2006-10-01 03:32:27 · 16 answers · asked by Chippie 2 in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
Like most things in the world, people end up chopping the language and sentences. It use to be people would say things like "We will get together after it gets dark." Then time passed and peolpe (as they always do)started abbreviating statements. "We will get together after dark." There seems to be no stopping the chopping of sentences!
gotta go!
2006-10-01 03:45:12 · answer #1 · answered by garielee2 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I see where your coming from that dark is after light but the saying i think comes from that fact it is after dark as arrived!
2006-10-01 03:43:27 · answer #2 · answered by Jennifer 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
After it is dark
2006-10-01 03:42:38 · answer #3 · answered by Carol B 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think it refers to after darkness has arrived as opposed to after light has gone.
2006-10-01 10:10:18 · answer #4 · answered by helen p 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I love idiots. Dark is after light, after dark means, as the first person was so kind to say, after dark has arrived. Good one genio.
2006-10-01 03:44:52 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Perhaps it means after the arrival of darkness.
2006-10-01 03:40:19 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It means after dark has arrived.
2006-10-01 03:39:24 · answer #7 · answered by nido_tr3s 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think it come from after the darkness has arrived.
2006-10-01 03:34:04 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I think it is called that because it's after the early hours of dark, and its just supposed to emphasise that its dark, because if someone says its getting dark, you thing its quite early, but after dark implies its after that stage and its to dark to see people, unless you've got street lamps of course!!
2006-10-01 03:36:15 · answer #9 · answered by gogoes 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It means after dark is here, though I understand where your coming from, it's the good old English language for you!
2006-10-01 11:00:42 · answer #10 · answered by Kirk_84 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