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RCT
06-23-2004, 10:58 AM
My mother always said supper.

what do you say?

I say dinner...
lindaM
06-23-2004, 11:21 AM
we say supper
JAK
06-23-2004, 11:21 AM
dinner
AnnW
06-23-2004, 11:31 AM
We say dinner..sometimes supper.

I know some people call lunch, dinner and the evening meal supper.
Leigh
06-23-2004, 12:13 PM
We had this discussion at our workshop the other day. We were talking about it confusing children, and I didn't realize until then the different ways people do it.

We call our evening meals supper. We call the week day noon meals lunch, except the Sunday noon meal (generally when there is a lot of family around) is called dinner.
Melody
06-23-2004, 12:49 PM
I grew up with supper but my mil called it dinner and it rubbed off on me. Now I say both. "kids, supper is ready" and "quit goofing off and eat your dinner". LOL
BevJ
06-23-2004, 12:51 PM
Supper mostly, but sometimes we call it dinner.
PamE
06-23-2004, 01:52 PM
Both! Trying to figure this one out always gives me a headache, lol! I think the big meal is dinner whether it's at noon or evening. Supper is the meal when it's small and eaten in the evening! :crazyroll My grandmother used to harp on me when I'd call one of her dinners "supper"! :lol:

Anyway, I think I'm still confused and use them interchangeably!
aztec_judy
06-23-2004, 02:46 PM
grew up with noon meal being lunch ...
evening meal was supper...
moved up north and they were always telling me NO ITS DINNER..
but found some of them calling lunch dinner also ... hmmmm that was confusing.. lololol

So when we were invited for DINNER would ask : And WHAT time is that meal ?? they thought I was weird .. lolol

So guess it depends on where your at and iffen ya talking to transplants.. lolololol
imamama
06-23-2004, 05:57 PM
Originally posted by AnnW
I know some people call lunch, dinner and the evening meal supper.

That's how it is with some folks around here, but mainly just on Sunday.

We call it dinner, though.
MaryL
06-23-2004, 10:20 PM
Both, I guess. I usually say, "Supper's ready!" "Eat your dinner." "Clear your dinner dishes." "What's for supper?"

LOL
littlesista06
06-23-2004, 10:33 PM
Mary - me too! lol

"What's for dinner?", "Supper's ready", etc.
KarlaB
06-24-2004, 10:03 AM
I use both, but mainly supper. :)
Beth/TX
06-24-2004, 02:29 PM
I use dinner now, but growing up we used supper a lot.