BatmansWife Posted November 25, 2011 Share Posted November 25, 2011 (edited) My youngest dd and I were talking about how some people call their evening meal dinner and some people call it supper. What do you call the meal you eat in the evening? When I was a kid.....it was always "supper". "Dinner" was like a fancy way of saying it (and we were by no means fancy). Now, I never call it supper but always dinner (which certainly doesn't mean I'm fancy by any means). :001_smile: Please vote in our poll so dd can graph the results. We are also having a second poll (similar to this) to follow. Stay tuned. ETA: Our other poll is: Do you call carbonated beverages Soda or Pop? Please vote there too. Thanks! ETA again: Someone pointed out that I spelled Supper wrong!!! I really do know how to spell.....but I can't edit it. Drats! I hope it's obvious that Super means Supper. Heehee! Edited November 25, 2011 by ~AprilMay~ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nono Posted November 25, 2011 Share Posted November 25, 2011 Other. Either/or. In about equal frequency. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nukeswife Posted November 25, 2011 Share Posted November 25, 2011 Other. Either/or. In about equal frequency. :iagree: This is me. It really depends on my mood at the time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
QuirkyKidAcademy Posted November 25, 2011 Share Posted November 25, 2011 Until 18mos ago, I lived in an area where the noon meal was "dinner" and the evening meal was called "supper." Now we live in an area where it's "lunch" and "dinner." I've found myself conforming to the local term, so "dinner" it is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OLG Posted November 25, 2011 Share Posted November 25, 2011 We eat our largest meal mid-day so the evening meal is called supper for us because it is the lighter meal of the two. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pooh bear Posted November 25, 2011 Share Posted November 25, 2011 The part of England I'm from it's called Tea; Dinner is the midday meal. Other parts of England call it Dinner; lunch is the midday meal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest submarines Posted November 25, 2011 Share Posted November 25, 2011 Breafast (morning) Lunch (noon) light meal Dinner (4-5pm) bigger meal Supper (7-8pm) light meal / snacks / tea Though DH says that I'm all wrong, wrong, wrong! :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean in Newcastle Posted November 25, 2011 Share Posted November 25, 2011 Other. Either/or. In about equal frequency. :iagree: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BatmansWife Posted November 25, 2011 Author Share Posted November 25, 2011 Other. Either/or. In about equal frequency. I should have added Either/Or to the poll. Darn it! :001_smile: The part of England I'm from it's called Tea; Dinner is the midday meal. Other parts of England call it Dinner; lunch is the midday meal. Tea. Interesting. Breafast (morning)Lunch (noon) light meal Dinner (4-5pm) bigger meal Supper (7-8pm) light meal / snacks / tea Though DH says that I'm all wrong, wrong, wrong! :lol: :lol: Is he a Canadian? Maybe if he's not he's thinking..."Supper?? But we just had dinner!" :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mommymilkies Posted November 25, 2011 Share Posted November 25, 2011 Dinner. I admit it's a huge pet peeve of mine hearing the word "supper" for dinner. Dh's family says that and it was totally foreign to me until I was a teenager! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lady Florida. Posted November 25, 2011 Share Posted November 25, 2011 Other. I use both. I grew up in NJ calling it supper. Dinner was a Sunday and holiday meal. When we moved to Florida everyone here called it dinner. I tend to use them interchangeably now with no real reason for saying one or the other. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Audrey Posted November 25, 2011 Share Posted November 25, 2011 Until 18mos ago, I lived in an area where the noon meal was "dinner" and the evening meal was called "supper." Now we live in an area where it's "lunch" and "dinner." I've found myself conforming to the local term, so "dinner" it is. It's just the opposite for me. I had always lived where it was (properly!) called "lunch" and "dinner." Here, they call it "dinner" and "supper." It's partly a Francophone thing, but they're still wrong anyway. :tongue_smilie: Nevertheless, I use the local verbiage in order to avoid confusions over which meal I've invited someone to attend. If I ask someone over for dinner and they show up for lunch, I'm confused and embarrassed and they're confused and disappointed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
