2011/10/1 Lisi <lisi.re...@gmail.com>: > On Sunday 02 October 2011 01:09:16 Stephen Powell wrote: >> In England, >> "tea" means a full meal. > > Sorry to contradict you, but this is inaccurate. I don't know how the numbers > pan out percentage-wise, since the use of tea in that sense is both regional > and class based. (Yes, that terrible British class system.) > > In the middle classes in the south, and the upper classes everywhere in > England, tea means a cup of tea in the afternoon, perhaps with biscuits > and/or cake etc. Cream tea means, I think everywhere in England, a pot of > tea and scones with cream and strawberry jam, consumed in the afternoon. > > In offices and certainly some factories, we have a tea break in the afternoon > and a coffee break in the morning. > > I simply don't know how this pans out in Scotland, Wales and Ireland, but you > rescued me from needing to know by specifically speaking of England! I am > not quibbling - there are distinct cultural differences between the nations. > > I just asked my granddaughter what meal she would mean by tea and she > said "What meal? There isn't a meal called tea." So it hasn't yet changed > and is still used as I have described above. > > Sorry - language fascinates me! > > Lisi
Lisi i am trusting your words! i have read the story that the word "American" was used to denote USians and Canadians during the 2nd WW; in fact it does not appear on the USian Constitution: and in any other Language or dialect it means "every one who has been born in America" from Bering to Cabo de Hornos. Does it seem true for you? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/cafxkjqkwdnelv2a3l9+nwb6+vuids4s0jvmhupdsby+i67t...@mail.gmail.com
