At the Olympics: time reference

Laurence Horn laurence.horn at YALE.EDU
Tue Aug 12 15:12:10 UTC 2008


At 9:46 AM -0500 8/12/08, Barbara Need wrote:
>I have now heard several people at the Olympics, reporters and
>athletes, refer to events which have taken place during the morning
>as having taken place "this evening" (which is when they are showing
>in the States). For instance, last night, a female swimmer, when
>talking about her recently completed gold-medal win, said just that.
>But the meet was in the morning!
>
>Barbara
>
Are you sure "evening" wasn't dubbed in post facto?

LH

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