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.

We shall not descend into that "discussion" again.

The same thing can have many names (as we've seen from the discussion above), I mean, you lot over there have Curd Cheesecakes whereas we call them Curd Tarts.
But, I have to confess, the best Curd Tart I've had was from Hull and was nothing like a cheesecake.

I shall be watching.

Remember what El Barbudo said.

Any further diversion into bread products territory will meet with severe action.



Which will only be withheld for masochists.

I was brought up on a strict diet of lunch being at dinner time (with the two being interchangeable) and tea being at tea time.

Of course, my mother when she moved to Warwickshire became Hiacynth Bucket and tried to surround her self with the neaveu rich. This result in tea becoming Dinner or even (more recently) "Supper."

It never caught on with me, much to her annoyance when I go down and in front of her new friends proclaim "What times mi tea lass? I'm that clempt mi stomach thinks mi throats bin cut."

we had dinner ladies at school..not lunch ladies

She must have wanted to be posh.