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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Kiddo, supper, belly[/quote]

With you on the other two.  But "supper"? That's the small meal of the day and "dinner" is the large meal of the day.

Oh, and I hate the word "meal"! As in "bring a healthy meal".  Sounds like meal worms or mealy grains. Blech.[/quote]

I understand the archaic usage of the word "supper," but again, that doesn't make me dislike it any less. The sound of it grates in my ears. And really, you call the smallest meal of the day "supper" and the largest meal "dinner"? I don't know anyone who does this. [/quote]

It's not "archaic." I do know people who make this distinction - they tend to be very well educated, though. I'd never correct anybody's grammar, but this is in the same league. YMMV.[/quote]

Definitely YMMV on this one--most people I know who make that distinction are poorly educated or from very rural areas.[/quote]

Will you like it any better if I say it with a thick Maine accent?  In my family "suppah was at 6:30.

So "supper" spans geography and social classes. Doesn't sound archaic to me.[/quote]

Okay, if you say so. I'm not really understanding why you have such an issue with my dislike of the word "supper." I don't care about its usage. I don't care to which meal it refers. I just don't want to hear it![/quote][/quote]

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