On Sun, 2011-10-02 at 01:44 +0100, Lisi wrote: > 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
"1) To be extremely angry 2) To be heavily intoxicated with alcohol to the point of not knowing where you are." http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=pissed I had more than just one beer, no tea ;), but I did know where I were. I was extremely angry. Anyway, I misbehaved, but I should switch back to Thunderbird aka Icedove ASAP. Sorry again, Ralf -- 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/1317524815.2630.27.camel@debian
