It's a debate as old time - is it 'breakfast, lunch and dinner' or 'breakfast, dinner and tea'?
Battle lines have been drawn over this very question in workplaces, student accommodation and friendship groups across the country, but now an etiquette expert has set the record straight.
Speaking to the Sun, William Hanson said: "The correct order of meals is breakfast, lunch or luncheon as it is technically called, and then dinner."
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He goes on to explain that 'tea' is the name of a small meal between your midday and evening meals, like afternoon tea where sandwiches and cakes are traditionally served.
Now, far be it from me to call an etiquette expert wrong, but... well, I reckon, you're wrong, mate. Sorry.
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But William's view seems to have the backing of the general population - or at least you lot anyway. Because when we did a recent poll, just under 20,000 of you voted and a whopping 60 percent said that it was indeed lunch and dinner, compared to 34 percent who went with dinner and tea. Weirdly, six percent went with 'other' - the mind boggles.
Naturally, with such a divisive issue, the comments went off. But between the arguing, threats of violence and funny gifs, some pointed out that it depends where you're from, with Southerners saying lunch and dinner and Northerners using dinner and tea. I'm Northern and I say the latter, so this theory checks out for me.
To add another layer to this already thorny topic, one social media user asked: "Did people say dinner lady or lunch lady when they were at school?" For me, it was dinner ladies. The only lunch lady I've ever heard of is Doris off The Simpsons.
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Meanwhile, another person pointed out that if you didn't opt for school dinners, you brought your own... in a lunch box.
This is getting too much, this. Can we all just agree to disagree? Or, even better, that it's dinner and tea?
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