Re: Dinner Time

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Posted by 3rdamazon on February 16, 2008 at 10:47:45 from 92.3.44.126 user 3rdamazon.

In Reply to: Dinner Time posted by Rob Marshall on February 15, 2008 at 19:14:03:

In the Royal Navy, into at least the 1950s the ratings ate dinner and the officers ate lunch! But so far as I can tell, it was the main meal of the day for ratings whereas the officer's main meal (also called dinner) was in the evening when the ratings had a smaller meal known as supper.

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