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22-04-2006, 01:31 PM
Originally Posted by doglover
can i just make a point? what do we call a roast? dowe call it a roast dinner or roast tea? which sounds correct? whats 'sounds' traditional?
i personally think roast dinner sounds traditional
sorry i just had to say that

Er well we just say we are having a roast for TEA - makes sense

It's like Steve keeps saying - what do you do when you phone up a restaurant to reserve a table - you don't say can I reserve a tea table - but we would just say in our politest northern voices - 'Can we reserve a table please' - we shouldn't need to tell them what for if it's a restaurant - we would hardly be likely to reserve one for playing a game of scrabble on would we
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22-04-2006, 01:31 PM
Yes but i have my roast dinner at dinner time! thats at midday and then i have my tea later on
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22-04-2006, 01:32 PM
Read this...

http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=tea
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22-04-2006, 01:33 PM
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Yes but i have my roast dinner at dinner time! thats at midday and then i have my tea later on


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22-04-2006, 01:34 PM
Originally Posted by Foxy
Er well we just say we are having a roast for TEA - makes sense

It's like Steve keeps saying - what do you do when you phone up a restaurant to reserve a table - you don't say can I reserve a tea table - but we would just say in our politest northern voices - 'Can we reserve a table please' - we shouldn't need to tell them what for if it's a restaurant - we would hardly be likely to reserve one for playing a game of scrabble on would we
Yes but what if the restaurant serves a lunchtime menu? You would have to specify which you would like! Lunch or dinner!
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22-04-2006, 01:36 PM
Originally Posted by Steve
Read this...

http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=tea
TRY PUTTING IN DINNER
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22-04-2006, 01:37 PM
Originally Posted by Steve
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http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=tea

Oh dear Steve - its a pity you didn't put DINNER in that same search - here's what I found

In the United Kingdom, to many people, dinner is a meal in the middle of the day but can also be used to mean an evening meal and there is sometimes snobbery and reverse snobbery about which meaning is used. School dinners is a British phrase for school lunches.

The word dinner originally meant a morning meal but this meaning is no longer in use.

A more formal definition of "dinner", especially outside North America, is any meal consisting of multiple courses. The minimum is usually two but there can be as many as seven. Possible courses are:

I think the word begins with a S - when you lot are ready
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22-04-2006, 01:39 PM
Originally Posted by rob
TRY PUTTING IN DINNER
Yes-evening AND midday! Not just midday like you lot keep saying!
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22-04-2006, 01:39 PM
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TRY PUTTING IN DINNER

EXACTLY ROB

I wonder if the southerners would like to EAT their words for their TEA
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22-04-2006, 01:40 PM
Originally Posted by Steve
Yes-evening AND midday! Not just midday like you lot keep saying!

AND not just in the EVENING like YOU lot are saying

obviously the northerners are the majority here as stated below


In the United Kingdom, to many people, dinner is a meal in the middle of the day
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