Nik Taylor wrote:
> Daniel Andreasson wrote:
> > 6-7pm: dinner: middag /'mIda/
> "Mid-day"? =20
Yep!
> If so, interesting development, analagous to the way that
> "dinner" originally was (usually) the mid-day meal, then became
> (usually) the last meal. Does Swedish also have differences=20
> in when the _middag_ is?
Yeah. In the good old days when we all were farmers the
mid-day meal (middag) was at noon. And then "we" just had
a light meal in the evening. Those habits seem to still
be used in the country-side and in the south of Sweden.
But for a stressed citizen/student of Stockholm, 'middag'
is at 6-7pm. Although its literal meaning is 'mid-day'
so it's pretty easy to see the etymology (tho no one
notices its literal meaning anymore of course.)
Daniel