Why do we now call supper "dinner"?

and lunch used to be Dinner? What happened i was talking to my grandpa who was telling me about this, can someone help?

Answer #1

Not all people do. It just depends on where your from on what they call it. Here, we still call it supper.

Answer #2

Like Ashley says. It depends on where your’e from. Did you move from one state to another recently? Dialects and… (brachysphasia…….errorrrrr…….regional speech variances?….ACCENTS!!!) … accents Influence the synonyms people use for day to day events.

Answer #3

I have never heard lunch being called dinner. For us in Oz, “supper” is more of a late night snack but dinner is dinner and lunch is lunch. Breakfast can be called brekkie or brunch.

Answer #4

maybe everyone is afraid of last supper

Answer #5

When I lived in Maryland I heard people use the word dinner more than supper, but now in North Carolina the word supper is preferred.

Answer #6

Supper is like an after dinner snack.

Answer #7

Here in North Carolina supper is like the big dinner meal where you sit at the table.

Answer #8

…my grandmama. Calls it dinner O.o

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