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Oct 22, 2021 08:16:12   #
jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY
 
Do you call the evening meal "dinner" or "supper"? I've always called it "dinner," but it seems to vary around the country and the world.

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Oct 22, 2021 08:33:50   #
ddgm Loc: Hamilton, Ontario & Fort Myers, FL
 
Supper

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Oct 22, 2021 08:37:08   #
lamiaceae Loc: San Luis Obispo County, CA
 
jerryc41 wrote:
Do you call the evening meal "dinner" or "supper"? I've always called it "dinner," but it seems to vary around the country and the world.


Dinner. Yes, of course it is a regional term.

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Oct 22, 2021 08:38:47   #
jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY
 
lamiaceae wrote:
Dinner. Yes, of course it is a regional term.


So the "CA and NY" region, then.

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Oct 22, 2021 08:44:14   #
fetzler Loc: North West PA
 
Dinner and Supper are actually two different meals.

For farmers Dinner is the major meal of the day and is eaten near noon. In Germany, the major meal of the day is also at noon. Supper is a lighter evening meal. As a boy I spent summers on a farm where the language was just as I describe.

Most in North America eat the major meal in the evening. This meal is called Dinner with Lunch being the the lighter meal eaten near noon.

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Oct 22, 2021 08:46:46   #
Al Beatty Loc: Boise, Idaho
 
I'm from a mid-west farm where dinner was served at noon and supper at the end of the workday. During haying season, we enjoyed two lunches - one in mid-morning and another in mid-afternoon. In the morning we had toast and coffee at 4:00 AM before milking cows and a regular breakfast at 7:00 before going to school. Take care & ...

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Oct 22, 2021 08:48:37   #
ELNikkor
 
Always supper here, west of Rochester, NY. Parents, children of German descent, mid-west farmers.

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Oct 22, 2021 08:52:58   #
RiJoRi Loc: Sandy Ridge, NC
 
The way I understand the words, "dinner" is a large meal (more food) served after breakfast. "Supper" is a meal smaller than a dinner, served in the evening.
So, you can have breakfast - dinner - supper, or breakfast - lunch - dinner, or breakfast - lunch - supper. And for some, breakfast - lunch - dinner - supper! 😳
And then there's a "luncheon", but I'll let that pass...

--Rich

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Oct 22, 2021 09:06:11   #
Country Boy Loc: Beckley, WV
 
Raised in rural WV the evening meal was always referred to as supper but if the family was going out for the meal it was referred to as going out for dinner. However, most people used supper as the normal choice.

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Oct 22, 2021 09:11:23   #
gvarner Loc: Central Oregon Coast
 
At home it’s supper. If we go out, it’s dinner.

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Oct 22, 2021 09:19:09   #
StanMac Loc: Tennessee
 
jerryc41 wrote:
Do you call the evening meal "dinner" or "supper"? I've always called it "dinner," but it seems to vary around the country and the world.


Growing up in the South, we referred to the family daily evening meal as Supper. The main meal in a Sunday, however, was called Dinner (Sunday Dinner) - it was usually had between 1 and 3 pm. The evening meal on that Sunday was referred to as Supper. Also, any formal meal where others dined together was called Dinner.

Stan

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Oct 22, 2021 10:05:34   #
ddgm Loc: Hamilton, Ontario & Fort Myers, FL
 
Olivia Walton, on Walton's Mountain, referred to it as Suppah

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Oct 22, 2021 10:12:30   #
Linda From Maine Loc: Yakima, Washington
 
ddgm wrote:
Olivia Walton, on Walton's Mountain, referred to it as Suppah
Ayuh, in Maine it was the same way in my youth:

mid-day meal = Dinnah, evening meal = Suppah.

I think times have changed, however, what with all those flatlanders moving in

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Oct 22, 2021 10:27:35   #
jinx
 
Dinner is the main meal of the day. It can be served around noon or later in the day.

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Oct 22, 2021 11:04:00   #
fetzler Loc: North West PA
 
From Wikipedia.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supper

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