Re: [CH] Felt a bit Crabby
Walter Spencer (g0tuj@g0tuj.karoo.co.uk)
Thu, 8 May 2003 07:11:52 +0100
Hey! Whats all this then? I have no objection to being called a 'Limey'
(thanks Doug),or even a 'Gentleman' but I have to put this straight here and
now.
No way Tom, tea is tea (not supper) and eaten as I said around five or six.
(Oh yes, if you are not confusaed already, we do actually take tea with our
tea)This comes after dinner, which would be (in normal families) around
twelve noon. Supper comes in at any time afterwards, in this house it would
be around nine or ten in the evening.
Since the end of WW2 we have a class of folks who like to play around with
these things. They have Luncheon and they have Supper and most of them are
so confused they haven't a clue what they really mean. It's all done to try
and impress us folks that know better (snigger). Now, for the record, I aint
no Lower Class Citizen. I come from a respectable Middle Class family and I
love my Red Hot Chile. Thats more than you can say for these Upper Class
bods.
Now you can put them all right Tom.. Hottest regards from the Limey who
loves Red Hot Chile.
From: "joemama"
We in British Columbia, eat normal meals at normal times What do you
consider 'normal'? I usually eat dinner at around 7:30-8:00 PM.
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The British 'Tea' meaning supper is only used by 'lower' class people
since, unlike the upper class, they don't actually take tea at tea-time in
an attempt to sound more 'upscale'.
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> Tom