But then, when I started explaining how "Good morning!" lost its "Good", everything became very clear. The answer is simple: because the word 'evening' starts with a vowel, while the word 'morning' starts with a consonant. Consonants undergo assimilation, while vowels do not. So what happens to "Good morning!"?
Good morning!
Goob morning!
Goom morning!
Gm morning!
Gmorning!
Morning!
In "Good evening!" 'd' and 'e' can not assimilate. Therefore - nothing happens!
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I'm not sure, but it seems to me that I've heard "Evening" without "Good", too.
BTW, it can be sound funny, but recording my voice messages I have problems to say the very first phrase with the proper intonation. I meen - "Hello, everyone." Sometimes I have to record it several times and I'm still not satisfactory :(. Could you remind intonations of greetings, please?
It's a good argument, Elena, but I have to agree with Galina on this one. There is a classic police series from the early days of British TV called "Dixon of Dock Green". The hero, PC Dixon, started each episode with "Evening, all!":-))
I sometimes hear this "evening", too. But each time it sounds somewhat unnatural for me... ))
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