Not if it's got currents in.

So if I work nights, I have my dinner at breakfast-time?



And if I work very late, I have my dinner at supper-time?



And if I only work mornings, I have my dinner at lunchtime?

Who asked for your OPINION - no one cares what you think

The correct term for a teacake is actually a breadcake with currants in usaully eaten with a cup of tea - hence the word "teacake"

Exactly.

The thing is, if I was at school and had school "dinners", I would be served by a "dinner lady". But if instead I took a packed "lunch", it would be in a "lunchbox".



How are these diametrically-opposed positions to be reconciled?



The public needs to be told.

Wellllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll....... If we look at it with your example then I would say that, although dinner is usually an evening meal, if hot food is eaten as a meal between 12pm and 2pm then it can be referred to as dinner. But, if cold food is eaten during the same period of time then the meal should be called "lunch"



These rules, however, do not apply when the food in question is bought from any type of fast food outlet, nor do they apply if the cold food being eaten is a full salad. The salad however must be a full meal salad and not one of the little ones sold in plastic tubs from supermarkets etc as those salads fall under the definition of lunch.



I do hope this has cleared the issue up for everyone

How do you call Batman in for his Lunch.

At my school you would have got a kicking for bringing a packed dinner, becasue only strange people like, ahem, vegetarians didn't have school dinners, preferably free ones.

Sorry, its the 2000s, it might be a "dinner man" serving you.

Sexist.



And its always "dinner" time at school - never lunch time. And you have hot "dinners" or sandwiches, never "lunches". Hope that clears things up!