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I noticed Fozzers post about 'Spam' (thank you Foz) and I thought to myself, there really is a bit of a language differece between the "supposed" English speaking Nations.
(Ha, an Australian should talk!)

For instance, here, the most common terms for the three meals of the day are:

Morning - Breakfast (or Brekky)...lol
Midday - Lunch (no other term I'm aware of)
Evening - Tea (believe it or not. We know that tea is a beverage but for some reason most of us call this meal "Tea" although "Dinner" is also used.

As far as "Supper" is concerned, well, I don't think I've ever heard an Australian use the term except when describing Leonardos wonderful painting (or talking about that first "Christian version of Passover" which of course is the subject of the painting).

As for calling Lunch (midday meal) Dinner, well, that must be a British thing.

I'm aware of many, many terms that are used here that no-one would ever have heard of, but that's unfair, especailly as we are well known for our 'unique' and 'cryptic' way of speaking.

I would , however, be interested in hearing about some of the 'unusual' terms that you other people have for one thing or another.  

where I live
The boot is what you get if you
don't do your job,,,not where keep
your spare tire[not tyre]

The bonnet is what a young lady
wears on Sunday, not where you
check the oil

And a mum is a flower you send a
girl when you don't figure she's
worth a rose,

I have a good friend Down-under
builds cropdusters, with Buick engines
,,under the bonnet  :o

x

Hi Brensec, the whole dinner/supper/tea thing is related to the time you eat the evening meal. Tea is between 17-18.00 supper is between 18-19.00, and dinner is consumed anytime after 19.00 is the traditional convention.
The military has thrown up some odd conventions on the word 'food', the Army call is 'Scoff', the Royal Marines call it 'Scran', and the RAF calls it 'Nosh' or 'Grub'.
The Royal Navy insist on calling the toilet 'heads', whilst everyone else refers to 'the bog' or the 'the sh**ter'.
Ugly girls have their own special terminology too, the RM refer to them as 'gronks', the Army 'pigs', and the RAF use 'moose'.

Ozzy

Hi Bren.... ...!
The meal arrangement here in England, is something we inherited from our parents, grandparents, etc....

Breakfast, is what it says, the first meal of the day when arising. Egg, bacon, tomato, mushrooms, bread and butter.

Lunch, a cup of tea/coffee, with a biscuit or two, or maybe a cheese sandwich, at around 10 o'clock in the morning. (Always a break for workers, (manual and office), sometimes refered to as a "mid

Interesting subject. Do you have an hour or so to kill while I bore you? LOL

In class-concious Britain (this is still alive & well) you can usually tell a person's background by how they refer to the midday meal. I came from a poor working-class background & we always called it dinner. We also had school dinners at Grammar School where most of the pupils came from an upper middle-class background. At home, the afternoon meal, usually the main cooked meal of the day, was always referred to as tea. I think this comes from the old expressions High Tea or Afternoon Tea. This meal is sometimes called Supper which was our name for an evening snack.  ???

I could go on but will leave you suitably confused.  ;D

Thanks mates,

Some interesting replies!

as you point aut Fozzer, the body, I believe is better off and happier with regular small meals rather than the 2 or 3 larger ones that Western culture seems to have evolved over the last hundred or so years.

The "lunch" that you describe, we call "morning tea', which I'm sure is familiar to most.

Thanks Ozzy, I never considered that the 'time' of the repast would determine the name of it.........interesting!

Oh and X, how were you fortnuate enough to be the first to hit on that particular 'name'!
The 'bonnet', 'boot' and 'mudguard' (fender) debate has been mentioned in many a debate in this forum. It will be eternal!

Although, Ozzy, I like the subject you brought up about "ugly girls". There are plenty of 'civilain' terms for the same. Although here, it depends more on what era you grew up in.
(God I hope 'Stormy' doesn't see this, although I suspect she's like most women and has a way of sniffing out these kinds of 'generalised, semi-insulting posts'.............lol )

In my age group, the terms vary for girls ranging from 'plain' to 'abhorrent'
In order of the 'seriousness' of their 'condition' (least to most) we have:

Rough
F'ugly
Scrag
Leper
Horror Head
Bush Pig

What a 'charming' bunch we were!  ;D

[quote]Interesting subject. Do you have an hour or so to kill while I bore you? LOL

Afternoon Tea. This meal is sometimes called Supper which was our name for an evening snack.

Our biggest occasion of the week was the good old Sunday Dinner. This was usually roast beef with all the trimmings & often took all morning to prepare. It was served around midday or whenever the old man staggered home from the pub. Woe betide him if he was late.  >:(
Apart from special occasions this tradition is gradually dying out along with family meals of any type.

[quote]
....In my age group, the terms vary for girls ranging from 'plain' to 'abhorrent'
In order of the 'seriousness' of their 'condition' (least to most) we have:

Rough
F'ugly
Scrag
Leper
Horror Head
Bush Pig

What a 'charming' bunch we were!

[quote]Our biggest occasion of the week was the good old Sunday Dinner. This was usually roast beef with all the trimmings & often took all morning to prepare. It was served around midday or whenever the old man staggered home from the pub. Woe betide him if he was late.

Hi Doug....
You must pop over to my place sometime... ...!
...that's the type of meal I cook seven days a week...!!!
Much cheaper and healthier than all the fast-food c**p.
People come for miles around to sample my meals.. ...!
(Do you rember some of my recipies I have posted here)?
My beloved gas cooker comes a close second to my Honda motorbike... ...!
Everyone sits around the dining table chatting to one-another...!
I keep up the tradition with all my family and friends... ...!

Cheers...
Paul....for Fozzers famous meals...
(England)

Sounds nice Paul. Thanks for the kind offer. Watch out as I might take you up on it if I'm ever in the vicinity.

The note left by Foz on B'fast, Din-Din, T, and Suppeh, is the way I grew up, and isn't foreign at all to me.
All time fav outside of Breaky has just got to be " Egg n' Chips ".........was even brought to light by Shirley Valentine while in Greece..........

[quote] Woe betide him if he was late.

I find people from the UK, especially the North, tend to scrunch words together. Sayings like "cupatea", "keytadoor", and "bloody-ell".

Americans have many strange pronounciations and spellings.
Roof =Ruff: Boston Area
Wash =Worshe: Boston Area
Color = Should be colour
That's just a taste. Of course us Canadians have Eh but that's mainly out east in the Maritimes.

"Innit?" is the annoying, lazy,  word we tend to use now, meaning "Isn't it?", or "Is it not?"
But my favourite one of all from "Up North" , (oop North), is, "Choofin' 'eck as like". Ken will problably decipher this one better than me...?
...and what about "...on Ilkley Moor 'baht 'at".
"...on Ilkley Moor without my hat".... ...!
But to take the biscuit it's got to be Rab C Nesbit (from Glasgow). Now if anyone can understand him they can have two biscuits... ...!
(...a bit like Texans..).....ooopppsss.... ....!!
LOL...LOL...LOL...!

Cheers...
Paul.
(England).

...anyway....what's all this got to do with din-dins...?