FabSwingers.com forum: Dinner Or Tea?

By *emini Man OP Man
over a year ago

There and to the left a bit

Comments on another thread about what we had for lunch threw up a separate debate about what we call our evening meal, with a suggestion that it may be a north/south divide thing...

...so forumites what is it? Dinner Or Tea?

For me, as a southerner it's tea, unless going out to a restaurant in which case it's going out for dinner.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Breakfast , dinner and tea

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By *emini Man OP Man
over a year ago

There and to the left a bit

"Breakfast , dinner and tea

Wait what is this sorcery - dinner at lunchtime?

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By *uicy72Woman
over a year ago

North Colchester

Breakfast

Lunch

Dinner

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Supper

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By *mm_n_ZedCouple
over a year ago

Fareham

Southerner here...

When I was a kid, it was tea because we usually ate around 6pm. Now I'm an adult, it's dinner because we eat in the evening

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Breakfast dinner and tea, although I do sometimes say lunch for dinner but never dinner for tea, tea is always just tea. Hope that clears that up

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By *oddyWoman
over a year ago

between havant and chichester

Breakfast dinner tea here

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By *emini Man OP Man
over a year ago

There and to the left a bit

"Supper

There's always one and it's usually you

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By *s_macWoman
over a year ago

Traffic land

Can be either, dragged up in the Midlands and have lived in the south east for 20+ years.

But lunch is always lunch now.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Breakfast , dinner and tea

Wait what is this sorcery - dinner at lunchtime?

Haha not sure if it's a Yorkshire thing but everyone we know says it ...if I said to the kids what do you want for dinner at tea time, they would laugh and say we've already had dinner

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Supper

There's always one and it's usually you

I like to be different

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Breakfast...lunch...dinner

Except on Sundays when it's breakfast...dinner...tea

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By *emini Man OP Man
over a year ago

There and to the left a bit

"Breakfast , dinner and tea

Wait what is this sorcery - dinner at lunchtime?

Haha not sure if it's a Yorkshire thing but everyone we know says it ...if I said to the kids what do you want for dinner at tea time, they would laugh and say we've already had dinner

So when's lunch then?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Tea.

It's breakfast, dinner, tea.

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By *al2001Man
over a year ago

kildare

You drink tea and eat your dinner

And pudding is a dessert so how can it mean desserts in general

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By *andonmessMan
over a year ago

A world all of his own

"Breakfast

Lunch

Dinner "

This. Anything else is just wrong.

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By *rumpyMcFuckNuggetMan
over a year ago

Den of Iniquity

I don't care .

Just give me food !!

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By *ara JTV/TS
over a year ago

Bristol East

Next you'll be telling me that school dinners are served up in the evening!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Comments on another thread about what we had for lunch threw up a separate debate about what we call our evening meal, with a suggestion that it may be a north/south divide thing...

...so forumites what is it? Dinner Or Tea?

For me, as a southerner it's tea, unless going out to a restaurant in which case it's going out for dinner."

Breakfast

Dinner

Tea

Supper if you eat before bed

Case closed

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Always been

breakfast .........obvious

dinner as its dinner time or lunch as its lunch time

tea, as its tea time

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By *emini Man OP Man
over a year ago

There and to the left a bit

"Next you'll be telling me that school dinners are served up in the evening!

Ah but they're served during the lunch break

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

As a southerner in the north I say

Breakfast

Dinner

Tea

And also say

Breakfast

Lunch

Dinner how helpful is that

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By *edangel_2013Woman
over a year ago

southend

Up until I was 30 and living in the North, it was breakfast, dinner and tea. Still is for my sister.

Now I live on the South and it's breakfast lunch and dinner.

Causes some confusion when I'm with my sister or visiting home.

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By *ELLONS AND CREAMWoman
over a year ago

stourbridge area

Breakfast lunch tea ....supper .

And for me this goes back to my childhood as my father was up very early in the mornings. .. started working at 5am ...so when he got home in the afternoon my mum would have cooked an early meal .... so this was tea time ....

