SC - RE:Birthdays and Daffy Dills

[Mbatmantis@aol.com]

Also in the part of the south I moved to.  Got to share this story...

I was raised in Arizona where, in our house, it was breakfast, lunch and 
dinner (except for Sunday afternoon Supper).  I moved to Georgia when I had 
just gotten married.  The husband was away and my Mother-in-Law called and 
invited me to Dinner.  I asked if I could bring anything.  She said sure - 
stop by and pick up some rolls. 

Well, you should have been there when I arrived at about 5:30 and learned 
that "dinner" had been at noon (and I misseed it) and I had just arrived in 
time for Supper - which they were going out for. :-(    The new MIL was not 
to please with me for a while, but we all got over it.  From then on, I find 
out the EXACT time I should be somewhere and never take it for granted that 
we are on the same sheet of music. 

I also learned new ways of telling time as in:  dawn (5:00), early morning 
(7:00), late morning (9:00), noon (12:00), afternoon (2:00), mid-day (3:00), 
later afternoon (5:00), early evening (6:00), dusk (7:00) evening (after 
dusk), night (during dark).   Just give me a clock - period or not!!!

Rayne 

In a message dated 3/21/00 10:27:30 AM Central Standard Time, 
christirigby at pcisys.net writes:

<< In the US
 pioneer days, the main meal at midday was called Dinner, the lighter
 meal in the evening was Supper. I remember being mighty confused at the
 Little House books until my mother explained this to me. >>