Re: USAGE: Meals [was: RE: Re(2): USAGE: Pop, smearcase, kolaches]

FFlores wrote:
>
> Barry Garcia <Barry_Garcia@...> wrote:
> > fortytwo@gdn.net writes:
> > >Speaking of dinner: when is dinner for y'all?
> > >
> > >I use dinner synonymously with supper for the final meal of the day.
> > Dinner for me is always the last biggest meal of the day. It usually falls
> > around 5 pm here at home (sometimes later, but never past 8 pm).
>
> I was under the impression that people in the US tend to have
> evening (afternoon?) meals quite early, and you've just confirmed
> that... As for me, I have _desayuno_ (breakfast) when I get up (varies
> a lot depending on my level of occupation!), _almuerzo_ at noon or
> at 1:00 pm at most, _merienda_ during the afternoon if I'm home
> (probably at around 5:00 pm, which the Simpsons' time :)) and
> _cena_ in the evening, at any time after the sun has set (in
> general, at 8:00 pm in winter, at about 9:15 pm in summer).
>
        I spent a week in a Spanish family in Salamanca (Spain) and we used to
have dinner around 10 p.m. My Greek housemate also told me that it was
the same in Greece. Here in the Netherlands, it's around 6 p.m. And in
France we generally have dinner between 7:30 and 8:30. It seems to me
that the more Southern you are, the later is the evening meal. It must
have something to do with the time of the sunset and the weather.

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