1st of all let me remind you of the differences between the three..... :D

 

TEA

 

Tea is an infusion made by steeping processed leaves, buds, or twigs of the tea bush, Camellia sinensis, in hot water for several minutes.

 

Tea is one of the most widely-consumed beverages in the world

 

DINNER

 

Dinner is the main meal of the day, eaten at midday or in the evening.

 

SUPPER

 

Supper is the name for the evening meal in some dialects of English - ordinarily the last meal of the day.

 

 

So why do the people of this grand nation call their evening meal TEA ..... Dinner or Supper will do! :slap:

Tea is a drink, end of!!

 

GOO AAAWWN!!

What ever it's called shouldn't you be in the kitchen making it! :D

 

:rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl:....Quality!!

what about sunday dinner? bet most of us eat that at what you call lunch time lol

 

err, good point. EXCEPT SUNDAY! lol

I call it lunch... or just a Sunday Roast :D

 

bloody foreigner lol ;)

just joking bab

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:slap: :rofl:

Tea is a drink, end of!!

 

GOO AAAWWN!!

 

PMSL @ the brilliant Mrs Doyle quote . :rofl::rofl::rofl:

 

LMAO when she fell off the fookin` windowsill :D:D

Let's get this straight.....

 

......tea is a drink!

 

Meals are simply breakfast, lunch and then dinner.

 

Having "dinner" around midday is a northern thing; going back to the days when, in the industrialized north, the factory workers, miners, etc were provided with hot meals in canteens at their places of work at midday-ish. Schools, of course, still carry on this working class tradition by providing dinner at lunch time. Back in the days when the working classes had very little, it meant the breadwinners (and the children) were almost guaranteed one good meal a day.

 

Nowadays, most people the country over, have a sandwich or similar snack at LUNCH TIME (!!!:tongue:) then have their main meal (ie DINNER) in the evening.

 

I personally know of no-one who refers to their meal break between the hours of midday and 2pm as "dinner time;" it's "lunch time" now...........:D

 

Richard:p

^ well said :D :D

Let's get this straight.....

 

......tea is a drink!

 

Meals are simply breakfast, lunch and then dinner.

 

Having "dinner" around midday is a northern thing; going back to the days when, in the industrialized north, the factory workers, miners, etc were provided with hot meals in canteens at their places of work at midday-ish. Schools, of course, still carry on this working class tradition by providing dinner at lunch time. Back in the days when the working classes had very little, it meant the breadwinners (and the children) were almost guaranteed one good meal a day.

 

Nowadays, most people the country over, have a sandwich or similar snack at LUNCH TIME (!!!:tongue:) then have their main meal (ie DINNER) in the evening.

 

I personally know of no-one who refers to their meal break between the hours of midday and 2pm as "dinner time;" it's "lunch time" now...........:D

 

Richard:p

 

i call it dinner time and so does most peeps down here...... so you donow lol :D;)

i call it dinner time and so does most peeps down here...... so you donow lol :D;)

 

 

Geeeet orrrrf moi laaaarnd..........:nana2:

 

Bloody bumpkins - worse than the northerners, they are:D;)

 

Richard:p

^ well said :D :D

 

I thank you, Athene......:D

 

Richard:dance:

pmsl ........wife fetch me my shot gun, and the keys to my tracterrrrrrrr

thurs another northern monkey on moi larrrrrrnd :D

pmsl ........wife fetch me my shot gun, and the keys to my tracterrrrrrrr

thurs another northern monkey on moi larrrrrrnd :D

 

:rofl::rofl:;)

Breakfast = Morning Meal Hot or Cold

Lunch = Lunchtime Meal Hot or cold

Dinner = Evening Meal Hot or Cold

Supper = Late evening Meal Hot or Cold

Tea = a drink

 

my wife seems to think Dinner means a Hot meal served at either unchtime or evening and Tea is a Cold meal served at Dinner time...the stupid cow :slap: Always having this argument with her LOL

No No No NO NO!!!!

 

Its

 

Breakfast - obviously

Dinner - (Lunch to the rest of you weirdos) hence the phrase 'Dinner Ladies'. When did you ever have you evening meal at school?!? When have you ever heard of a "Lunch Lady"

Tea - evening meal

 

Cuppa or Brew - what you drink!

 

Easy. They are the rules as per a "working class" Scouser.

:x:

No No No NO NO!!!!

 

Its

 

Breakfast - obviously

Dinner - (Lunch to the rest of you weirdos) hence the phrase 'Dinner Ladies'. When did you ever have you evening meal at school?!? When have you ever heard of a "Lunch Lady"

Tea - evening meal

 

Cuppa or Brew - what you drink!

 

Easy. They are the rules as per a "working class" Scouser.

 

a working scouser???:D :rofl:

Right lets see who is is un-educated amongst us :rofl:

 

Poll time :D

Right lets see who is the snobs amongst us :rofl:

 

Poll time :D

 

Damn right lets find out.

 

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

there should be 3 seperat options!!

 

And its DINNER in the evening

Breakfast,

Lunch,

Dinner.

 

Done!!!!!!!!

nancy pancy, lunch and tea boys :rofl:

:x:

 

a working scouser???:D :rofl:

 

 

a working scouser that WILL stick you in the nicker!

leave my nickers out of it :rofl:

 

I keep trying to get Andy to take me to Liverpool!

I keep trying to get Andy to take me to Liverpool!

 

Why??? What has he done to deserve that! :rofl: :rofl:

You lot are mental.

 

If you think Dinner should be eaten at midday then fir enough but I would imagine Dinner is a hot meal consisting of meat and vegetables.

 

Down in the south we have that kind of meal in the evening and something like a light salad/ pasta or sandwich at midday, which we call lunch.

 

how I see it....

 

Breakfast

Lunch

Dinner

 

Supper and Tea don't even come into it, it's only old people that call them that, sorry if I offended any old farts or young people with old fashion traditions :)

 

Anyway turns out we are all kinda right.

 

Dinner

–noun

1. the main meal of the day, eaten in the evening or at midday.

2. a formal meal in honor of some person or occasion.

 

Supper

–noun

1. the evening meal, often the principal meal of the day.

2. any light evening meal, esp. one taken late in the evening: an after-the-theater supper.

–adjective 3. of or pertaining to supper: the supper dishes.

4. for, during, or including supper: a supper party.

 

Tea

–noun 1. the dried and prepared leaves of a shrub, Camellia sinensis, from which a somewhat bitter, aromatic beverage is prepared by infusion in hot water.

2. the shrub itself, extensively cultivated in China, Japan, India, etc., and having fragrant white flowers. Compare tea family.

3. the beverage so prepared, served hot or iced.

4. any kind of leaves, flowers, etc., so used, or any plant yielding them.

5. any of various infusions prepared from the leaves, flowers, etc., of other plants, and used as beverages or medicines.

6. beef bouillon.

7. British. any meal, whether a light snack or one consisting of several courses, eaten in the late afternoon or in the evening; any meal other than dinner, eaten after the middle of the afternoon.

8. an afternoon reception at which tea is served.