Term I never realised was exclusively Australian:

[deird1]

"morning tea"


Apparently it's only ever heard of in Australia and New Zealand. (Along with "afternoon tea".)

But seriously? The Brits jolly well invented the morning tea break - do they really not use the term? *is baffled*


(For those who are sadly unfamiliar with our wonderful vernacular: morning tea involves snacks of some kind, eaten at about 10am. It doesn't necessarily involve cups of tea.)

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[deird1]

Someone was ranting about a fanfic they'd read, set in America, and saying "Look, this character is American, and not into tea the way British people are - he wouldn't be bringing muffins for morning tea."

And all the Brits were chiming in with "Morning tea? He wouldn't call it that even if he was British." and also assuming that "morning tea" was implying cups of tea...