Re: A Saturday Afternoon Snack 12/14/2024 😋

On 12/15/2024 5:09 AM, Bruce wrote:

On Sun, 15 Dec 2024 09:53:59 -0000 (UTC), Cindy Hamilton
<chamilton5280@invalid.com> wrote:
 

On 2024-12-15, Bruce <Bruce@invalid.invalid> wrote:

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Dinner/supper is that a north/south thing, a socio-economic thing, a
religious denomination thing or an age thing?

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Yes.
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I generally use "dinner" for a complex meal and "supper" for a
simple one.  If I think of it.
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Up here in Damnyankeeland, they're used pretty much interchangeably
and everybody adjusts accordingly.
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Although I suspect you've neglected the use of "dinner" for the
midday meal, which is now (AFAIK) passing out of use as old farmers
die off.  Although those of us older than 60 might use "dinner"
for a Sunday or holiday meal served at around 2 pm.

 I only learnt the word "dinner" for the evening meal at school. And,
in Australia, I've never heard the word supper. It's never supper,
always dinner, fancy or not.
 Although, one time our neighbour was at our place around 5:30 pm. He
saw his wife leave by car and said "What's she doing? She's supposed
to be making me tea!"
 

There may be some evolution of terms over time.  When I was a kid, we had supper but over time, it seemed to evolve to the more popular term dinner.  Could be a regional thing too.
Then you have The Supper Club, devoted to the art of dinner.
https://thesupperclubinc.com/story