JTL - In your part of the world do you call the evening meal "tea" or was it a cup of tea?

When my parents first arrived in Australia (1949) they invited the neighbours to tea. They said "What time will we come?" and my mother said 3 o'clock. They came at 3 and were duly served tea and cake. After a couple of hours my mother thought she had better prepare dinner and they stayed to dinner. It was only later that discovered the evening meal was, at that time, called "tea"in Australia.

I think that usage has pretty much died out now.


Last edited by Gambalunga; 04/12/12 05:07 PM.
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