What do you call your main evening meal?

[rich p]

I always thought calling it tea was a regional (northern?) thing.

 

[HLaB]

I some times call it 'tea', other times its 'dinner' but never 'supper' that's just no right.

 

[snapper_37]

Supper is something the Famous Five eat.

I thought that was the local gypsy girl and fairground 'folk'

 

[snapper_37]

No, they often had sausages as well.

No, it was always sandwiches made by Aunt Fanny

 

[Mortiroloboy]

it goes

Breakfast
Lunch
Dinner

 

[Crackle]

Brekkie
lunch/dinner
Tea

 

[GentleBenn]

Breakfast , Dinner ,Tea !
Get told off in work for saying "Dinner",by the ol'fella that works with us,"It's not Dinner it's lunch!" he screeches then goes into a fit of coughing ! (i do it now just to see how red he goes from coughing)

 

[Night Train]

What about Sunday? Or Christmas Day?

Sunday lunch at around noon. Sunday dinner in the evening.

Chrismas lunch starting at around 1-2pm ish. Christmas dinner, finishing lunch at about 6-7pm before the puddings and sweets come out.

 

[derall]

Lunch at lunchtime, Dinner at dinnertime, supper at bedtime.

 

[monstadog]

tea, cos thats what it is in Yorkshire

 

[Cranky]

'Tea', and I'm a Londoner by origin. I adopted it from my many northern friends at college. When I was a kid it was 'dinner'.

So: breakfast, lunch, tea.

 

[lazyfatgit]

definitely Tea when i was at my Mum's, trending towards Dinner now. Supper is a bit of toast and a drink before bed.

 

[Hover Fly]

As far as I am concerned the word "lunch" is always preceded by the word "packed" and describes a dry cheese or processed meat* sandwich, small hard pork pie, chocolate biscuit and a can of pop. Anything else at midday is a "dinner".

* Hence "luncheon meat".

 

[Noodley]

Breakfast
Dinner
Tea
Supper (before bed - best if it involves toast and melted cheese )

 

[mr_hippo]

I always thought calling it tea was a regional (northern?) thing.

It's more of a class thing. Dinner is the main meal of the day - in large houses, the household would have lunch, afternoon tea and then dinner. It was impossible to prepare and serve two main meals at the same time - one for the household and one for the servants so the servants' main meal - their dinner - was served at lunchtime and renamed 'dinner' and their 'dinner' was renamed 'tea'.
What about 'school dinners'? When school meals were introduced, it was for some children the only hot meal of the day that they had so it was called 'dinner' and the term stuck!