The etymology of lunch.

[Amber H.]

Originally posted by Michael Krass


In the Word Association thread, someone didn't believe that lunch and dinner were once held in the afternoon, and that supper was in the evening.

I promised I'd elaborate further, and I tried to do that a bit here. It only took me a few moments of research.

Oh, and please, please, please, please, please don't call me mister Thanks.

Cool. That was nice of you to do that. Did you know that in Russia the interpreters just look at you blankly when you say "lunch?"
They call thier lunch dinner and what we would call dinner, supper. It was odd getting used to that.

Why don't you want to be called "Mister"?

I call you "Mister" because I respect you and your fearless self-expression. It was quite refreshing to read on the "Moment of silence" thread.
But if you insist, I'll be more casual from now on.