fakeplasticgirl
Keirleader
Makes perfect sense to me. It's not dinner, is it, it's lunch!?
Lunch and Dinner or Dinner and Tea?
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Makes perfect sense to me. It's not dinner, is it, it's lunch!?
danny la rouge
More like *fanny* la rouge!
And therefore correct, and by definition unposh.I think 'tea' for dinner might be a scottish expression?
Idaho
blah blah blah
How is it pompous to call dinner and tea their most logical and often used names?
Oh, I'll call this meal the name of a hot beverage because that's what Great Aunty Ethel said in the 1950's. That's that and there can be no changing of language, at all. I'm proud in sounding like an archaic type from a provincial boarding school.
So even when you get your KFC you call it dinner?
TitanSound
Mr Beardy Drummer
danny la rouge
More like *fanny* la rouge!
That's right. Dinner and Tea. Logical and often used. I'm glad you realise your earlier wrongness.
littlebabyjesus
one of Maxwell's demons
It's common all over the place. It's a British expression, Tarannau.I think 'tea' for dinner might be a scottish expression?
Oh, and Danny, you'll hate that too, probably.
fakeplasticgirl
Keirleader
It makes sense but it's not right dammit
that's the madness that happens when you go to school in glasgow!
fakeplasticgirl
Keirleader
It's common all over the place. It's a British expression, Tarannau.
i only say this because when i moved down to england some people did laugh when i said tea... but maybe they were just poshos
When I get a KFC I call it a takeaway, usually Danny. If it's in the evening it'll be a takeway dinner I guess, in the early afternoon a takeaway lunch or snack.
I certainly never go out for 'tea' at KFC. That's clearly wrong. Only old ladies go for tea at a fast food restaurant, and then they invariably go to Wimpy
I certainly never go out for 'tea' at KFC. That's clearly wrong. Only old ladies go for tea at a fast food restaurant, and then they invariably go to Wimpy
littlebabyjesus
one of Maxwell's demons
My ex laughed at me for saying tea.i only say this because when i moved down to england some people did laugh when i said tea... but maybe they were just poshos
I don't think it's common in the South East, where the poshoes live.
Biddlybee
making knots with sticks
In some places north of watford it's not just in the 50s that they called the evening meal tea
danny la rouge
More like *fanny* la rouge!
Thanks for telling me. I think it was Idaho who wanted to know, though. (I'd call anything from KFC "no thanks").
I can confirm that I've never heard anyone outside of Britain call dinner 'tea,' unless they're putting on rustic airs and graces.
Not even the most Trevor McDonald sounding of caribbean types would be so daft and whilst I can't speak for every other colony, I reckon it's an isolated verbal affectation
Not even the most Trevor McDonald sounding of caribbean types would be so daft and whilst I can't speak for every other colony, I reckon it's an isolated verbal affectation
littlebabyjesus
one of Maxwell's demons
Jamaicans call coffee tea.
danny la rouge
More like *fanny* la rouge!
Yes. Poshland.
Biddlybee
making knots with sticks
Do you know any northerners?
danny la rouge
More like *fanny* la rouge!
Nobody calls dinner 'tea'. Some people call it lunch, though.
innit
c'mon, little life giver
My ex laughed at me for saying tea.
I don't think it's common in the South East, where the poshoes live.
I say it, and I'm from the South East. Although my mum is Scottish.
If you live where I thought you do - you should know that all sorts of people live in the South East.
They're in Britain though, aren't they Biddly?
Still, they should keep up with the times. Language changes and they don't want to be stuck calling a bicycle a penny farthing through a hidebound aversion to linguistic progress.
Lunch and dinner are clearly the common sense terms. Move with the times and stop taking pride in being archaic
Still, they should keep up with the times. Language changes and they don't want to be stuck calling a bicycle a penny farthing through a hidebound aversion to linguistic progress.
Lunch and dinner are clearly the common sense terms. Move with the times and stop taking pride in being archaic
littlebabyjesus
one of Maxwell's demons
I live in the South East too, but for the purposes of this thread, I'm back home in Wales waiting for my mum to make tea.
fakeplasticgirl
Keirleader
i like how it's turned into a debate about class (my fault too)
they're just words, meaningless words....
(my fault too)they're just words, meaningless words....
danny la rouge
More like *fanny* la rouge!
Not when they aren't. So hah!
Yes, yes. It makes perfect sense in fakeplasticgirl land.
Meanwhile... back on earth it's only 10 minutes til dinnertime.
littlebabyjesus
one of Maxwell's demons
I'm confused.
Is saying tea archaic, posh or common?
Is saying tea archaic, posh or common?
danny la rouge
More like *fanny* la rouge!
"Just" words?i like how it's turned into a debate about class
they're just words, meaningless words....
danny la rouge
More like *fanny* la rouge!
Tarraland is a very strange place.I thought it was w/c, in tarraland it seems to be posh
Biddlybee
making knots with sticks
They are, but it isn't putting on rustic airs and graces if it's a colloquialism is it?They're in Britain though, aren't they Biddly?
(not sure if colloquialism is the right word here, but you know what I mean)
This is one of you're I AM RIGHT threads isn't it?
Lunch in the middle of the day, followed by tea, dinner and supper, depending on the time.
Tea is before seven, dinner between eight to ten thirty, eleven to midnight is supper.
"Be home for tea"
"Dinner's at nine"
"Be back for supper or they'll be trouble!"
Simple
Tea is before seven, dinner between eight to ten thirty, eleven to midnight is supper.
"Be home for tea"
"Dinner's at nine"
"Be back for supper or they'll be trouble!"
Simple
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