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• @unmagical@lemmy.ml 2026-10-04 09:40

  You have a global day and you have local euphemisms. “Evening” just becomes “the dark after lunch” instead of “the dark after noon.” That’s a trivial linguistic adjustment to make to ensure that the thing we actually care about syncing up for convenience is synched up for convenience. Edit: we already have such euphemisms and ambiguities in English: tomorrow: the day I wake up next night: the dark before I sleep (saving “morning” generally for after you wake and not a strict time like 00:00) next (as in “weekend”): 2 weekends from now biweekly/bimonthly: once every other OR twice every

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