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In the New Yorker...
serious crayons:
I have recent ancestors -- in fact, relatives in my own generation -- who say "supper." My family used to say supper at least as often as they said dinner. Both the relatives and my parents were from Iowa.
Nobody in my immediate family ever called the midday meal dinner. My parents were in advertising, so maybe they called it three-martini time! :laugh: (Kidding -- actually, they generally waited until they were home from work to drink martinis.) I think my cousins from rural Iowa may have said dinner, but once they became sophisticated, big-city professionals with masters degrees and things like that I'm sure they started calling it lunch.
Jeff Wrangler:
The August 4 article about the Pope's astronomer was interesting. (Kind of a hot daddy, too. :laugh: )
Front-Ranger:
It figures. I have to go out of town and don't have much time to read magazines, and then an issue pops up with a story by Annie Proulx! I just had time to read the first 2 graphs and it reads like she's talking about me! I remember being mortified that my mother wouldn't cut the sandwiches into triangular pieces instead of boring old rectangles.
Jeff Wrangler:
--- Quote from: Front-Ranger on August 14, 2025, 07:11:13 pm ---It figures. I have to go out of town and don't have much time to read magazines, and then an issue pops up with a story by Annie Proulx! I just had time to read the first 2 graphs and it reads like she's talking about me! I remember being mortified that my mother wouldn't cut the sandwiches into triangular pieces instead of boring old rectangles.
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I guess she left the crusts on, too? ;D
Jeff Wrangler:
Every year I renew my subscription, and every year they send me another tote bag. :P :laugh:
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