When did dinner become lunch?

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Back in the day you had dinner in the afternoon, and supper in the evening.

Now you have dinner in the evening, and who even invited this lunch guy?

When did this change happen? Is there a reason for it?

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If you speak UK English and you’ve noticed this changing more recently, it’s due to US influence. In most places (except maybe the south I believe?) they’ve been calling UK dinner “lunch” and UK tea “dinner” for a long time. In Canada we usually say lunch for the mid day meal, and dinner/supper are used interchangeably for the evening meal.

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