Do you say Dinner or Supper ?

[Mikey]

I grew up saying ....

---Breakfast -- morning meal

---Dinner -- Early afternoon meal (most people call lunch)

---Supper -- 7:00-ish PM (last meal of the day)

As a young adult I adjusted to the common terms Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner --- in order to fit it.

Today, I don't give a hoot and reverted back to my original wording.

How about yous ???

[LonnieFisher]

Breakfast, brunch, lunch, dinner, and supper, in that order. Gotta get all of them acknowledged.

[palitoy]

We call every meal in Canada either "Vittles" or "Din-Dins". #CanFact

[Mikey]

We call every meal in Canada either "Vittles" or "Din-Dins". #CanFact

You guys invented vittles ?

I'm impressed and more than a little bit jealous

[palitoy]

You guys invented vittles ?

I'm impressed and more than a little bit jealous

We also invented the concept of meals and food.

[Mikey]

We also invented the concept of meals and food.

On reflection I have to agree with that.

Our British northern neighbors did steer us in the direction of not eating our dead comrades --- At least not eating them if they died of syphilis or the black death.

For that I say thanks !!!

[MRP]

Growing up it was supper. Dinner was that big meal with family on Sunday or holiday meal gatherings. Since I moved out to Ohio, I got used to saying dinner for the evening mean, as hardly anyone around me uses supper.

-M

[EmergencyIan]

Dinner, always. That said, I'm familiar with the term Supper. Maybe others in southern Indiana used it.

- Ian

[Earth 2 Chris]

We say supper. Dinner is rarely used, but at some point, my Dad's family called lunch dinner.

Chris

[Iron Mego]

Breakfast, lunch, and dinner.

[torgospizza]

Dinner or supper. Most of the time when someone else says dinner, I assume they mean lunch.

[johnnystorm]

Yes, dinner is lunch (or Sunday Dinner), supper is the evening meal for us. Now what time is officialky suppertime? Ours is between 5:30-6:30.

[cjefferys]

Man, we never call lunch "dinner" up here. Lunch is always "lunch". The meal after that is usually "supper" for me, but sometimes "dinner". But if it's a special occasion, like a holiday meal or eating at a fancy restaurant, it's "dinner".

And Brian is correct, Canadians invented the concept of meals. You're welcome, world!

[J.B.]

Breakfast, lunch, and dinner.

Same here. I thought the term supper was only used on Little House on the Prairie.

[Iron Mego]

Reading the definition/etymology of the word supper it seems a more appropriate term for what we call dinner. I'm too old to change now though!