Thursday, March 30, 2006

The 'dinner' debate...

At the household, my parents vs. my sister debate on the true definition of 'dinner'. Now what may seem like an obvious definition to you, doesn't work against a farmboy and his wife.

'Dinner' to my parents is noon/lunch.
'Dinner' to my sister & I is evening/supper.

Dictionary.com lists: din·ner - 1. The chief meal of the day, eaten in the evening or at midday.
Wikipedia has a few definitions of its own...

Most menus list: breakfast, lunch, & dinner.
If someone says, do you want go out to dinner? It is usually at night/evening.

What is your definition?

1 comment:

Adam said...

It's in the evening. Although some holiday dinners can be eaten as early as 2:00. Usually it's after 5:00.