Common sayings that are wrong or butchered

[buckeyefarmer]

We eat lunch midday, supper in the evening, unless we go out for dinner in the evening.

 

[Jstpssng]

We eat lunch midday, supper in the evening, unless we go out for dinner in the evening.

I believe that what meals are called is regional. A rose by any name and all that, just don’t call me late for supper.

 

[/pine]

In the south (as far west as TX)..."dinner" is a mid day meal...supper is an evening meal...
...Lunch is something yuppies do....!

 

[Torvy]

In the south (as far west as TX)..."dinner" is a mid day meal...supper is an evening meal...
...Lunch is something yuppies do....!

I think that is a Western thing. I hear it less here in Texas than I did growing up in South Dakota.

 

[Torvy]

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[lman]

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Diner and supper get's confusing between households.

Diner is at mid day, and sometimes carried in a diner pail.

Supper is the evening meal. Often times soup to sup.

Both are often stirred in a pot ;-)

Actually a Diner is a restaurant. We always ate dinner around noon and supper whenever we were done with the farmwork.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

In the south (as far west as TX)..."dinner" is a mid day meal...supper is an evening meal...
...Lunch is something yuppies do....!

Growing up in 60s and 70s we had lunch at school, not dinner. we carried it in lunch boxes. Hadn’t heard of yuppies until many years later.

 

[CalG]

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Actually a Diner is a restaurant. We always ate dinner around noon and supper whenever we were done with the farmwork.

This is a "butchered saying " thread, I was just trying to comply. ;-)

 

[lman]

This is a "butchered saying " thread, I was just trying to comply. ;-)

You did good!

 

[/pine]

People often say (and mean) "baited breath"...when they should mean "bated breath"...

When you get my age you often hear the word "prostrate" when what is intended is "prostate"...