American here, age 50. From Monday to Saturday, my family (the one I grew up in) ate breakfast-lunch-supper, in that order, and supper was the main/big meal. On Sundays, however, it was breakfast-dinner-supper, in that order, and dinner was the main/big meal.
I had friends who called their weekday evening meal dinner, but that always suggested something fancier than ordinary eats, to me (maybe because midday Sunday dinner was a real production, in my family).
But, hey, this is interesting (depending on your standard for interesting): I'd've said that in bringing up my own sons, I didn't change the terminology I was raised with. Yet I just asked my 17- and 9-year-olds what *they* call the evening meal, and both replied, "Dinner."
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I had friends who called their weekday evening meal dinner, but that always suggested something fancier than ordinary eats, to me (maybe because midday Sunday dinner was a real production, in my family).
But, hey, this is interesting (depending on your standard for interesting): I'd've said that in bringing up my own sons, I didn't change the terminology I was raised with. Yet I just asked my 17- and 9-year-olds what *they* call the evening meal, and both replied, "Dinner."