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Supper...or Dinner? #8592754
Yesterday at 08:41 AM
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Saw ADC's post on his rabbit "supper", that term seems to be going obsolete, though I still use it..

So what do y'all call your evening meal?.....something to talk about other than the straights of Hormuz..lol

Re: Supper...or Dinner? [Re: gcs] #8592762
Yesterday at 08:54 AM
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Nebraska
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Supper here. My daughter in law calls it dinner most of the time and it sounds strange to me. I’m like “who eats lunch at 6 pm?” Lmao

Re: Supper...or Dinner? [Re: gcs] #8592764
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I always spelled it with one p. My youngest daughter, who spells like me said “just remember, you want more p’s for supper”. Seems to work. lol

Re: Supper...or Dinner? [Re: gcs] #8592768
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Supper...... born a a Nebraskan will die with Nebraska blood in me no matter where I reside. Dinner is something you eat on Sunday's after church.

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Re: Supper...or Dinner? [Re: NEYotetrapper] #8592769
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Originally Posted by NEYotetrapper
Supper...... born a a Nebraskan will die with Nebraska blood in me no matter where I reside. Dinner is something you eat on Sunday's after church.


Pretty much the same here. Dinner is a more formal mid day meal, typically on holidays with family.


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Re: Supper...or Dinner? [Re: gcs] #8592770
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Grew up calling lunch "dinner" and the last meal "supper."

At some point it changed (unless I'm talking to old guys) where we don't say supper.

Re: Supper...or Dinner? [Re: gcs] #8592773
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Supper in evening, dinner at noon

Re: Supper...or Dinner? [Re: gcs] #8592779
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Supper here

Re: Supper...or Dinner? [Re: tomahawker] #8592780
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Originally Posted by tomahawker
Supper in evening, dinner at noon

THIS^^


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Re: Supper...or Dinner? [Re: gcs] #8592781
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To me it's the same thing. I grew up with it being called supper, however during work travels it's always called dinner. So I find them one in the same.

However if I'm talking to my dad, dinner means lunch.

I'm sure it's a lot like the "pop", "soda", "coke" way of referring to a pop. grin It's all about where you grew up I think!

Re: Supper...or Dinner? [Re: gcs] #8592783
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Always been breakfast,dinner,evening meal supper here.


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Re: Supper...or Dinner? [Re: tomahawker] #8592784
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It seems like all the farm families here always said breakfast first, dinner at noon and supper in the evening, thus the name "supper club" for better evening restaurants.


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Re: Supper...or Dinner? [Re: gcs] #8592795
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Re: Supper...or Dinner? [Re: gcs] #8592799
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It's DINNAH...end of story


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Re: Supper...or Dinner? [Re: gcs] #8592804
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I agree with Patrice. Depends on where you live and how you grew up. In SD, we started our day at 7 am with a great breakfast. A light lunch around 10 am a great DINNER about noon and nice lunch at 4 pm and a great SUPPER at 7 - 8 pm. Everyday except Sunday. We slept a little longer on the Lord's Day, went to Church about 10 am, had a big DINNER at noon and a light Supper around 6 pm and always got a good Sunday afternoon nap. We thought only the rich called Supper DINNER. This was somewhat seasonal. The schedule was adjusted in the winter and after school started. We were not a social group. Just worked.

Re: Supper...or Dinner? [Re: gcs] #8592809
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Supper


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Re: Supper...or Dinner? [Re: gcs] #8592816
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Breakfast, lunch and supper. Dinner is for holidays

Re: Supper...or Dinner? [Re: gcs] #8592825
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Yep ever since growing up on the farm
Breakfast, Dinner, Supper


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Re: Supper...or Dinner? [Re: tomahawker] #8592829
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Originally Posted by tomahawker
Supper in evening, dinner at noon

X2

Re: Supper...or Dinner? [Re: gcs] #8592834
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it depends where you are

it can change from one side of the county to the other.

breakfast , lunch , supper for me

a few miles west they are all about breakfast dinner supper but their big meal of the day was dinner on the farm

I don't mind the word dinner but I am going to ask what time we are eating no matter what. none of these words sets a time some set a range of times but 0400 to 1130 is a wide range


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