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When I was a little lad, dinner was what we ate around midday and lunch was something that was packed and carried, what we might call a packed lunch nowadays.
I can remember my mother saying, when I was going out for the day with the Cubs, that she would pack me a lunch for my dinner.
The evening meal was always called teatime in our house.
Quoting my mother again, I remember her describing our (Christmas-only) habit of delaying the main meal as "We're having our dinner at teatime".
For working men, that packed meal could also be "snap" (often in a "snap tin") or "bait" (often in a "bait box").
This item from the BBC seems to back up the (generally) Northern habit of terming the midday meal as "dinner".
www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-20243692
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When I was a little lad, dinner was what we ate around midday and lunch was something that was packed and carried, what we might call a packed lunch nowadays.
I can remember my mother saying, when I was going out for the day with the Cubs, that she would pack me a lunch for my dinner.
The evening meal was always called teatime in our house.
Quoting my mother again, I remember her describing our (Christmas-only) habit of delaying the main meal as "We're having our dinner at teatime".
For working men, that packed meal could also be "snap" (often in a "snap tin") or "bait" (often in a "bait box").
This item from the BBC seems to back up the (generally) Northern habit of terming the midday meal as "dinner".
www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-20243692
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Dinner at dinnertime. Tea at teatime.
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Its not "dinner", its "me dinner", likewise its "me tea".
Although when I was at Junior School we had a lad who's dad was from East Yorkshire, the bit that comes just after the A1 but not quite as far as Hull, and he called it "us tea".
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| Quote JerryChicken="JerryChicken"Its not "dinner", its "me dinner", likewise its "me tea".
Although when I was at Junior School we had a lad who's dad was from East Yorkshire, the bit that comes just after the A1 but not quite as far as Hull, and he called it "us tea".'"
All very correct too.
Nowt wrong wi' any of that. |
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| Quote John_D="John_D"Dinner at dinnertime. Tea at teatime.'"
what he said, plus supper at supper time. Usually a cup of tea and some choccy biscuits when i was a kid, then it became a donner kebab and now is some warm milk. |
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always been dinner time for me
but lunch seems to be taking over!
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It's lunch and dinner pretty much everywhere in the world apart from the M62 corridor.
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Quote El Barbudo="El Barbudo"When I was a little lad, dinner was what we ate around midday and lunch was something that was packed and carried, what we might call a packed lunch nowadays.
I can remember my mother saying, when I was going out for the day with the Cubs, that she would pack me a lunch for my dinner.
The evening meal was always called teatime in our house.
Quoting my mother again, I remember her describing our (Christmas-only) habit of delaying the main meal as "We're having our dinner at teatime".
For working men, that packed meal could also be "snap" (often in a "snap tin") or "bait" (often in a "bait box").
This item from the BBC seems to back up the (generally) Northern habit of terming the midday meal as "dinner".
www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-20243692
What do you call it?'"
Same as but my dad's work dinner was called jackbit. |
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Quote El Barbudo="El Barbudo"When I was a little lad, dinner was what we ate around midday and lunch was something that was packed and carried, what we might call a packed lunch nowadays.
I can remember my mother saying, when I was going out for the day with the Cubs, that she would pack me a lunch for my dinner.
The evening meal was always called teatime in our house.
Quoting my mother again, I remember her describing our (Christmas-only) habit of delaying the main meal as "We're having our dinner at teatime".
For working men, that packed meal could also be "snap" (often in a "snap tin") or "bait" (often in a "bait box").
This item from the BBC seems to back up the (generally) Northern habit of terming the midday meal as "dinner".
www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-20243692
What do you call it?'"
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| Quote Ovavoo="Ovavoo"Same as but my dad's work dinner was called jackbit.'"
I've heard that word.
Where was this ? |
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| Quote El Barbudo="El Barbudo"I've heard that word.
Where was this ?'"
Wigan. Don't know were the term originated and I've never heard it used anywhere else but Wigan. |
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| I lived up north (Wigan) until I was 23 and it was always Dinner and Tea. I've lived in the West Mids/Warwickshire for 10 years now so it's become Lunch and Dinner. 
Mind you, they also call s batches. (Hahaha, it would appear I can't say b@rmcake!)
In response to jackbit - I've always thought it was a generic northern term for a hearty snack in between meals. |
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| Quote Ovavoo="Ovavoo"Quote Ovavoo="El Barbudo"I've heard that word.
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Wigan. Don't know were the term originated and I've never heard it used anywhere else but Wigan.'"
Coming from Leigh I've heard the word quite a bit. However, it's always in the context of "Do you know what jackbit means?"
I've never heard anyone actually say I'm having my jackbit. |
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