In article , CT wrote:

Er, you do know that this is a Class Thing, don't you? The terms used
for evening meals were (and, to some extent, still are) very different
in the different classes - as were the times and styles of said meals.

Quite right. Everyone knows it's breakfast, dinner, tea and (possibly)
supper.

Cue for Clees, Barker and Corbett - in my view, one of the best satires
on the British class system of all time - and the competition is strong.


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.