I can also remember supper ...

Which was normally a sandwich...

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

It goes like this;

Breakfast,

Second breakfast,

Elevensies,

Luncheon,

Afternoon tea,

Dinner and

Supper.

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By *eliWoman
over a year ago

"It goes like this;

Breakfast,

Second breakfast,

Elevensies,

Luncheon,

Afternoon tea,

Dinner and

Supper."

He knows. OP, I'm disappointed in you.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Breakfast, mid morning snack (elevensies), brunch, lunch, afternoon snack, dinner, supper (if you're posh), post sleep munch, midnight snack.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"It goes like this;

Breakfast,

Second breakfast,

Elevensies,

Luncheon,

Afternoon tea,

Dinner and

Supper."

I forgot about 2nd breakfast and afternoon tea! And there's high tea too, at 4pm.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Breakfast, lunch, dinner

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Tea for me.

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By *ransGuyTV/TS
over a year ago

Cardiff

Breakfast, lunch, dinner.

I drink tea, I eat dinner

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"It goes like this;

Breakfast,

Second breakfast,

Elevensies,

Luncheon,

Afternoon tea,

Dinner and

Supper.

I forgot about 2nd breakfast and afternoon tea! And there's high tea too, at 4pm."

High tea, that's at 420 isn't it?

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By *iss.RedWoman
over a year ago

somewhere

Tea for me.

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By *izzy RascallMan
over a year ago

Cardiff

If I got intensions I invite her for dinner.

If it's innocent I invite her for tea.

Either way it's an evening meal I'm referring too

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Breakfast dinner tea

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

It's dinner

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Breakfast . Lunch. Dinner .

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Breakfast, dinner and tea. X

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Breakfast, dinner and tea. X "

Ditto, but only have breakfast when beer’s involved.

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By *rwhite30Man
over a year ago

deptford London

breakfast, lunch, dinner, thats it, thats what its called....i have never said to a lady can i take you out to tea

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By *tirluvMan
over a year ago

the right frame of mind -London

Call me crazy but I always have:

Breakfast

Lunch

Supper

none of this dinner tea malachy for me

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By *iamondCougarWoman
over a year ago

Norfuck! / Lincolnshire

Breakfast

Lunch

Dinner

Supper

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By *rwhite30Man
over a year ago

deptford London

"Breakfast

Lunch

Dinner

Supper "

what time is dinner?

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By *rwhite30Man
over a year ago

deptford London

"Call me crazy but I always have:

Breakfast

Lunch

Supper

none of this dinner tea malachy for me"

so you ask a lady out for supper?

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By *sRedbbwWoman
over a year ago

Amwythig

Tea if at home, dinner if I'm out

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By *tirluvMan
over a year ago

the right frame of mind -London

"so you ask a lady out for supper?"

No silly I have supper and ask others to dinner -what they want to eat is their business

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Me breakfast lunch/dinner tea

Him breakfast lunch dinner I'm northern he's southern my way is right always xx

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Breakfast, lunch and dinner. Boy I'm hungry!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Tea here.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I'm from the North and we call our evening meal Tea ,lunch meal is dinner

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By *ryst In IsoldeWoman
over a year ago

your imagination

In Ireland it depends on what's eaten. If, for example, you've been out for Sunday lunch and had you main meal then, your evening meal will just be a light 'tea'... otherwise dinner is usually the evening meal.

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By *he Mac LassWoman
over a year ago

Hefty Hideaway

I’m Northern but I have breakfast, lunch and dinner.

If I forget dinner then I have supper late in the evening.

Tea is reserved for brews or posh tiny sandwiches and cakes that you paid far too much for.

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By *abs..Woman
over a year ago

Breakfast, lunch and dinner

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Breakfast

Lunch

Tea

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By *he Mac LassWoman
over a year ago

Hefty Hideaway

"It goes like this;

Breakfast,

Second breakfast,

Elevensies,

Luncheon,

Afternoon tea,

Dinner and

Supper."

