exlondoner

Of course, another rich area of confusion is dinner. When I was at primary school, the teacher would ask if the children had brought their dinner money, referring to lunch. Most people referred to the midday meal as dinner, and the early evening one simply as tea, or sometimes as dinner again. Luckily on Cunard, most people seem to stick with their nomenclature.

Until at least the 1970s, some railway services, serving Scotland and the North of England in the days of restaurant cars, offered high tea. I never had it, but believe it was certainly a proper meal, obviating the need for much else that day.

Kings Cross is a complete nightmare. By the time you get upstairs you feel you could have walked to Newcastle.

Particularly as the District Line doesn’t go there. 😀

The tube is by far the quickest way of getting round inner London. Buses are more fun, but slow because of the traffic. The maps all show which stations have step free access.

I’ve just looked back at some photos I took, and they don’t have the wooden ones with separate cushions, if those are what you mean.

We always go for tables for 2, mainly because my husband can’t hear well. It somehow seems less embarrassing to ask the people at the next table to repeat than someone actually on the same table, though I don’t think there is any sense in that. However, if I did want to share a table, I think I would go for a bigger one, just in case of irreconcilable differences. On a table for eight, there’s almost bound to be some people agreeable to you.

What a good idea. We will bring a friend with us next time. 😀

Well, I certainly much enjoyed being somewhere in Italy when they were having some footballing successes a few years ago. So I expect they would go along with the vibe, though without the subsequent distress.

Glad it is all going swimmingly. If only the Lounge were easy to fix. Very glad to hear that common sense has prevailed in the Library.

Sorry, but an attempt at accuracy is not pedantry, it is a desire for clarity. I have found that, in any discussion, clarity tends to lead to greater understanding. Of course, not everybody wants that.

My problem with so many of the guides on the tours is they try to impart too much information, often in badly accented English. A period of silence is often agreeable.

Other differences? Now what could they be? Less golf? Yes, I get your point. I haven’t been to Scotland for a while, but when I have been, the food is something I have always enjoyed. 😀 Clearly it is best to stick to Cunard though rather than try and catch a ferry. 😀

Come now. Though I abominate porridge, despite its alleged health benefits, there is an awful lot of nice Scottish food, from kippers onwards.

I was pleased to see two different versions of duck pâté appear at lunch and dinner on the final or penultimate day of our last cruise. I was pleased as I hate waste, but it was obviously where all the carcasses etc went.

My uncles would have recognised that, though been somewhat discombobulated by Diane Sauce. 😀😀

But what Cunard say they serve is afternoon tea, which it is, with a glass of champagne, if you fork out. No need to call it anything else and add confusion, however knowledgeable one is.

I notice the Russian Tea Room in NYC offers afternoon tea.

I’m sure they don’t, but they certainly don’t refer to a cup of tea and a cake as high tea.

Perhaps try Scotland.

Incidentally, it is not really pedantry in the way complaining about people saying the hoi polloi is. It is simply that they are two completely different meals, just as breakfast and lunch are.

So what do working class people, if you know any, have when they get home from work?

If I could click the thank you five times, I would do so. But, as I said earlier, it is a losing battle.

That is not high tea, apart from anything else it is the wrong time. That is afternoon tea.

Bet they don’t do high tea at all. Wouldn’t leave space for dinner.