Do people say "good afternoon" and "good evening" less often than they used to?
Hi,

I feel like everyone around me says "morning", "good morning" and "good night" all the time but I don't really hear anyone say "good afternoon" and "good evening". I only seem to hear it over the phone when we have to greet our callers (professional calls). I'm in California and I don't know how things are for English speakers in other places.

Do you say "good afternoon" and "good evening" in casual conversations? Let me know.

Thanks.

Question

Do people say "good afternoon" and "good evening" less often than they used to?
Hi,

I feel like everyone around me says "morning", "good morning" and "good night" all the time but I don't really hear anyone say "good afternoon" and "good evening". I only seem to hear it over the phone when we have to greet our callers (professional calls). I'm in California and I don't know how things are for English speakers in other places.

Do you say "good afternoon" and "good evening" in casual conversations? Let me know.

Thanks.

Answer

Hello there :) 
Well in Europe people tend to say Good morning and good evening,  not so much good afternoon. Of course in business it can be used more in emails,  and less in conversation, or during meetings I often heard Good afternoon everyone. 
As for me I think people just use the same expressions and don't need to vary, but if you use them people won't really remark I guess..

Answer

Most of the conversations can be started with "good morning/afternoon /evening" (formal) or just "morning/ afternoon / evening " (less formal). If you don't want to be misunderstood in your first dialogs with strangers, for example, better use formal way. If you are with close friends or family, you can use less formal way.

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