Breakfast, dinner, tea vs. breakfast, lunch, dinner?

[Scepticalscribe]

1) Breakfast
2) Second breakfast
3) Elevenses
4) Luncheon
5) Afternoon tea
6) Dinner
7) Supper

I have to say that - as a soi-disant gourmand, this description meets with my full approval.

That's what the French say. Quebecers, and IIRC the Belgian don't use the same words.

Yes, it's all in the words used, and the (social) context which they describe.

In the UK is this not a throwback to the class system we used to have....

Breakfast, Dinner, Tea = working class
Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner = everybody else

I normally call them breakfast, lunch and tea but there was not on option for that !!!

Must confess that I don't understand why your post was down voted as that exact thought occurred to me, too. Actually, I think that the 'North South' linguistic divide in the UK is most certainly an indicator of class inflected vocabulary (and the attitudes which accompanied them).......

 

[davidinva]

In parts of the American south, it is breakfast, lunch, and supper. Dinner usually means the midday Sunday meal. We have dinner after church. Sunday night then would be supper.