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Snorri the Priest
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22-04-2006, 01:40 PM
Originally Posted by Foxy
Actually in the dictionary that I am looking at - The Collins English Dictionary - it doesn't mention Dinner at all It just says Dine - eat dinner - Diner - person eating a meal, chiefly US- small cheap restaurant and dining car -railway coach where meals are served and dining room - where meals are eaten. So no Dinner mentioned at all
That is because you are using an inferior dictionary, Foxy!
The standard dictionary of the English language is the Oxford English Dictionary, not the Collins!

OED def:

"Dinner n the chief meal of the day. A formal evening meal.".

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22-04-2006, 01:40 PM
DINNER: - .” Customs change, however, and over the years we have let the chief meal become the last meal of the day, by which time we have broken our fast more than once.See they say dinner!!
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22-04-2006, 01:43 PM
Originally Posted by Snorri the Priest
That is because you are using an inferior dictionary, Foxy!
The standard dictionary of the English language is the Oxford English Dictionary, not the Collins!

OED def:

"Dinner n the chief meal of the day. A formal evening meal.".

Snorri

Yes inferior to a 'southern' mind Snorri but not a 'northern' one It's okay now cos Steve has just prooved we were right all along
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22-04-2006, 01:44 PM
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DINNER: - .” Customs change, however, and over the years we have let the chief meal become the last meal of the day, by which time we have broken our fast more than once.See they say dinner!!

Yes agreed it is the main meal of the day but is called TEA
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22-04-2006, 01:47 PM
We have supper - a light evening meal; served in early evening if dinner is at midday or served late in the evening at bedtime
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22-04-2006, 01:51 PM
Originally Posted by Snorri the Priest
That is because you are using an inferior dictionary, Foxy!
The standard dictionary of the English language is the Oxford English Dictionary, not the Collins!

OED def:

"Dinner n the chief meal of the day. A formal evening meal.".

Snorri
Snorri you missed something out "main meal at midday"
(OXFORD DICTIONARY)
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22-04-2006, 01:53 PM
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Snorri you missed something out "main meal at midday"
(OXFORD DICTIONARY)



Snorri - how could a man like you make a major oversight like that God they are crafty these southerners Rob - we will have to watch them


Well done Rob :smt023 :smt023 :smt023 :smt023 :smt023 :smt023
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22-04-2006, 01:56 PM
Right lets settle the definition of tea. The definition for tea in my dictionary is; " tea the dried and prepared leaves of a small evergreen tree or shrub of the camellia family; a light afternoon or a substantial evening meal at which tea is served; an infusion or decoction of other vegetable or animal substances for drinking, esp. for medicinal purposes. v.i. to take tea. v.t. to supply with tea"
Now don't get me wrong i can see it mentions an evening meal but what i can also see is that it says served with tea
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22-04-2006, 01:58 PM
I didn't make an oversight - in my copy, it's not there to be missed!

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22-04-2006, 01:59 PM
Originally Posted by Foxy



Snorri - how could a man like you make a major oversight like that God they are crafty these southerners Rob - we will have to watch them


Well done Rob :smt023 :smt023 :smt023 :smt023 :smt023 :smt023
Foxy, Snorri is not a southerner he's from the Orkneys which is north of scotland i think
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