch. Who says a person needs to read or travel to be knowledgeable? Just join a forum.

07-26-2009, 10:15 PM	#37
Aliantha trying hard to be a better person Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 16,493	Well I'm clearly outnumbered here, so I'll leave you folks to your delus...I mean thoughts. __________________ Kind words are the music of the world. F. W. Faber

07-27-2009, 08:29 AM	#38
Sundae polaroid of perfection Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 24,185	I always stick my finger out when drinking - I have to, the bones weren't set properly when I broke my hand It is déclassé though. Or simply just out of fashion. It used to be considered polite to tip your drink into a saucer. And the Japanese always slurp their tea - it's the proper way to savour the taste. Just keep your hands off my Ho-Hos (wtf?) and I'll be happy to invite you back.

07-27-2009, 10:37 AM	#40
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	__________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

07-27-2009, 11:14 AM	#41
Sundae polaroid of perfection Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 24,185	Crumpets? They're old school darling. Probably back in vogue now, because they are cheap chic chick. Have never really been passe, because they have an even spread through the classes. Nanny would make them for Nursery Tea for the upper crust. Grandma would provide them for High Teas in the farmhouse - middle class landowners, but with daughters who are lawyers, and doctors. And my class of people, whose Mums would buy them from Iceland (supermarket, not country) because they're only 69p. We were a cut above though - important at the bottom of the heap - we had ours slathered in butter, not margarine.

07-27-2009, 12:11 PM	#42
Radar Constitutional Scholar Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Ocala, FL Posts: 4,006	I prefer tarts to crumpets. __________________ "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

07-27-2009, 12:49 PM	#43
Cloud ... Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 8,360	your mother bought you from Iceland? Well, that explains a lot. __________________ "Guard your honor. Let your reputation fall where it will. And outlive the bastards!"

07-27-2009, 12:52 PM	#44
Sundae polaroid of perfection Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 24,185	Explains my unique accent anyway

07-27-2009, 03:50 PM	#45
capnhowdy Blatantly Homosapien Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 6,200	I have a simplified method of terming different meals. I call all of them CHOW. __________________ Please type slowly. I can't read very fast............... and no holy water, please.

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