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What is the difference between lunch and dinner?
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I always thought that lunch was what you hat midday and dinner was the evening meal, yet some people describe lunch as dinner and Jamie's school dinners is about lunch! Can someone sort this out for me?
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.One cannot hope to explain the differences better than simply by quoting what The Oxford English Dictionary says about 'dinner'...
"The chief meal of the day, eaten originally and still by the majority of people about the middle of the day, but now, by the professional and fashionable classes, usually in the evening."
It is clear, therefore, that it is a matter entirely of class and - to some extent - geography.
"The chief meal of the day, eaten originally and still by the majority of people about the middle of the day, but now, by the professional and fashionable classes, usually in the evening."
It is clear, therefore, that it is a matter entirely of class and - to some extent - geography.
They're called school 'dinners' for the very simple reason that the vast majority of pupils who attended state schools when such means were first provided were (still are?) the children of working-class parents. And - as my earlier response made clear - the working folk of Britain do still speak of the main (midday) mean as 'dinner'.
I'm fairly certain that the pupils at Eton, Harrow, Roedean etc do not call their midday meal 'dinner'! Why? Because they're not working-class!
I'm fairly certain that the pupils at Eton, Harrow, Roedean etc do not call their midday meal 'dinner'! Why? Because they're not working-class!
I always thought that dinner is a main meal ie meat & veg (no laughing!) some ppl have it during the day as its more suitable for their lifestyle, say if kids have dinner as school meals this means when they get home the parents can have choice of just making a sarnie.....therefore easier and less heavy on the stomach late at night...sure theres better explanation tho !
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