Lunch vs. dinner vs. supper — times and meanings? Lunch is almost the midday equivalent of supper — it's also a lighter and less formal meal than Dinner, but is used specifically when referring to a midday meal So whether you use lunch dinner or dinner supper is heavily determined by when your culture traditionally has its largest meal
Confused by the British having “dinner” in the afternoon” and “tea” in . . . The discussion at "Lunch" vs "dinner" vs "supper" — times and meanings? already adequately covers that subject Tea on the other hand can mean several difference things: It may simply refer to the drink It may refer to Afternoon tea, which is a particular style of light meal, traditionally eaten at Tea time
Correct order and terminology for meals in the day Lunch vs dinner vs supper — times and meanings? I know there are copious amounts of debates on this matter but is there actually one definitive answer for the order of meals in the day?
single word requests - Precise names for parts of a day - English . . . Also, the word supper is a bit of a regionalism (to me it's most familiar as a word used in parts of the Midwestern United States, although I think it's used in other parts of the US and other English-speaking countries as well) The more widely used word for the evening meal is dinner
Is farfel an idiolectical quirk part of a familect? From Cornelia Bedford, " March 'Busy Housewife' Menus," in Table Talk (March 1909): Friday in March Supper Onion Farfel | Cake | Cocoa From an advertisement that mentions Manischewitz Matzo Farfel in A T Philips, Form of Services for the First Two Nights of Passover (1912):
What are the nuances of the British expression gone used with time . . . The Collins English Dictionary simply defines "gone" in this context as meaning "past" The two are essentially equivalent The use of "gone" emphasises that the time is after the one specified, without saying how long after How long after isn't really important, it's the being after that matters It's not really possible to pin it down more than that without a specific context "Just gone