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opus · 11-08-2021, 09:31 PM

The first main meal of the day is breakfast.

The second main meal is lunch.

Why does the third have two names?

RetroGuy2000 · 11-08-2021, 09:38 PM

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

Bonniegirl · 11-08-2021, 09:54 PM

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 !

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

Wawwie · 11-08-2021, 10:13 PM

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Originally Posted by opus

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.

Bonniegirl · 11-08-2021, 10:40 PM

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Originally Posted by Wawwie

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.

opus · 11-08-2021, 10:40 PM

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Originally Posted by Wawwie

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

Bonniegirl · 11-08-2021, 10:43 PM

It's like, Is it a sofa or a couch??

I call it both intermittently, all my life my family did too !

AB · 11-08-2021, 10:48 PM

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.

Bonniegirl · 11-08-2021, 10:53 PM

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Originally Posted by Bonniegirl

It's like, Is it a sofa or a couch??

I call it both intermittently, all my life my family did too !

I meant interchangeably!!

RetroGuy2000 · 11-09-2021, 03:13 AM

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Originally Posted by Bonniegirl

It's like, Is it a sofa or a couch??

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.

AMackII · 11-09-2021, 06:44 AM

Dinner

GentlemanJim · 11-09-2021, 11:43 AM

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.

Bonniegirl · 11-09-2021, 02:43 PM

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Originally Posted by GentlemanJim

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.

opus · 11-09-2021, 03:01 PM

Leonardo da Vinci’s The Last Dinner

Bonniegirl · 11-09-2021, 03:03 PM

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Leonardo da Vinci’s The Last Dinner

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11-08-2021, 09:31 PM	#1
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11-08-2021, 09:54 PM	#3
Bonniegirl AKA Hazel Horvath Forum Addict Join Date: Jul 10, 2014 Posts: 66,060	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 ! But IDK how over the years I always call it dinner now ? even if I am serving slop or just leftovers !!!

11-08-2021, 10:43 PM	#7
Bonniegirl AKA Hazel Horvath Forum Addict Join Date: Jul 10, 2014 Posts: 66,060	It's like, Is it a sofa or a couch?? I call it both intermittently, all my life my family did too !

11-08-2021, 10:48 PM	#8
AB Member Eternal Member Forum Icon Join Date: Dec 26, 2006 Location: The South Posts: 59,428	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.

11-09-2021, 06:44 AM	#11
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11-09-2021, 03:01 PM	#14
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