supper or dinner, what do you call that meal?

[Laurence Horn]

At 2:20 PM -0500 12/11/00, Sallie Lemons wrote:
>My midwestern relatives changed the meal routine on Sundays. The big
>meal during
>the week was dinner, which was served at night; lunch was served noontime. On
>Sunday, the big meal was noon-ish (after church) and "supper" was a light meal
>served that night. Of course, this could easily be just my family.
>

Right; weekends would be another occasion (besides holidays) for
"dinner" to toggle to the earlier meal.  Again, it's the "big(gest)
meal" that's the determining factor.

larry