Show when I 1 was anion among new tel 41 B salutation of good england my people attention last summer was afternoon or evening called a number of times to my habit of saying good by montgomery wright washington D C evening in the afternoon there is historical authority for this form of salutation after noon in hamlet act I 1 horatio proposes to 31 arcellus to tell hamlet they have seen the lie ghost marcellus assents find and says saya 1 I this morning t know where we shall find him later in the day they meet hamlet and he greets them by name but to bernardo who is with them and apparently not known to him hamlet simply adds good even sir in a note by hudson tile 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 14 5 god divided the light from the darkness and called the light day and the ahe darkness night and genesis declares that the morning and the evening were the first day and when the he darkness came on oil it was what we still call night moore in his canadian boat song recognized the close of evening 0 as the daylight disappeared some flowers close their leaves with tile close of day and milton calls file close of day at shut of evening flowers those of us who sav say good evenin evening in the afternoon reco recognize C mize twili glit ns ELs a part of the evening fitz greene halleck thought there is fin an evening twilight of the heart all the poets recognize evening as a part of the alic day in the division of day dav there is no authority for fixing 0 the hour of noon hamlet said it very tery soon afternoon but lie he had bad a midday dinner as many country folk do now but where dinner comes later than exact noon it is the he custom to say good evening after about two many of the persons who criticise criticism critic ise tile use of evening for afternoon have tile absurd custom of saying sayin good morning until after sundown there is no authority for that and the custom of saying 0 good coot afternoon now coming 0 back to sensible people is far preferable indeed to prevent confusion it is probably preferable to good evening for the afternoon |