Show when I 1 was amon among tew new q salutation of good england my people attention last bummer was afternoon or evening called a number of times to my iny of saying good by montgomery toom D C evening in the afternoon there is historical authority for this form of salutation after noon in hamlet act I 1 horatio proposes propos ea to 31 Marcel arcellus his to tell hamlet they have seen the ghost marcellus Marcel lua assents and says 1 I this morning know where we shall find him later in the day they meet hamlet and lie ho greets them by name but to bernardo nardo who is with them and app apparently ardently not known to him bim hamlet simply adds good even sir air in a note by hudson the editor of the edition quoted it is stated good even was the common salutation after noon and there is biblical authority for this form of salutation according to genesis 1 4 5 god divided the aig light rbt from the darkness and called the light day and the darkness nig night it and genesis declares that ti the ie morning and tho the evening were the he first day and when the darkness c came mine on it was what we still call night in moore in liis his canadian boat song recognized the close of evening as the daylight disappeared some flowers close their leaves with the cl c of da Y and milton millon calls the he close of day at shut of evenin evening t flowers those of us ITS who say good evening in the afternoon recognize recognize 0 twilight as a part of the evening fitz greene halleck thought there is an evening 0 twilight twili glit of the heart all the poets recognize recognize 0 evening evening 0 as a part of the day in the division of lay day there is no authority for fixing the leour hour of noon hamlet said it very soon after noon but he had a midday dinner as man many y country folk do now but where dinner comes later than exact noon it is the custom to say good evening after about two tivo many of the persons who criticise criticism critic ise the use of evening for afternoon have the absurd custom of saying good morning p until after still sundown there is no authority for that and the custom of saying good afternoon now coming back to sensible people is far preferable indeed to prevent confusion it is probably preferable to good evening for the afternoon |