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I would say that it is generally agreed on that
>Morning is the period between sunrise and noon
>Noon is 12pm and afternoon is the period between 12pm and sunset
>Night is the period between sunset and sunrise
>midnight is 12AM because it is the middle of a 24 hour period, just like midday is 12PM.
Yes there's also evening, twilight, etc. but my contention here is that there is a clear distinction between Western attitudes towards time as something that exists separate. In a different culture, you may encounter people who don't respect these kinds of distinctions because it means nothing to them. Consider a bus schedule in the US.
>The bus leaves at 12:01pm every weekeday and every other weekend.
This kind of consistency and standardization means you can reliably plan a future. "I will take a lunch break every day at 11:50am so that I can catch the bus and go to a local sandwich shop before it closes at 2pm."
In Africa you are more likely to encounter something like
>the bus leaves when it is full of passengers
>this can happen anytime between now and sundown, when we can't drive because there are no street lights
>there are no street lights because nobody drives at night, and nobody drives at night because there are no street lights
>if you get to the sandwich shop, there's no food because the owner hasn't baked bread yet and doesn't until someone shows up
>none of this matters if it doesn't happen today because it will eventually happen at some point
My contention is that this mentality persists when they leave these countries and move into western countries with a completely different perception of time and its passage.
