Eating schedules and habits

[Caballero]

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But well I believe also in your country musts exist other form to say breakfast in English and I would like to know what they are.

En inglés hay solamente la palabra "breakfast". Algunas personas usa "dinner" por "lunch" y "supper" por "dinner", pero, nadie usa una otra palabra por "breakfast". Si hay una otra palabra, es muy arcaica, obsoleto, y probablamente ningun puede comprender esta palabra.

[Elaina]

Well, there is the word "brunch" which is a combination of breakfast and lunch and eaten around 11 or 12. I think that's the only other variation of breakfast.

[Caballero]

Yes that's true. Although "brunch" for me means more like 10-11, and only if I haven't had breakfast. 12 is firmly in lunch territory for me.

[CrOtALiTo]

Then I haven't very clear this thread, because I'm not very sure if brunch is like to eat a breakfast or not.

What is the different between them.

Sincerely yours.

[Caballero]

Originally Posted by CrOtALiTo

Then I haven't very clear this thread, because I'm not very sure if brunch is like to eat a breakfast or not.

What is the different between them.

Sincerely yours.

Well, I eat breakfast at 6:30a, lunch at 12:00, and Dinner at 5:30p. Or I could skip breakfast, eat a late "brunch", skip lunch, but eat dinner. So I would have "brunch" rather than breakfast or lunch. Sometimes one is invited to have Brunch, which is earlier than when one would normally have Lunch, but would be a very late breakfast.

So:
Breakfast (6:30)
Lunch (12:00)
Dinner (5:30)

which is the same as:
Breakfast (6:30)
Dinner (12:00)
Supper (5:30)
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However, instead I could eat:
Brunch (11:00)
Dinner (5:30)

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"Dunch" would be simply eating dinner, at around 3:00 or 4:00 in the afternoon, but I think my mom may have invented that.

[CrOtALiTo]

Originally Posted by Caballero

Well, I eat breakfast at 6:30a, lunch at 12:00, and Dinner at 5:30p. Or I could skip breakfast, eat a late "brunch", skip lunch, but eat dinner. So I would have "brunch" rather than breakfast or lunch. Sometimes one is invited to have Brunch, which is earlier than when one would normally have Lunch, but would be a very late breakfast.

So:
Breakfast (6:30)
Lunch (12:00)
Dinner (5:30)

which is the same as:
Breakfast (6:30)
Dinner (12:00)
Supper (5:30)
----
However, instead I could eat:
Brunch (11:00)
Dinner (5:30)

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"Dunch" would be simply eating dinner, at around 3:00 or 4:00 in the afternoon, but I think my mom may have invented that.

That is a habited between your people in your country.
Because at least the people don't use those hours to dinner and take a lunch or brunch

[Caballero]

It varies widely by each person. That's just when I tend to eat. For instance, my friend usually waits until 6 or 7 to eat dinner.

[irmamar]

How on the earth can somebody live without eating anything in 13 hours? Or what is worse in 17:30 hours?

[Caballero]

Nu? Not eating for 13 hours? I was using standard time, not 24 hour time... And what's wrong with eating at 5:30 in the afternoon? For the record, my grandparents eat dinner at 4:30 (16:30 in 24 hr time I think).

[poli]

Originally Posted by irmamar

How on the earth can somebody live without eating anything in 13 hours? Or what is worse in 17:30 hours?

Supongo que podemos contestar con el mismo cuando oimos que en España se come a las tres de la tarde y al las 10 de la noche.
De verdad la hora de cena en EEUU cambia depende en la parte del pais, y donde vivo yo se come más tarde pero no mucho más tarde (seis y media hasta las nueve.) En muchas ciudades americanas (Nueva York no está incluida entre esas ciudades) es díficil encontrar un restaurante abierto después de las diez. Entonces si tiene boletos (billetes) para teatro o cine es una buena idea comer antes. Es igual en inglaterra donde la ley dice que todos los bares se cierren a la 11 de la noche y muchos sitios cierran más temprano.