ext_23591 ([identity profile] camillofan.livejournal.com) wrote in [personal profile] wellinghall 2011-06-29 08:01 pm (UTC)

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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