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There is tons of disagreement about this stuff, as it varies so much region to region, but in general, in most English peaking places: The three meals are "Bre
by voidlogic 9y ago
There is tons of disagreement about this stuff, as it varies so much region to region, but in general, in most English peaking places:
The three meals are "Breakfast", "Lunch" and "Supper". And if Lunch or Supper is the biggest/most formal meal of the day it may be called "Dinner" instead. Hence family "Christmas Dinner" may be at lunch time, but your "Dinner party" is in the evening.
- umanwizard 9y agoThanks, I was always confused about why people talk about having "Thanksgiving Dinner" in the early afternoon and now it makes perfect sense.
- gumby 9y agoI have only encountered “supper” as the name of a primary meal in parts of the USA. I think “breakfast, lunch, dinner” likely is the most widespread formulation. I never heard “supper” in Australia or Canada at all.
- voidlogic 9y agoIts all highly regional, but I believe my characterization is an accurate generalization. Checkout the "Word Origin and History for X" for: 1. http://www.dictionary.com/browse/supper http://www.dictionary.com/browse/supper 2. http://www.dictionary.com/browse/dinner http://www.dictionary.com/browse/dinner Interesting side note, Sup (verb) the root word for supper has been in the (old) English language since before 900 AD.
- int_19h 9y agoFWIW, I was taught "breakfast", "dinner", "supper" at school, and their English courses were supposed to closely follow British usage (although I'm not sure which regional dialects, if any specific ones, they tracked in practice). We were taught "lunch" as well, but it was treated more like a second breakfast.