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.
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.
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.
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.
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. 😀
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.
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.
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.