Naughty Hobbitses. Always hungry!

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By *SAchickWoman
over a year ago

Hillside desolate

"Breakfast, lunch and dinner

Yes! And if you're still hungry at bedtime, supper. Tea is a drink, not a meal.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Breakfast.

Lunch, or dinner if it's your main meal.

Tea, or dinner if it's your main meal.

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By *emini Man OP Man
over a year ago

There and to the left a bit

"Tea if at home, dinner if I'm out "

Exactly my way of looking at it too - and to complete the set

Breakfast

Lunch

Tea/Dinner (depending if in or out)

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By *rightonsteveMan
over a year ago

Brighton - even Hove!

"Breakfast

Lunch

Dinner "

This: with snacks in between.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Comments on another thread about what we had for lunch threw up a separate debate about what we call our evening meal, with a suggestion that it may be a north/south divide thing...

...so forumites what is it? Dinner Or Tea?

For me, as a southerner it's tea, unless going out to a restaurant in which case it's going out for dinner."
supper

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"breakfast, lunch, dinner, thats it, thats what its called....i have never said to a lady can i take you out to tea"

Tea is before 6, dinner is after

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By *rwhite30Man
over a year ago

deptford London

"so you ask a lady out for supper?

No silly I have supper and ask others to dinner -what they want to eat is their business

nutter

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By *rwhite30Man
over a year ago

deptford London

"breakfast, lunch, dinner, thats it, thats what its called....i have never said to a lady can i take you out to tea

Tea is before 6, dinner is after

lunch is before 6, dinner is after

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By *essandpatCouple
over a year ago

chester

Breakfast dinner tea x

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By *rwhite30Man
over a year ago

deptford London

why is it a different name if your at home or out?

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By *rwhite30Man
over a year ago

deptford London

"Breakfast dinner tea x"

drink tea not eat it

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Dinner .... definitely not tea or coffee, - vin rouge if anything.

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By *eesideMan
over a year ago

margate sumwear by the sea

"Comments on another thread about what we had for lunch threw up a separate debate about what we call our evening meal, with a suggestion that it may be a north/south divide thing...

...so forumites what is it? Dinner Or Tea? "

Depends on the size of the meal your having.

If its small like a sandwich or sumthing then its cald tea. (not the stuff you drink

)

If its a large meal cos you had sumthing small at mid day then its a dinner.

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By *ubiousOatcakeMan
over a year ago

Aberdeenshire

Breakfast

Lunch

Depends

Mostly it’s tea. Sometimes it’s dinner; that word has connotations of being ever so slightly later, out somewhere nice, but not always. Sometimes it’s supper; that word has connotations of a light meal eaten even later still, as an addition to the proper evening meal, but not always.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Supper

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Supper

"
see I was right

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Breakfast dinner and tea, although I do sometimes say lunch for dinner but never dinner for tea, tea is always just tea. Hope that clears that up

Exactly this. I only ever say lunch for dinner when I'm with posh people!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Supper

see I was right

Thank you, number one fan

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By *hedevilwearspradaWoman
over a year ago

Somewhere nearby

Breakfast, dinner, tea, supper.

Unless it’s posh and you are going out for food at tea time, then that’s dinner as well.

And if you had a big dinner in the middle of the day you will probably not have tea and just have supper.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Tea, without a doubt. A friend of mine calls it supper, that's wrong to me.

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By *oobies92Woman
over a year ago

Pontypridd

Any meal I dont have to cook

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By *eliWoman
over a year ago

"Breakfast, dinner, tea, supper.

Unless it’s posh and you are going out for food at tea time, then that’s dinner as well.

And if you had a big dinner in the middle of the day you will probably not have tea and just have supper. "

Oh Kirkie, it was going so well until I read this.

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By *rank n BettyCouple
over a year ago

Not meeting

Tea

Frank

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By *hedevilwearspradaWoman
over a year ago

Somewhere nearby

"Breakfast, dinner, tea, supper.

Unless it’s posh and you are going out for food at tea time, then that’s dinner as well.