8circles Posted November 25, 2011 Share Posted November 25, 2011 Dinner is either lunch or supper, whichever is the main meal of the day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
myfatherslily Posted November 25, 2011 Share Posted November 25, 2011 Supper. But it's definitely not super! :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BatmansWife Posted November 25, 2011 Author Share Posted November 25, 2011 It's just the opposite for me. I had always lived where it was (properly!) called "lunch" and "dinner." Here, they call it "dinner" and "supper." It's partly a Francophone thing, but they're still wrong anyway. :tongue_smilie: Nevertheless, I use the local verbiage in order to avoid confusions over which meal I've invited someone to attend. If I ask someone over for dinner and they show up for lunch, I'm confused and embarrassed and they're confused and disappointed. :lol: That's funny! The part of England I'm from it's called Tea; Dinner is the midday meal. Other parts of England call it Dinner; lunch is the midday meal. Sarah Pooh Bear....my dd has a question for you. She'd like to know if you were a queen or a princess when you lived in England. :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BatmansWife Posted November 25, 2011 Author Share Posted November 25, 2011 Supper. But it's definitely not super! :D OH DANG IT!!! :blushing: :smilielol5: And, I don't think I can edit it. :001_rolleyes: That's what I get for having a kid hanging over my shoulder while I'm trying to make a poll. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BatmansWife Posted November 25, 2011 Author Share Posted November 25, 2011 Oooops.... This was a repeat of what I just said. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vanna Posted November 25, 2011 Share Posted November 25, 2011 I've always called it dinner. I haven't been able to figure out why some folks call the evening meal supper and others call it dinner (what's the influence for using one or the other?). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SonshineLearner Posted November 25, 2011 Share Posted November 25, 2011 And Dinner is Lunch on Sunday, too!! :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laurie4b Posted November 25, 2011 Share Posted November 25, 2011 Other. Either/or. In about equal frequency. :iagree: The words are pretty much synonyms the way I use them. I think that the main meal when served at lunch is called dinner. Maybe then, the later meal is called supper? Anyway, I think technical differences between the two words are becoming archaic and they are mostly interchangeable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean in Newcastle Posted November 25, 2011 Share Posted November 25, 2011 :iagree: The words are pretty much synonyms the way I use them. I think that the main meal when served at lunch is called dinner. Maybe then, the later meal is called supper? Anyway, I think technical differences between the two words are becoming archaic and they are mostly interchangeable. Yes, I think that the main meal was traditionally called dinner. Many farming families had dinner at noontime. This explains it well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caitilin Posted November 25, 2011 Share Posted November 25, 2011 Both. But if we go out to eat it, we are going out to dinner, not to supper.:001_smile: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PinkInTheBlue Posted November 25, 2011 Share Posted November 25, 2011 It's breakfast, lunch, and supper/dinner. I voted "dinner" only because I'd say I use it most but I use them both. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Georgiana Daniels Posted November 25, 2011 Share Posted November 25, 2011 Sounds like it's a regional thing. We call it dinner, and our oldest pokes fun at Daddy when he calls it supper (he's from MN.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pooh bear Posted November 25, 2011 Share Posted November 25, 2011 :lol: That's funny! Sarah Pooh Bear....my dd has a question for you. She'd like to know if you were a queen or a princess when you lived in England. :D I was neither I'm afraid. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donna Posted November 25, 2011 Share Posted November 25, 2011 This difference was a little funny when we visited dh's family in NC. I told them I would prepare "dinner" and bil came in around noon asking when the food would be ready. I told him, "I'm not making lunch. I'm making dinner." We got into a huge discussion about the dinner vs. supper thing and it is still a joke every time we see each other. :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BatmansWife Posted November 25, 2011 Author Share Posted November 25, 2011 I was neither I'm afraid. Oh that's a bummer. I'll let dd know you are just a commoner like us. :001_smile: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pooh bear Posted November 