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Tungsten · 05-17-2007, 07:05 AM

Not sure what parts of Tennessee you guys were hearing "supper" in but it's dinner here.

dave_in_delaware · 05-17-2007, 07:21 AM

When I lived in Lancaster County, PA with my parents, we always had "supper" (although we had "lunch" at midday) but after I moved to Delaware I started calling it "dinner."

It could be either way, based on the definitions:

dinner: the principal (i.e. biggest) meal of the day

supper: the evening meal especially when dinner is taken at midday, OR a light meal served late in the evening

Personally, I eat breakfast, lunch, then dinner. Technically, it could be breakfast, lunch, then supper. Some people eat a larger lunch, then it would be breakfast, dinner, then supper. I guess there could be others that eat dinner, lunch, then supper. Those who just love eating might have breakfast, lunch, dinner, supper....

That clears everything up, right?

Salilus · 05-17-2007, 07:39 AM

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Originally Posted by chupacabrachus

It's pop in these parts. Soda pop, soda, pop can all be heard though.. although pop is the absolute. Never is any sort of soda pop referred to as simply "coke" here. I have also heard "soda drinks" but I don't think that person was from around here

In Texas Coke = Coke, Diet Coke, Pepsi, Dr.pepper, 7up, Sprite, RC, Big Red....etc...etc If used in Conversation

Person 1: Hey, you want a Coke?
Person 2: Yeah
Person 1: What Kind?
Person 2: Dr.Perpper

I had a friend come down here to go to college from Wyoming. The above conversation drove him absolutely NUTS! "What do you mean what kind of Coke? COKE IS A COKE!!!!1!1!!ONE"

and yeah, supper is a home cooked meal, dinner is if we have to get fancied up.

MasLakas · 05-17-2007, 08:27 AM

Dinner in my family. We almost never use the word supper. I grew up in southeastern Idaho and live 20 minutes inside of Utah now.

clockworkorange · 05-17-2007, 12:27 PM

around my house the afternoon meal is called all sorts of things, some of which are kinda rude.

NRA_Girl · 05-17-2007, 01:09 PM

in NE the meals go:
breakfast, dinner, supper

in VA the meals go:
breakfast, lunch, supper

poor xdkid just says "noon meal" and "evening meal"

jtkratzer · 05-17-2007, 01:15 PM

i don't know, i've heard dinner used as like late lunch/early afternoon meal, but then i've heard it used for the evening meal too.

i probably use supper for the evening meal more than dinner, but i've used both.

i guess being born in arkansas and living there, north carolina, southern maryland penninsula, minnesota, and pennsylvania all before i was 12, i was exposed to a few different things.

EDIT: I always call lunch lunch, it's never dinner for me, unless it's a holiday, as in easter/lunch/thanksgiving dinner.

i think i figured it out for myself, breakfast -> lunch -> (when applicable for the early afternoon meal that i don't call lunch) dinner -> supper.

Ed 2001 SS · 05-17-2007, 01:44 PM

In Urban New Jersey, and South Florida, its dinner. I never use the word supper, except when referring to the DaVinci code painting.

rev-arb · 05-17-2007, 02:25 PM

I grew up with supper....wife's fam called it dinner.

Now I never know what I am eating.

XDerminator · 05-17-2007, 02:34 PM

Growing up in rural Minnesota it was:

Breakfast (o' dark hundred)

"Coffee" (10:00 or so, lemonade if it was real hot)

Dinner (noon)

Lunch (cookies, pie, cake, and coffee/lemonade; around 15:00)

Supper (18:00 or so)

"Snack" (whenever it got too dark to work any more).

Sunday "Dinner" at Grandma's was the best--usually fried'nbaked chicken, 'taters, gravy, rolls with butter, and pie. Between noon and 13:00; followed by "lunch" (the leftover pie and coffee/punch/lemonade) around 15:00 or so.

But nowadays, I've been "citified," and it's "lunch" around noon and "dinner" in the evening.

Still like Sunday "dinner" though...

View Poll Results: What do you call the evening meal?
Dinner	91	70.54%
Supper	29	22.48%
I feast upon the souls of democrats and puppies...erm, uh, I usually just get a pizza...	6	4.65%
What are you talking about?	3	2.33%
Voters: 129. You may not vote on this poll

05-17-2007, 07:05 AM	#31
Tungsten XDTalk 500 Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Nashville, TN Posts: 580	Not sure what parts of Tennessee you guys were hearing "supper" in but it's dinner here. __________________ Glock 19 9mm :: Smith and Wesson M&P 9L :: Wilson Combat Professional Bobtail .45ACP Tennessee folks... we'd love to see you at www.TNGunOwners.com

