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Question
for a Brit: When is tea time?
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This ought to be easy to look up .
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Posted by: forensicpopouri - Mar 20, 2002, 3:40
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... but I keep finding tea
companies. <smile>
When is "normal"
tea time?
And is "high tea" different?
Any other quick tea time info would be
appreciated.
you
speak
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definition
| Posted by:
holywater - Mar 20, 2002, 5:04
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OK so I had to get my
Oxford Pocket dictionary out but sotto voce means said
in a low tone with underlying feeling......indeed it's
an interesting thread..
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<sotto vocce>
| Posted by:
forensicpopouri - Mar 20, 2002, 4:14
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Hmmm . . . I never
thought the mere mention of "tea time"
would unleash
such . . . such . . . thought-speaking.
NOTE TO
SELF: Must work on vocabulary.
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I
KNEW IT !!!!
| Posted by:
soooztm - Mar 20, 2002, 4:11
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LOL
hehehe
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lol...
| Posted by:
Dawn - Mar 20, 2002, 4:06
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right now, tis.... 2
mins past nine in the evening. The delights of english
televission are showing football (real football, its NOT
called soccer, we created it, we name it. Of course, the
early Brit football teams played with pigs bladders
instead of balls....usless bit of imformation
there.)
Yes, all us brits eat cucumber sarnies,
everything is served with chips, and we all talk like
Giles and wear tweed. We're all amazingly good at
cooking, and the greatest thing to come out of our
country is the national anthem. We all speak the proper
queens english, no slang is ever used, with exception to
the cockney ryhming slang thats so amusing. ANd we still
dont use money- i traded my cow in for a new stereo this
morning
:)
heehee....:P
*Dawnie*
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In return for keeping my
illusions...
| Posted by:
Tallian - Mar 20, 2002, 4:00
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All you Brits can
picture everyone in the US wearing cowboy hats, and
having very bad manners.
While we're at it, let's
picture all the Aussies acting like Crocadile
Dundee.
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That dastardly Kipling and his bloody
cakes at 4:00 PM . . .
| Posted by:
forensicpopouri - Mar 20, 2002, 3:58
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Last time I pay him
for secrets. <smile>
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Don't spoil my
illusions!
| Posted by:
Tallian - Mar 20, 2002, 3:57
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I shall continue to
imagine everyone in England stopping whatever they are
doing at 4:00 pm to get out the china and eat tiny
sandwiches and buttered scones, with marmalade. While
sipping tea.
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all I know about Brits is what I've seen
in U.S. movies <smile>
| Posted by:
forensicpopouri - Mar 20, 2002, 3:53
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... and surely movies
never lie. <grin>
I know you guys are
having tea all the time,
and keeping it a big secret.
<ewg>
A tea spy told me it's 4:00 PM GMT .
. . but
you never can be sure of what a spy tells
you.
So . .. out with it. Tell me the secret tea
time
Raising an eyebrow and slipping his hand
into his trenchcoat.
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tea time
| Posted by:
curses - Mar 20, 2002, 3:52
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if ur from london
sometimes we cnt be bothered to say when are we havin
dinner!
So we say when's it tea time or when are we
havin tea .
It's a bit stupid .
i dano where u got
high tea from i think some american prob made that
up.
Also pls dont get the impression everyone talks
like the queen coz we dnt most ppl have a normal english
accent .Or a manchester or newcastle accent .
And
Giles has a really English accent.
And we dnt say
bloody all the time either
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Tallian
| Posted by:
Miss_UK - Mar 20, 2002, 3:51
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Tea is just another
word for dinner (sometimes lunch), or that's how it's
now used. Not many people actually use that terminology
anymore (well not any that I know).
Hope that
helps
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High tea???
| Posted by:
Buffygoddess - Mar 20, 2002, 3:50
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Umm..I'm british..and
I have never had 'High tea' in my life! lol! As for tea
time thats just like dinner time otherwise known as tea
time for some ppl depending on where abouts you live in
england is like 5/6ish when you have your evening
meal...we're not really posh and everything and have tea
with are parents like some ppl think! lol! Oh and just
to tell you I hate tea! hehehe
anyways good
question though...that has confussed me for a while and
I live here!
xXx
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l_mollon@hotmail.com
| Posted by:
tinytararocks - Mar 20, 2002, 3:50
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where i come from we
call it dinner time.
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Now its getting
confusing
| Posted by:
Tallian - Mar 20, 2002, 3:49
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Miss UK and Dawn have
tea but Tiny doesn't?
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teatime
| Posted by:
holywater - Mar 20, 2002, 3:48
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Yes, I'd say teatime
and supper are pretty interchangeable (5-7pm), although
teatime could be earlier say 4pm and involve Mr.
Kipling's cakes.....I'd have to ask my Mum to be sure
(she's 70). How very British we are.....I feel all
Giles.....
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teatime in britain
| Posted by:
tinytararocks - Mar 20, 2002, 3:46
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in response to when
tea time and 'High tea' is. Do u know anything about
british people at all? we dont have a
teatime.
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| Posted by:
Miss_UK - Mar 20, 2002, 3:45
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Agree with Dawn, we
don't have 'High Tea', not to my knowledge anyway.
Afternoon Tea/Evening Tea - Lunch and
Dinner
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heehee...
| Posted by:
Dawn - Mar 20, 2002, 3:42
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weird question....
dont really use 'high tea'... as far as I know, its an
old fashioned, sorta afternoon snack with tea (the
drink) and cakes, a few sandwiches- or am I completley
wrong, guys?
Tea, for me anyway, is what I call
my evening meal.... usually at about 6 or 7pm....some
people have it earlier, some later, and some call it
something completley different, like dinner, or
supper.
Where did this come
from?!:P
*Dawnie*
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