| Settle an argument TWTD hive mind 14:01 - Jan 19 with 2054 views | ArnoldMoorhen |
When is evening and when is night?
Please give your working!
Start of evening and end of evening/beginning of night.
Many thanks! |  | | |  |
| Settle an argument TWTD hive mind on 14:03 - Jan 19 with 1137 views | CaptainAhab |
Evening starts at 6, night starts at 9. | | | |
| Settle an argument TWTD hive mind on 14:03 - Jan 19 with 1137 views | bluelagos |
When the sun sets, you go from evening to night. Simples. |  |
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| Settle an argument TWTD hive mind on 14:04 - Jan 19 with 1126 views | footers |
| Settle an argument TWTD hive mind on 14:03 - Jan 19 by bluelagos |
When the sun sets, you go from evening to night. Simples. |
This.
But it also depends on how posh you are, innit. Same thing with afternoon/evening. |  |
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| Settle an argument TWTD hive mind on 14:06 - Jan 19 with 1105 views | Bluefish |
Afternoon is 12 - about 5 then evening until about 9 them night |  |
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| Settle an argument TWTD hive mind on 14:07 - Jan 19 with 1109 views | Pendejo |
Evening 17:01-21:00
Night. 21:01-05:00
Morning 05:01-12:00
Afternoon 12:01-17:00
Alternatively evening is up to dusk and night is when it's dark this is fluid with regards to timings [Post edited 19 Jan 2021 14:08]
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| Settle an argument TWTD hive mind on 14:07 - Jan 19 with 1101 views | bluelagos |
| Settle an argument TWTD hive mind on 14:04 - Jan 19 by footers |
This.
But it also depends on how posh you are, innit. Same thing with afternoon/evening. |
Do posh people do it different to us plebs? | |
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| Settle an argument TWTD hive mind on 14:07 - Jan 19 with 1099 views | ArnoldMoorhen |
| Settle an argument TWTD hive mind on 14:03 - Jan 19 by bluelagos |
When the sun sets, you go from evening to night. Simples. |
So when does evening begin? | | | |
| Settle an argument TWTD hive mind on 14:09 - Jan 19 with 1089 views | Guthrum |
If you go for the end of Astronomical Twilight, it's when the centre point of the Sun reaches 18 degrees below the horizon. |  |
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| Settle an argument TWTD hive mind on 14:10 - Jan 19 with 1083 views | footers |
| Settle an argument TWTD hive mind on 14:07 - Jan 19 by bluelagos |
Do posh people do it different to us plebs? |
Poshos always say evening instead of night in my experience. It's all 'good evening, sir, we hope you enjoyed the canapes' and it don't matter what time of night it is. | |
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| Settle an argument TWTD hive mind on 14:11 - Jan 19 with 1077 views | bluelagos |
| Settle an argument TWTD hive mind on 14:07 - Jan 19 by ArnoldMoorhen |
So when does evening begin? |
I'd say around 6ish. | |
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| Settle an argument TWTD hive mind on 14:12 - Jan 19 with 1075 views | Keno |
evening starts when I have my tea (or dinner if you are posh)
night starts when I go to bed
Sorted.... next |  |
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| Settle an argument TWTD hive mind on 14:12 - Jan 19 with 1068 views | SitfcB |
I’d say evening starts at 5pm and ends at either 9 or 10pm. |  |
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| Settle an argument TWTD hive mind on 14:13 - Jan 19 with 1066 views | StNeotsBlue |
Under normal circumstances evening ends and night begins when the pubs kick out. |  | | |
| Settle an argument TWTD hive mind on 14:14 - Jan 19 with 1064 views | andytown |
Depends how old you are, eg young kids say good night early.
Also, evening starts when you say the greeting ‘Evening’ and ends when you say ‘Goodnight’. | | | |
| Settle an argument TWTD hive mind on 14:23 - Jan 19 with 1021 views | Pendejo |
| Settle an argument TWTD hive mind on 14:10 - Jan 19 by footers |
Poshos always say evening instead of night in my experience. It's all 'good evening, sir, we hope you enjoyed the canapes' and it don't matter what time of night it is. |
Good evening is a greeting
Good night is a farewell
Isn't it?