05-17-2007, 07:21 AM	#32
dave_in_delaware XDTalk 5K Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Wilmington, DE Posts: 6,191	When I lived in Lancaster County, PA with my parents, we always had "supper" (although we had "lunch" at midday) but after I moved to Delaware I started calling it "dinner." It could be either way, based on the definitions: dinner: the principal (i.e. biggest) meal of the day supper: the evening meal especially when dinner is taken at midday, OR a light meal served late in the evening Personally, I eat breakfast, lunch, then dinner. Technically, it could be breakfast, lunch, then supper. Some people eat a larger lunch, then it would be breakfast, dinner, then supper. I guess there could be others that eat dinner, lunch, then supper. Those who just love eating might have breakfast, lunch, dinner, supper.... That clears everything up, right? __________________ Dave Daily carry = XD-9 service in a Blackhawk CQC SERPA holster, a Spyderco Native, and a Streamlight Scorpion. "Everything matters... unless it's antimatter." “A person has the right to keep and bear arms for the defense of self, family, home and State, and for hunting and recreational use.” [Delaware Constitution, Article I, § 20 Right to keep and bear arms]

05-17-2007, 08:27 AM	#34
MasLakas XDTalk 2K Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Cache Valley, Utah Posts: 2,835	Dinner in my family. We almost never use the word supper. I grew up in southeastern Idaho and live 20 minutes inside of Utah now. __________________ I speak softly and carry a .45. UtahConcealedCarry.Org

05-17-2007, 12:27 PM	#35
clockworkorange XDTalk Newbie Join Date: May 2007 Location: whats HI in the middle and round on both ends? OHIO Posts: 3	around my house the afternoon meal is called all sorts of things, some of which are kinda rude. __________________ Springfield xd45 acp service mossberg500 hi-point 9mm hi-point 380 Remington 700 bdl 30-06

05-17-2007, 01:09 PM	#36
NRA_Girl XDTalk 100 Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Virginia (home) Nebraska (college) Posts: 453	in NE the meals go: breakfast, dinner, supper in VA the meals go: breakfast, lunch, supper poor xdkid just says "noon meal" and "evening meal" __________________ Remington L1100 Skeet Youth model Remington 1100 Skeet Special Beretta 682 Gold w/ Kolar Sub-gauge Tubes Beretta 682 Silver w/ Kolar Tubes (back up gun) BT 99 Browning Trap w/ 32" & 34" barrels

05-17-2007, 01:15 PM	#37
jtkratzer XDTalk 15K Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Lancaster Co., PA Posts: 17,560	i don't know, i've heard dinner used as like late lunch/early afternoon meal, but then i've heard it used for the evening meal too. i probably use supper for the evening meal more than dinner, but i've used both. i guess being born in arkansas and living there, north carolina, southern maryland penninsula, minnesota, and pennsylvania all before i was 12, i was exposed to a few different things. EDIT: I always call lunch lunch, it's never dinner for me, unless it's a holiday, as in easter/lunch/thanksgiving dinner. i think i figured it out for myself, breakfast -> lunch -> (when applicable for the early afternoon meal that i don't call lunch) dinner -> supper. Last edited by jtkratzer; 05-17-2007 at 01:45 PM.

05-17-2007, 01:44 PM	#38
Ed 2001 SS XDTalk 500 Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Miami Posts: 551	In Urban New Jersey, and South Florida, its dinner. I never use the word supper, except when referring to the DaVinci code painting. __________________ Ed XD 40 Service XD9 SC Bi-tone Kel-Tec PF-9 S&W Mod 66-1 .357 Magnum Last edited by Ed 2001 SS; 05-17-2007 at 01:48 PM.

05-17-2007, 02:25 PM	#39
rev-arb XDTalk 10K Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: West River, South Dakota Posts: 12,982 Blog Entries: 3	I grew up with supper....wife's fam called it dinner. Now I never know what I am eating. __________________ You got to "post" before you can "TOTP!" Rom. 12:12 "The world has yet to see what God can do with and for and through and in a man who is fully and wholly consecrated to Him." - Henry Varley to DL Moody "I felt only as a man can feel who is roaming over the prairies of the far West, well armed, and mounted on a fleet and gallant steed." - Buffalo Bill

05-17-2007, 02:34 PM	#40
XDerminator XDTalk 100 Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Shawnee, KS Posts: 404	Growing up in rural Minnesota it was: Breakfast (o' dark hundred) "Coffee" (10:00 or so, lemonade if it was real hot) Dinner (noon) Lunch (cookies, pie, cake, and coffee/lemonade; around 15:00) Supper (18:00 or so) "Snack" (whenever it got too dark to work any more). Sunday "Dinner" at Grandma's was the best--usually fried'nbaked chicken, 'taters, gravy, rolls with butter, and pie. Between noon and 13:00; followed by "lunch" (the leftover pie and coffee/punch/lemonade) around 15:00 or so. But nowadays, I've been "citified," and it's "lunch" around noon and "dinner" in the evening. Still like Sunday "dinner" though...

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