When you are having company for a meal and you want them to take their places at the table, you say ________. [Asked in early Questionnaires only]
| NR | 35 |
| DINNER IS READY | 13 |
| COME TO DINNER | 4 |
| COME TO SUPPER | 3 |
| HAVE A SEAT | 3 |
| YOU SIT HERE | 3 |
| BE SEATED | 2 |
| COME AND GET IT | 2 |
| COME IN TO SUPPER | 2 |
| COME TO THE TABLE | 2 |
| DINNER IS SERVED | 2 |
| SUPPER IS READY | 2 |
| “COME OUT, WE’RE READY FOR DINNER” | 1 |
| “HAVE YOUR SEAT, DINNER IS READY” | 1 |
| BREAKFAST IS BEING SERVED | 1 |
| COME | 1 |
| COME AND TAKE DINNER | 1 |
| COME IN AND HAVE DINNER | 1 |
| COME IN FOR DINNER | 1 |
| COME IN FOR SUPPER | 1 |
| COME IN TO DINNER | 1 |
| COME ON | 1 |
| COME ON AND EAT | 1 |
| COME ON AND GET A PLACE | 1 |
| COME ON AND HAVE DINNER | 1 |
| COME ON IN AND FIND YOUR PLACES | 1 |
| COME ON IT AND SIT HERE | 1 |
| COME ON TO DINNER | 1 |
| GET AROUND THE TABLE | 1 |
| GET OUT TO THE TABLE WHENEVER YOU CAN | 1 |
| GRAB A CHAIR | 1 |
| GRAB IT AND GROWL | 1 |
| HAVE YOU A SEAT | 1 |
| LET’S EAT | 1 |
| LUNCH IS READY | 1 |
| PLEASE BE SEATED | 1 |
| PLEASE SIT HERE | 1 |
| SIT DOWN | 1 |
| SIT THERE | 1 |
| SOUP’S ON | 1 |
| SUPPER’S READY | 1 |
| TELL THEM WHERE TO SIT | 1 |
| WILL YOU SIT DOWN | 1 |
| YOU-ALL COME IN AND EAT YOUR DINNER | 1 |
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