It seems a bit peculiar to me that anyone would consider that a time very much inside the working hours of people with normal office jobs could be 'evening'.

Peculiar and, I would think for those people, a little depressing.

Agreed.

Also the evening news is at 8pm in France, and I imagine in a number of other latin countries.

Diable Rouge wrote:


The BBC used to call their 6pm bulletin 'The Early Evening News' and their 9pm bulletin 'The Evening News'. That was before they shifted their main bulletin to 10pm.
Seems about right to me. 6pm is about the crossover point between afternoon and evening, although that does shift somewhat with the seasons.

6-9. End of thread

Sorry, Bored, but that seems a bit early for brunch.

Just thinking about this in terms of the salutations I would expect to give or receive and it's something like this:

"Morning" - from getting up to noon

"Afternoon" - from noon to 5pm

"Evening" - from 5pm to sort of 9ish*

But if I meet people after that I don't say "night" as it sounds like a goodbye, but hello/hi etc.

*Farewelling someone at the end of work, we might say "Have a good night" or "Have a good evening" which seem interchangeable. The former should not be depressing for the recipient as it's a wish for their future rather than their present.

Simple.

Sits With Remote wrote:


Yes, I agree. Still doesn't mean the evening begins at 4pm, though.

Good evening = hello
Good night = goodbye

But if you're farewelling someone in the afternoon, it should go:

Noon to about 4pm = Good afternoon
4pm to about 7pm = Good evening
After about 7pm = Good night

This is not negotiable.

Noon to about 4pm = see ya
4pm to about 7pm = dude, are you still here?
After about 7pm = seriously, piss off

And as a morning person, i tend to get a bit bent out of shape at the Spanish lack of a "good morning" -- sorry, but "good day" just doesn't have that sunrise-and-caffeine-fueled my-hopes-and-dreams-haven't-yet-been-crushed resonance that "gooood morning", possibly with its accompanying Morning Song, has for the native speaker.

Morning Session
Afternoon Session
Evening Session

When you've taken the second new ball, it's definitely the evening. Unless you've had the spinners on all day to boost the over-rate.

As a non-morning person, I tend to get bent out of shape at the English "good morning" --sorry, but there is no such thing.

Sam Kelly wrote:


The closest thing is "fim de tarde" or end of the afternoon in Portuguese. I usually roll with that.

There are two 6-9s in a day?

If you're lucky.

What BoE said. The rest is just obstreporousness.

Best OTF post ever

New Rule: You're not allowed to nominate a post for "Best OTF post ever" if you're mentioned in the post or if your post is referenced therein.

Really? What would be the point in that. I think that Jah's response pretty much covers all bases on every subject ever as well

Femme Folle wrote:


Second best OTF post ever.

OK, another New Rule: You are allowed to second any nominations for yourself for any level "Best OTF post ever" as long as you did not make the first nomination.