tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21792561.post8495174769665904298..comments2024-02-11T21:16:33.722+11:00Comments on boynton: dinner vs. teaboyntonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14018259111564295592noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21792561.post-21376132500096176602007-05-28T20:19:00.000+10:002007-05-28T20:19:00.000+10:00Ta.I like the sound of Tea - that is, I fail to fi...Ta.<BR/><BR/>I like the sound of Tea - that is, I fail to find it offensive (as TT does)- and would lament its disappearance from the local vernacular. <BR/>(Except that I could get to prefer <I>snackette</I>. especially while waiting for a Dinner invitation/invite.)boyntonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14018259111564295592noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21792561.post-52338553779726350652007-05-26T18:54:00.000+10:002007-05-26T18:54:00.000+10:00This sort of thing is apparently why HRH Will's Ol...This sort of thing is apparently why HRH Will's Old Etonian friends gave Kate Middleton's mother such a hard time.<BR/><BR/>'Dinner', one might safely assume, is when dining out, at a restaurant or at another's home by invitation; and would probably be about 8pm.<BR/><BR/>Families however, especially with younger children, would dine much earlier, whatever their income or old school; and if it's at 6:30 PM then it is safe to say 'tea'.<BR/><BR/>High Tea is the 5pm snackette one might have so one might last until that 8pm 'dinner by invitation'.<BR/><BR/>Oh for goodness sake! <BR/>Nanny is horrified by all this.<BR/>best regards, <BR/>Jonathon Gathorne-HardyAnn ODynehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01159263330547329077noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21792561.post-64183906746725027702007-05-14T15:51:00.000+10:002007-05-14T15:51:00.000+10:00In the NLA link, did you see the Big Dinner, T?In the NLA link, did you see the <A HREF="http://nla.gov.au/nla.pic-an23814383" REL="nofollow">Big Dinner</A>, T?boyntonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14018259111564295592noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21792561.post-15461029747160389572007-05-14T12:23:00.000+10:002007-05-14T12:23:00.000+10:00I have lunch for dinner and dinner for tea.I have lunch for dinner and dinner for tea.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com