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Monseul Posted 20 years ago
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What time do you stop saying, 'Good Morning'?

0In your opinion, when would one stop saying 'Good morning' and start saying, 'Good afternoon?' I always use 12pm as the general time guideline.0-
  

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0Hi Monseul,02br
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00You've just answered your own question....050010id1
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0i always use at 14pm as the general time guideline0-
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014pm? What kind of time is that?02br
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00Anyway morning stops at 12 noon so that is when you stop saying good morning. From 12.01 you say 'good afternoon'. The tricky question is when afternoon turns into evening as there is no set time for that.0-
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0 So, how would you deal with that situation? When do you stop saying 'good afternoon' and starting to say 'good evening'? Any measures you can rely on to decide that? 0-
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0I typically say "Good evening" at 6 pm, and "Good night" at 9 pm.. 0-
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0By today's standard, when we go home from the office at 5:00 pm, that's the cut-off between afternoon and evening.02br
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00Then, there is a fine line between early and late evening which to me is:02br
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00Early evening - 5 to 7 pm02br
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00Evening -7 to 9 pm02br
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00Late evening - 10 to 12 midnight.02b
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0 I eat my "linner" at 5:30 0-
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0"linner" ?? Is this an error was meant to be joke?050010id4
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00Interestingly enough, it's becoming an established word.02p

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0This is cool! Never knew that. I hope people don't think I have problem pronoucing the letter "d" when I say linner! 050010id5

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