Okay...my pedanticism just wouldn't allow me to NOT look in our OLD Oxford English Dictionary....

Dinner: The CHIEF MEAL OF THE DAY, eaten originally, and still by many, about midday (cf. Ger. Mittagsessen), but now, by the fashionable classes, in the evening; particularly, a repast given publicly in some one's honour, or the like.


Well, I think that is settled..my old gran wasn't far off the mark..nor was the reliable old hubby....

[This message has been edited by Lisa007 (edited 01 November 2000).]