afternoon, evening, night

[Enrico il Pentolaio]

If I say, let's meet this evening, what range of time am I implying?

Thanks.

Ciao,
Enrico il Pentolaio.

[Joe/Joey da New York]

On Mon, 9 Nov 2009 15:28:23 -0500, Enrico il Pentolaio wrote
(in article <hd9u07$2jl$1...@aioe.org>):

Six PM to 9, more or less. Afternoon goes until 6 PM.

--
Joe/Joey da New York

English as she is spoken (and sometimes written) in the US

[Adam Atkinson]

On 9 Nov, 20:28, Enrico il Pentolaio

<enricoilpentolaioTOGLIQUE...@gmail.com> wrote:
> If I say, let's meet this evening, what range of time am I implying?

I know you say "Buona sera" in Rome after about 1:30.

As Joe says, I'd say evening started at about 6pm. As for when it
ends,
well I'm not sure but his 9pm sounds ok to me.

[Enrico il Pentolaio]

Joe/Joey da New York wrote:

>> If I say, let's meet this evening, what range of time am I implying?

> Six PM to 9, more or less. Afternoon goes until 6 PM.

That's reasonable. I told this guy who I should be working on a course
project with that I wanted to meet up this �evening/night�, and he sent
me a message suggesting we meet at 5-ish. Of course, my reply was:"can
we do 6pm?".

Ciao,
Enrico il Pentolaio.
P.S. Aha! So you people have dinner in the afternoon! :-D

[Enrico il Pentolaio]

Adam Atkinson wrote:

> I know you say "Buona sera" in Rome after about 1:30.

And people don't even say "good morning/afternoon/evening" to me when I
enter a shop! That's rude.
:-)

Ciao,
Enrico il Pentolaio.

[Enrico C]

On 10 Nov, 05:32, Adam Atkinson <gh...@mistral.co.uk> wrote:
> On 9 Nov, 20:28, Enrico il Pentolaio
>
> <enricoilpentolaioTOGLIQUE...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > If I say, let's meet this evening, what range of time am I implying?
>
> I know you say "Buona sera" in Rome after about 1:30.

I don't. :)
My "sera" starts after the sun goes down.

There is a thread on wordreference on the same topic
http://forum.wordreference.com/showthread.php?t=123802