Lunch, Dinner, Supper

**VikingsMB** · 10-24-2007, 10:03 PM

Supper is what you have at home.
Dinner is what you go out for.

Lunch is either in a paper bag or Mcdonalds

**PurplePeopleEaters** · 10-24-2007, 10:09 PM

I have never heard anyone call lunch dinner.
Breakfast is Breakfast.
Lunch is lunch.
Dinner is dinner.
Supper does not exist. Supper to me is like an old-timey word for Dinner.

**VikingsMB** · 10-24-2007, 10:13 PM

"PurplePeopleEaters" wrote:

I have never heard anyone call lunch dinner.
Breakfast is Breakfast.
Lunch is lunch.
Dinner is dinner.
Supper does not exist. Supper to me is like an old-timey word for Dinner.

I was just at A&W for supper and that sure as hell wasn't dinner!

**DustinDupont** · 10-25-2007, 03:13 AM

"VikingsMB" wrote:

"PurplePeopleEaters" wrote:

I have never heard anyone call lunch dinner.
Breakfast is Breakfast.
Lunch is lunch.
Dinner is dinner.
Supper does not exist. Supper to me is like an old-timey word for Dinner.

I was just at A&W for supper and that sure as hell wasn't dinner!

Well when i went to dinner i ate my supper and it was pretty good

**pattyosviKING** · 10-25-2007, 07:56 AM

Don't forget brunch and lupper.

**cajunvike** · 10-25-2007, 08:31 AM

"Marrdro" wrote:

Let me check my book when I get to work tomorrow.
I will give you the answer.

;D

Some excerts from the book of wisdom....... ;D

Chapter 3, page 15.

Three Squares.

Breakfast occurs in the morning and is very close to the national standard.
You get up and sit in your bathrobe and stare until the coffee is done.
Maybe you have a doughnut with your second cup.
When other members of your household wander in, you don't speak unless spoken to......

Chapter 3, page 16.

Dinner.
The Minnesotan dinner is served at twelve noon sharp and is the major meal of the day.
In smaller towns the fire whistle goes off right on the money so everybody can stop at once.
(That actually happens everyday in Northome MN, my home town).

Chapter 3, page 16.

Supper.
The Minnesota supper is served after 5 but before the 6 o'clock news on TV which is announced with another blast on the fire whistle and typically consists of leftovers from dinner, although many people fry up a few potatoes for extra bulk in the winter.

Chapter 3, page 16.

Lunch and a Little Lunch.

Lunch is typically eaten three ties a day.
Lunch is situated before, after, and between breakfast, dinner and supper.
The Mid-afternoon lunch occurs between 3 and 3:30.
The morning lunch occurs at 10 or shortly thereafter.

A little lunch.
Lunch can also occur at other odd times of the day.
Whenever two or three are gathered toghether, a little lunch will be forthcoming.

I love that book.

;D

I also have that book...I needed it too, the first time that I visited Minny...LOL

I have the companion cassette too...hilarious...looking for a CD version though if anyone knows where I can find it or if it even exists.

**cajunvike** · 10-25-2007, 08:35 AM

"Turboe" wrote:

I was a dinner and supper guy growing up in SD, then I moved to PA after college and I always was asking people if they wanted to have dinner at noon time, they were very confused.
I explained to them that that dinner & supper is more correct.
When I looked up the definitions many years ago it said Supper is traditionally the last meal of the day, which fits, and Dinner is the larges meal of the day.
Which as some people already mentioned on here around the farm is often the noon time meal.

Over the years I have just grown tired of fighting the East Coast mentality and I now am pretty much a Lunch and Dinner guy.

Growing up in Louisiana, I was in the same boat as you (except that at school, it was still called lunch)...and I also succumbed to what the majority called it and it is now lunch and dinner (though I usually take into account where I am in determining what to say and what to understand).
BTW, soda and pop are also called soft drinks in some areas of the country as well.

**cajunvike** · 10-25-2007, 08:36 AM

"PurplePeopleEaters" wrote:

I have never heard anyone call lunch dinner.
Breakfast is Breakfast.
Lunch is lunch.
Dinner is dinner.
Supper does not exist. Supper to me is like an old-timey word for Dinner.

Listen here, you young whippersnapper....