Londoners Settle Age Old Conundrum – It’s Dinner Not Tea

Londoners have finally settled the age old argument as to what we should call our evening meal, according to a new survey. A whopping 80% say the evening meal is called dinner and not tea, the more northern name for the meal (apparently)…

In fact, just one in ten Londoners said they call it tea, while 10% say it is called supper.

More than half of Londoners also believe the meal you have after dinner is dessert and not pudding. Just a fifth use the term pudding, with 13% claiming it is called ‘afters’.

The survey was conducted by hotel chain, Travelodge, although we’re not quite sure why…

Results also revealed the assumptions we make about people based on what they call their evening meal.

Just under a third of Londoners claim that if you call your evening meal ‘supper’, you are posh. Slightly more (35%) believe that if you call it ‘tea’, you’re definitely Northern.

It’s no surprise then that the study found that 43 percent of London residents attribute differences in what they call their evening meal to where they live geographically.

The data also revealed that what you call your evening meal can lead to problems, as 43 percent of Londoners have got themselves into a socially awkward situation due to what they call their evening meal.

Almost one in five (19%) Londoners have asked their partner to refer to their evening meal via a different name, in order to impress their family and friends.

Really.