25, 2011 Share Posted November 25, 2011 Oh that's a bummer. I'll let dd know you are just a commoner like us. :001_smile: Yep, just a plain ole commoner. I don't even sound like a princess, so I couldn't disguise myself as one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BatmansWife Posted November 25, 2011 Author Share Posted November 25, 2011 Yep, just a plain ole commoner. I don't even sound like a princess, so I couldn't disguise myself as one. Awwww.... By the way, your pooh bear is pink. Up north where we live...they are yellow (dd thought you should know). :D FWIW....dd doesn't read these boards on a regular basis or anything....she's only 8....but, she's interested in how her polls are doing. She's enjoying seeing the poll change. :001_smile: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wabi Sabi Posted November 25, 2011 Share Posted November 25, 2011 Dinner. Don't know why, but the word "supper" makes me cringe. It's a word that I would never use. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cassy Posted November 25, 2011 Share Posted November 25, 2011 As a child the mid-day meal was always 'dinner', the evening meal 'tea', and a substantial snack before bed was 'supper'. For DH 'lunch' was the mid-day meal, 'tea' was a snack late afternoon, and the evening meal was 'supper'. We now call the mid-day meal 'lunch' and evening meal 'tea', although DH still calls it 'supper' sometimes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lady Florida. Posted November 25, 2011 Share Posted November 25, 2011 Nevertheless, I use the local verbiage in order to avoid confusions over which meal I've invited someone to attend. If I ask someone over for dinner and they show up for lunch, I'm confused and embarrassed and they're confused and disappointed. I think the main thing is to adapt to the locals. Whether it's lunch, dinner, or supper doesn't matter, as long as everyone knows what time to show up. :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foxbridgeacademy Posted November 25, 2011 Share Posted November 25, 2011 Both, no difference in meaning. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Denise in Florida Posted November 25, 2011 Share Posted November 25, 2011 I grew up, in Arizona, calling it supper. Dinner was the big meal in the middle of the day on Sunday, i.e., Sunday Dinner. Now as an adult in Florida I seem to have switched to calling it dinner. Big meals served in the middle of the day are still called dinners also. hmmm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Upward Journey Posted November 25, 2011 Share Posted November 25, 2011 Dinner is the main meal of the day, so on Sundays lunch is called dinner. Supper is always in the evening, but not the main meal of the day, so supper is only served on Sundays for dinner :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mommymilkies Posted November 25, 2011 Share Posted November 25, 2011 Dinner. Don't know why, but the word "supper" makes me cringe. It's a word that I would never use. Glad I'm not the only one! It's one of those words like "sack" and "wa®sh" that drive me batty. I just have never gotten used to those things here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ellie Posted November 25, 2011 Share Posted November 25, 2011 Other. Either/or. In about equal frequency. :iagree: Now, my grandparents called it supper. The mid-day meal was dinner. But somehow, even though I lived with them until I was 11yo, that didn't stick. I call it either one, for no apparent reason whatsoever. :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laura Corin Posted November 25, 2011 Share Posted November 25, 2011 Tea if it's just the children eating at 5 or 6pm; supper if it's an ordinary family meal at home; dinner if we go out. Laura Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danybug Posted November 25, 2011 Share Posted November 25, 2011 I don't think I have ever said supper. We always say dinner. My one grandmother always said supper growing up and I never liked it for some reason. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Desert Rat Posted November 25, 2011 Share Posted November 25, 2011 Other. I use both interchangeably. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ClassicCole Posted November 26, 2011 Share Posted November 26, 2011 Morning: Breakfast Noon: Lunch Evening: Dinner or Supper I use both on a regular basis Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1GirlTwinBoys Posted November 26, 2011 Share Posted November 26, 2011 I live in KY, and when I was young, we called it supper. Dinner was something you had mid-day on a Sunday afternoon. When I met Dh, he called it dinner and now I do too. My mom still calls it supper. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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