Timeline for Usage of the phrase "Eat your tea"
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| May 25, 2012 at 10:47 | history | edited | RegDwigнt | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Apr 6, 2012 at 18:16 | comment | added | mgb | @KChaloux - in the civilised northern reaches of England, Tea is the meal in the evening after work. Some of the denizens of lower-England insist on calling it dinner because they know no better. Dinner is at dinner-time in the middle of the day. | |
| Apr 6, 2012 at 17:00 | comment | added | KChaloux | I had always assumed that teatime was an early-afternoon sort of thing. So I learned something completely new today! | |
| Apr 6, 2012 at 16:27 | comment | added | Tim Lymington | Certainly it refers to the meal, but opinions differ as to whether teatime is 4-5 pm or 7-8 pm (what others call dinner or supper). I have never encountered 5-6 pm myself, but I suppose it's a reasonable compromise. | |
| Apr 6, 2012 at 16:09 | vote | accept | KChaloux | ||
| Apr 6, 2012 at 15:46 | history | answered | Christi | CC BY-SA 3.0 |