Cindy Hamilton wrote:
> On Thursday, October 24, 2019 at 10:04:08 AM UTC-4, KenK wrote:
>> Meals that is. I was raised in Chicago where I got my meal names.
>>
>> To me the noon meal is 'dinner' and the evening meal 'supper'. Evidently
>> some use 'lunch' and 'dinner'. Maybe other names. Seems everyone calls the
>> morning meal breakfast.
>>
>> Just curious.
>
> It is regional. Where were you raised?
>
><https://www.tasteofhome.com/article/different-regions-give-these-foods-different-names/>
>
> "Dinner" is the fourth one down.
>
> For me, the midday meal is always lunch. For the evening meal I use dinner
> and supper somewhat interchangeably, although I somewhat favor supper for
> a simple meal and dinner for a more complex or formal meal. I'm from
> Michigan.

similar here except i don't consider complexity of the
meal at all when using dinner/supper so those are pretty
much interchangeable.

i suspect the use of the word supper is more in line
with religious affiliation too, but that is a hypothesis
at this moment and a bit too busy to delve into it...

i prefer to use the word dinner but am not 100% consis-
tent.


songbird