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    Just to make things more confusing you can have an English tea,

    which is cucumber sandwiches and small cakes drank with cups of tea.

    Or a cream tea which is scones, jam and cream drank with tea.

    I think the origin of the word tea was from the days when people would drink tea and eat dainty sanwiches and cakes at around 4pm and have a much later evening meal.

    So one of these would be the exciting one that you want to try at the Ritz Hotel preferably
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    huh! very interesting, thanks for the explanation guys! interesting about "bangers." i also thought when ppl from "across the pond" said "tea" it meant a late afternoon snack, bc that s what ppl do in more laid back countries, they take an afternoon siesta (nap) or tea break (in india there are a LOT of tea breaks hahah!)

    had no idea it meant dinner!
    thanks for clarifying, i love this! (learning little tid bits of cultural information along the way)

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    Quote Originally Posted by Lavenderlime View Post
    Just to make things more confusing you can have an English tea,

    which is cucumber sandwiches and small cakes drank with cups of tea.

    Or a cream tea which is scones, jam and cream drank with tea.

    I think the origin of the word tea was from the days when people would drink tea and eat dainty sanwiches and cakes at around 4pm and have a much later evening meal.

    So one of these would be the exciting one that you want to try at the Ritz Hotel preferably
    yes this is what i always imagined "tea" to be. mmm..small cakes. i could eat a whole one tho. (can you tell im american) ;-)

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    I interchange tea and dinner - they both mean the same thing to me, but supper is an extra meal to eat during the evening!!

    I'll think of this every time I eat a sausage (and I always say they're made from eye holes and arse holes too!).
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    Quote Originally Posted by Lavenderlime View Post
    Tea is just another word for dinner in England but to me tea time is earlier than say dinner so I might say i'm just making the kids some tea but i'd say i'm making dp's dinner. I think it's also regional in England if you use tea or dinner to describe your evening meal some people only use the word tea. If your really posh and from the south you say supper!

    But tea, dinner and supper are all just evening meals.
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