Bon(ne) après-midi
Posted: Sun 29 Jan 2017 19:43
I was going to say that my boulangère wished me "bon après-midi" today about 1230, and to add that no-one ever says that in Normandy, although they do quite often say "bonne fin de l'après-midi" a bit later on, which I never hear down here, though to compensate they say "bon soir" down here a bit earlier than they would up there.
The marginally more interesting thing, it turns out, and if you're an obsessive pedant, is that "après-midi" can be either masculine or feminine, depending how you choose to toss the coin. Fashions have apparently changed over the centuries, but the jury is still out.
The marginally more interesting thing, it turns out, and if you're an obsessive pedant, is that "après-midi" can be either masculine or feminine, depending how you choose to toss the coin. Fashions have apparently changed over the centuries, but the jury is still out.