The first main meal of the day is breakfast.

The second main meal is lunch.

Why does the third have two names?

It is supper. If you call it dinner, people may think you're talking about lunch.

I always call it dinner now, but as a kid we called it both dinner and supper ! I think it depended on what the meal was or something ? If my Mom went all out and made something really elegant or trying a new fancy recipe and on Sunday it was dinner , (that was always a big nice meal );) Oh and also if company was over it was dinner ! But just the regular every night meal was supper? ;)Or something like that ! :crazy:

But IDK how over the years I always call it dinner now ? even if I am serving slop or just leftovers !!!:D

The first main meal of the day is breakfast.

The second main meal is lunch.

Why does the third have two names?

You forgot to mention brunch. And according to Jerry Seinfeld's short lived fiancé, Jeanie, a combo of lunch and dinner/supper is either called "linner" or "lupper." Probably served at around 3:30 pm.

You forgot to mention brunch. And according to Jerry Seinfeld's short lived fiancé, Jeanie, a combo of lunch and dinner/supper is either called "linner" or "lupper." Probably served at around 3:30 pm.

:lol::D

You forgot to mention brunch. And according to Jerry Seinfeld's short lived fiancé, Jeanie, a combo of lunch and dinner/supper is either called "linner" or "lupper." Probably served at around 3:30 pm.

Nah, didn’t forget. Just sticking with the tried and true concept of 3 meals a day.

And while I was making the thread I did actually think of Seinfeld.

“Hey! So what's the deal with brunch? I mean that if it's a combination of breakfast and lunch, how comes there's no ‘lupper’. Or no ‘linner’?”
— Jeannie Steinman, Seinfeld, Season 7: The Invitations

It's like, Is it a sofa or a couch?? :confused: I call it both intermittently, all my life my family did too !:);)

Many southerners call it supper. Growing up in the south everyone I knew called it supper. I call it dinner if we're going out to a nice restaurant at night.

It's like, Is it a sofa or a couch?? :confused: I call it both intermittently, all my life my family did too !:);)

I meant interchangeably!!:);)

It's like, Is it a sofa or a couch?? :confused: I call it both intermittently, all my life my family did too !:);)

My grandparents called that a davenport. Apparently, in parts of Canada, it's called a chesterfield. I think there's a Family Guy joke about old-timey names for couches.

Dinner

Generally, I eat either dinner on the couch, or supper on the sofa, but often resort to snacks on the davenport, to hold me over.

Generally, I eat either dinner on the couch, or supper on the sofa, but often resort to snacks on the davenport, to hold me over.

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Leonardo da Vinci’s The Last Dinner

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Leonardo da Vinci’s The Last Dinner

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:lol::lol::lol::D:D:D

I eat when I feel like. Usually graze all day.

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I thought that I was being clever with my sofa-couch routine, but after posting I noticed that you already beat me to it. ;)

Surprising how many people today claim they've never heard the term "davenport".

The final 8 years of my working career was spent in an antique restoration shop. And I picked up a lot of terms there that I was previously unaccustomed to.

For instance there is a style of wooden cabinet called a "secretary" that generally has doors/drawers with built in dividers to accommodate office files, pens, stationary, office supplies, and generally a covert writing surface that folds out into a mini desktop. All of this disguised in a simple looking cabinet that would be at home in your living room.

There was also a similarly sized wooden cabinet that was called a "commode", that one kept in their bedroom, that contained a chamber pot, a drawer and hang rod for towels, and maybe a small wash basin. Common before everyone had indoor plumbing,.... it was a way to avoid a trip to the little shack outside on a cold winter night.

One day at the repair shop, a woman brought in this little cabinet, and I said "oh, a commode?" And she replied No, it was a secretary.

So I apologized, explaining that I often get the two confused. And her reply was that her boss frequently suffered the same problem.....

I have heard that Supper is what you eat at say 5:30 right after work. Dinner is what you eat at say 8 P.M before bed. :)

I thought that I was being clever with my sofa-couch routine, but after posting I noticed that you already beat me to it. ;)

Surprising how many people today claim they've never heard the term "davenport".

I've heard of Davenport before, but as a last name, such as Eric Davenport. :)

Surprising how many people today claim they've never heard the term "davenport".

The term "davenport" was already old-fashioned when I was growing up.

The final 8 years of my working career was spent in an antique restoration shop. And I picked up a lot of terms there that I was previously unaccustomed to.

For instance there is a style of wooden cabinet called a "secretary" that generally has doors/drawers with built in dividers to accommodate office files, pens, stationary, office supplies, and generally a covert writing surface that folds out into a mini desktop. All of this disguised in a simple looking cabinet that would be at home in your living room.

There was also a similarly sized wooden cabinet that was called a "commode", that one kept in their bedroom, that contained a chamber pot, a drawer and hang rod for towels, and maybe a small wash basin. Common before everyone had indoor plumbing,.... it was a way to avoid a trip to the little shack outside on a cold winter night.

One day at the repair shop, a woman brought in this little cabinet, and I said "oh, a commode?" And she replied No, it was a secretary.

So I apologized, explaining that I often get the two confused. And her reply was that her boss frequently suffered the same problem.....

:lol::lol:

I've heard of Davenport before, but as a last name, such as Eric Davenport. :)

For me, tennis player Lindsay Davenport.

A 5-5 tie so far. The most exciting race since the great Ring Ding-Ding Dong debate.