How much dinner money do you give for Middle School UWC

[missmoneypenny]

Am finding it hard to decide how much money to give to my daughter for her month's dinner money at UWC,  Can anyone tell me who much they give?

And how much pocket money?

And how can I determine whether the dinner money is being used for shopping and not lunch?

[Mumsy.]

Well I give my little chuck S$800 per month but this covers the UWC after-lunch digestive hour comprising a fag and goblet of tia maria.  
No matter how much she complains I don't increase this allowance for any after-lunch digestive hours which turn into full-blown benders. This happens quite a lot, judging by the number of time she is poured off the school bus. I don't know where she gets it from, the lil ol' madam. Hic.  

[eh??????]

Kids at UWC need to buy dinner? How come? How long is their day?

Or do you mean lunch?

[your point being....]

Kids at UWC need to buy dinner? How come? How long is their day?

Or do you mean lunch?

some people call lunch dinner and the evening meal tea.............it's no big deal

[Good Grief]

Kids at UWC need to buy dinner? How come? How long is their day?

Or do you mean lunch?

some people call lunch dinner and the evening meal tea.............it's no big deal

Nonsense, the standard is lunch (noon hours) and dinner (evening. From what dusty outpost are you coming from?!

[and]

what do the other 64 languages call it? 

[for us]

I give my son $5 a day for lunch.  He gets $10 a week pocket money on top.  He's in grade 6

[Same same]

Same here...our 7th grader gets $5 for lunch per day and $10 per week as pocket money, but she has to work for that (i.e. make her bed, walk the dogs, take out trash).

[name]

Kids at UWC need to buy dinner? How come? How long is their day?

Or do you mean lunch?

some people call lunch dinner and the evening meal tea.............it's no big deal

Nonsense, the standard is lunch (noon hours) and dinner (evening. From what dusty outpost are you coming from?!

probably from somewhere similar to the damp outpost where we had breakfast, dinner, tea and supper

[dinners]

Every heard of school dinners/ school dinner ladies/ school dinner money


Really get a grip.

Also anyone having been north of Watford will know that dinner is the northern term for lunch!

[clarification]

Dinner is usually the name of the main meal of the day. Depending upon culture, dinner may be the second, third or fourth meal of the day.  Originally, though, it referred to the first meal of the day, eaten around noon, and is still occasionally used for a noontime meal, if it is a large or main meal.

Etymology

Originally, dinner referred to the first meal of a two-meal day, a heavy meal occurring about noon, which broke the night's fast in the new day. The word is from the Old French (ca 1300) disner, meaning "breakfast", from the stem of Gallo-Romance desjunare ("to break one's fast"), from Latin dis- ("undo") + Late Latin ieiunare ("to fast"), from Latin ieiunus ("fasting, hungry").[3][4] Eventually, the term shifted to referring to the heavy main meal of the day, even if it had been preceded by a breakfast meal. The (lighter) meal following dinner has traditionally been referred to as supper or tea.

[sillybilly]

Every heard of school dinners/ school dinner ladies/ school dinner money


Really get a grip.

Also anyone having been north of Watford will know that dinner is the northern term for lunch!

Right...so, it's a uniquely British thing (and, in fact, unique to a particular part of the country).

So, anyone coming onto an advice board with an international group of contributors should choose their words carefully if they want to get the right information rather than using a colloquial term that means something completely different to most people.

99.99999% of the world calls the meal in the middle of the day 'lunch'.

[Cockney Rebel]

Every heard of school dinners/ school dinner ladies/ school dinner money


Really get a grip.

Also anyone having been north of Watford will know that dinner is the northern term for lunch!

There is nothing north of Watford. 

[Man vs Food]

Dinner is usually the name of the main meal of the day. Depending upon culture, dinner may be the second, third or fourth meal of the day.  Originally, though, it referred to the first meal of the day, eaten around noon, and is still occasionally used for a noontime meal, if it is a large or main meal.

Etymology

Originally, dinner referred to the first meal of a two-meal day, a heavy meal occurring about noon, which broke the night's fast in the new day. The word is from the Old French (ca 1300) disner, meaning "breakfast", from the stem of Gallo-Romance desjunare ("to break one's fast"), from Latin dis- ("undo") + Late Latin ieiunare ("to fast"), from Latin ieiunus ("fasting, hungry").[3][4] Eventually, the term shifted to referring to the heavy main meal of the day, even if it had been preceded by a breakfast meal. The (lighter) meal following dinner has traditionally been referred to as supper or tea.

So dinner means breakfast. What a complete fool you are. 
Is that pinkie? Are you a school pinkie?

Breakfast is the first meal. Why? Because we break-fast.
Luncheon is next and afternoon tea then dinner and supper.

Unless you are from UWC with 65 languages, then the colloquial is "chop, chop, jildi, jildi", supported by outstretched tongue and clutching the stomach.

[you make me laugh]

Every heard of school dinners/ school dinner ladies/ school dinner money


Really get a grip.

Also anyone having been north of Watford will know that dinner is the northern term for lunch!

Right...so, it's a uniquely British thing (and, in fact, unique to a particular part of the country).

So, anyone coming onto an advice board with an international group of contributors should choose their words carefully if they want to get the right information rather than using a colloquial term that means something completely different to most people.

99.99999% of the world calls the meal in the middle of the day 'lunch'.

You must be American.  No - 99.99999% of the world does not call the meal in the middle of the day 'lunch'.  Do some research.