Hence the tie in with pub closing hours in another post | |
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| Settle an argument TWTD hive mind on 14:29 - Jan 19 with 1017 views | BrianTablet |
evening is Hurst
night is Lambert |  |
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| Settle an argument TWTD hive mind on 14:35 - Jan 19 with 1013 views | ArnoldMoorhen |
My wife and I have been married for 26 and a half years and it was only today that we realised how we think completely differently on this.
Like Keno she thinks that night begins when you go to bed. I said "So when you go out and don't get to bed until 2am it's still evening at Midnight?" And she said "Yes"!
I think if someone says they are going to phone in the afternoon, and they phone at 6pm, then they are in the wrong. I'd put the end of afternoon/beginning of evening as somewhere around 5 to 5.30pm.
And night begins sometime between 7.30 and 8.30pm for me. I *think* I'd push both of those to the earlier time in Winter and the later time in Summer.
The discussion started because I'm learning Spanish and remarked that the Spanish use tardes (afternoon) and noches (night) interchangeably for evening.
The range of views is interesting. Does it change with the Seasons? Are there regional variations within the UK, and use of dialect, or work patterns dictated by shifts (and therefore meal times) in some (post) industrial areas? Do other cultures and languages relate it to Sunset?
Any linguists or social anthropology students looking for a Dissertation topic? | | | |
| Settle an argument TWTD hive mind on 14:43 - Jan 19 with 990 views | GlasgowBlue |
| Settle an argument TWTD hive mind on 14:03 - Jan 19 by CaptainAhab |
Evening starts at 6, night starts at 9. |
Yeah. I’d go with that. |  |
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| Settle an argument TWTD hive mind on 14:46 - Jan 19 with 988 views | Swansea_Blue |
| Settle an argument TWTD hive mind on 14:43 - Jan 19 by GlasgowBlue |
Yeah. I’d go with that. |
It's evening from 2pm in Glasgow at this time of year though. |  |
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| Settle an argument TWTD hive mind on 15:01 - Jan 19 with 972 views | Herbivore |
| Settle an argument TWTD hive mind on 14:03 - Jan 19 by CaptainAhab |
Evening starts at 6, night starts at 9. |
Agree with the 6pm start, would probably go 10pm for night time though. |  |
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| Settle an argument TWTD hive mind on 15:18 - Jan 19 with 957 views | J2BLUE |
| Settle an argument TWTD hive mind on 14:03 - Jan 19 by CaptainAhab |
Evening starts at 6, night starts at 9. |
Agreed. It has always annoyed me whenever anyone refers to 7-8pm as 'afternoon'. Technically it is but not as most people understand it. |  |
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| Settle an argument TWTD hive mind on 15:27 - Jan 19 with 946 views | andytown |
| Settle an argument TWTD hive mind on 14:23 - Jan 19 by Pendejo |
Good evening is a greeting
Good night is a farewell
Isn't it?
Hence the tie in with pub closing hours in another post |
Yes, what I meant was that if you use that greeting it must be evening, whenever it is you use it. Unless it was lunchtime, which would be silly.
Similarly if you say goodnight it must be the end of the evening. | | | |
| Settle an argument TWTD hive mind on 15:28 - Jan 19 with 939 views | WD19 |
Evening is before and night is after.
i.e. You say "good evening" before and "good night" after. |  | | |
| Settle an argument TWTD hive mind on 15:51 - Jan 19 with 912 views | jaykay |
| Settle an argument TWTD hive mind on 14:10 - Jan 19 by footers |
Poshos always say evening instead of night in my experience. It's all 'good evening, sir, we hope you enjoyed the canapes' and it don't matter what time of night it is. |
i always thought ,good evening was a greeting and good night is saying goodbye. |  |
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| Settle an argument TWTD hive mind on 22:36 - Jan 19 with 830 views | ClareBlue |
Officially the WHO define it in the 2018 publication for the European Region on night time noise. Evening 6 to 10 pm, night 10pm to 6am. It is to do with the protection of sleep. | | | |
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