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In Mexico we have a large lunch then a siesta (nap) go back to work

and our dinner is late and it's usually hot chocolate and sweet bread

 

Chico

 

 

, " Carolyn " <veggiekat

wrote:

>

> And just to confuse matters further, in the part of the UK I am

from, it is

> breakfast, dinner and tea! Lunch is " dinner time " and what other

people

> would call dinner is " tea time " ! Which probably sounds like a very

English

> cup of tea and cucumber sandwich affair, but it isn't, it is just

the normal

> evening meal!

>

>

> Carolyn

>

>

>

> _____

>

>

> On Behalf Of Katie M

> 01 September 2007 23:58

>

> Re: Language

>

>

>

> That is an easy one to explain. Just count. Some people eat

breakfast, lunch

> and dinner. Others eat breakfast, lunch, dinner and supper.

> Actually in the midwest and especially in the grain belt, where

thers is so

> much agriculture, it is quite usual for a hard working farm man to

need at

> least 3 solid meals and lunches in between.

> Maybe not so much now, with all the machinery that does so much of

the hard

> work, but I can remember 40 years ago in Iowa that it seemed that

the women

> hardly got the breakfast dishes done before it was time to start

lunch and

> take it to the fields for the men to eat and go back to work. As

soon as

> they got back from that, they started dinner to have a big

nurishing meal

> ready at noon. For that the men usually came into the house and

rested for

> about 45 minutes over their coffee before they went back. As soon

as they

> were gone the women started putting another lunch together that the

kids

> took to the fields as soon as they got home from

>

>

>

>

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I am all in favor of siesta time, but was never able to convince my boss that it

was a good idea.

Katie

 

 

chico_trucker <chico_trucker wrote:

In Mexico we have a large lunch then a siesta (nap) go back to work

and our dinner is late and it's usually hot chocolate and sweet bread

 

Chico

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