Comments on: should be writing a form for work http://petitsharicots.org.uk/weblog/2008/01/11/should-be-writing-a-form-for-work/ The life and education of two growing beans - our 10th year of blogging Tue, 25 Mar 2025 09:18:02 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=3.9.34 By: Joyce http://petitsharicots.org.uk/weblog/2008/01/11/should-be-writing-a-form-for-work/#comment-5257 Sun, 13 Jan 2008 18:56:26 +0000 http://petitsharicots.org.uk/weblog/2008/01/11/should-be-writing-a-form-for-work/#comment-5257 And certainly in Scotland, any meal bought from chip shop, which includes chips, is called a supper. So fish on it’s own is a “single fish” and with chips it’s a “fish supper”.

]]> By: Helen http://petitsharicots.org.uk/weblog/2008/01/11/should-be-writing-a-form-for-work/#comment-5256 Fri, 11 Jan 2008 15:21:08 +0000 http://petitsharicots.org.uk/weblog/2008/01/11/should-be-writing-a-form-for-work/#comment-5256 well, it is obviously a very old and reputable word then!

]]> By: Michelle http://petitsharicots.org.uk/weblog/2008/01/11/should-be-writing-a-form-for-work/#comment-5255 Fri, 11 Jan 2008 11:27:10 +0000 http://petitsharicots.org.uk/weblog/2008/01/11/should-be-writing-a-form-for-work/#comment-5255 P2 may dislike “supper” but I’ve been struggling to think of an alternative – that isn’t “light evening meal”. We have a supper if we’ve had a big middle of the day dinner. I can’t bear “tea” when used for a meal. Chloe and Jamie were constantly confused by my “tea” meaning cup of and Michelle R’s “tea” meaning supper/evening meal. “Would you like to come in for some tea?” would get Jamie happy becuase he thought he’d be served food here. He wailed going home once because he thought I was going to feed him! Had to clarify more clearly after that.

From Dictionary.com “Supper is a light evening meal – served in early evening if dinner is at midday or served late in the evening after an early-evening dinner. Either way, it is regarded as the last meal of the day. Dinner is the main meal of the day, served either in the evening or at midday. However, in certain regions of the US (New England in particular), the words are used interchangeably for the main evening meal. Supper is the older word, dating to c. 1275, and is the less formal term. Dinner dates to 1297 and signifies the chief meal of the day, no matter what time it is served, and is a formally arranged meal, sometimes given to celebrate something or in honor of someone. Both terms derived from similarly spelled French words.”

]]> By: Chris http://petitsharicots.org.uk/weblog/2008/01/11/should-be-writing-a-form-for-work/#comment-5254 Fri, 11 Jan 2008 02:00:47 +0000 http://petitsharicots.org.uk/weblog/2008/01/11/should-be-writing-a-form-for-work/#comment-5254 Can’t help thinking BB would get the whole ‘being bad ‘ thing though……

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