Quote:
Originally Posted by issybird
Speaking of teatime, one of my pet peeves is when an author uses the phrase "high tea" to mean a formal tea with teeny sandwiches, scones and so forth, not realizing that high tea is a working class meal akin to supper, dinner having been eaten midday. Americans get this one wrong a lot.
|
Well here high tea IS a formal afternoon tea with sandwiches, petit fours and all manner of lovely things. There are quite a few places that specialise in high teas. On the other hand we call our evening meal tea but not high tea, it's generally only dinner if we are going out.
Fascinating all the different ways of using the same language.