And if you had a big dinner in the middle of the day you will probably not have tea and just have supper.

Oh Kirkie, it was going so well until I read this."

Does this mean we can’t be friends any more?

damn my north east Scottishness. Always causes trouble

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By *ngels of Sin 69Couple
over a year ago

High Wycombe

"Breakfast , dinner and tea

^^ this

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I always thought the southerners had

Breakfast

Elevenses

Lunch

Afternoon tea

Dinner

Supper

Us notherners have breaky, dinner then our tea. Sometimes a bit of toast before bed. Obviously inbetween meal times is littered with snacks of every discription.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Breakfast, dinner, tea

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Dinner dinner dinner dinner, Geminiman.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Breakfast , Lunch , Dinner

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Just food, food and more food for me.

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By *tirluvMan
over a year ago

the right frame of mind -London

"Supper

see I was right

Thank you, number one fan

As the number 2 fan -can I introduce its' good friends Breakfast and lunch (seeing that we are starting with supper)

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

In the north where were always right its tea

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By *trawberry MojitoWoman
over a year ago

over the hill & far away, like Princess Fiona.

Breakfast, lunch and tea. A southerner living in the Midlands.

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By *emini Man OP Man
over a year ago

There and to the left a bit

"Dinner dinner dinner dinner, Geminiman."

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Breakfast, lunch and dinner. Boy I'm hungry! "

Wanna eat?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Breakfast, lunch and tea. A southerner living in the Midlands. "

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Full meal is dinner. A cup of tea, scones, crackers, cheese, cake etc is tea!

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By *eryBigGirlWoman
over a year ago

East Yorkshire

Breakfast dinnner and tea here

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Breakfast, lunch and dinner here.

Sometimes, dinner is supper.

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By *exyspecs and supermanCouple
over a year ago

A house, a very big house in the country

Breakfast

Lunch

Dinner

Tea is a drink no?

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By *entish79Man
over a year ago

Glasgow

Being Scottish, it has to be tea. Dinner is a posh thing for posh southerners.

Always had supper as a wee snack like toast before bed. But it’s a fish supper too, isn’t it? And who had a fish supper just before bed? Well, you might do if you’d been to the pub. And didn’t fancy a kebab.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Breakfast , dinner and tea

Totally agree

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By *unboy007Man
over a year ago

Aberdeen

Supper for Mr

Tea for Mrs

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By *..TheCurvyPetrolHead...Woman
over a year ago

St Helens

I'm a Northerner and proud! It's Breakfast, Dinner and Tea. I lived in Surrey for 12 years and managed to make my ex say "What do you want for your tea?" after a few years of living together! He said it was a slip of the tongue...

My argument for this is; you have "Dinner Ladies" at school. These ladies work at lunchtime. End of arguement.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Breakfast dinnner and tea here"

Hey you're back! Hope you're well.

Breakfast dinner tea here too.

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By *gnitemybodyWoman
over a year ago

Onestepoutofthedoor

Tea.

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By *emini Man OP Man
over a year ago

There and to the left a bit

"I'm a Northerner and proud! It's Breakfast, Dinner and Tea. I lived in Surrey for 12 years and managed to make my ex say "What do you want for your tea?" after a few years of living together! He said it was a slip of the tongue...

My argument for this is; you have "Dinner Ladies" at school. These ladies work at lunchtime. End of arguement.

"Lunch" time....exactly!!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Breakfast

Lunch

Dinner

Tea

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Tea:

A herb originating from china that with added hot water, satisfies the thirst of 100's of millions (at least) of caffeine addicts.

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By *essica jamiesonWoman
over a year ago

edinburgh

Brekky, lunch, tea & supper!!

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By *rontier PsychiatristMan
over a year ago

Coventry

Growing up it was always dinner. Then as young man joining the Forces I was exposed to all sort of regional terms and slang from across the country. Pretty much everyone called it tea. So over time I found my self calling it tea too and I still do. But if I'm eating out somewhere nice I'll normally refer to it as dinner.

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