morning/s

I doubt that a native English speaker would ever say "in the mornings." The expression is, "in the morning," "in the afternoon," and "in the evening" or "at night."

I have the impression that "I am always cheerful in the mornings" refers to every morning.

Could it be the British version?

Thanks.

No.

"I'm always cheerful in the morning" refers to every morning. Tne "always" suggests that. But even without the "always," every morning is implied.

That's right.

Americans have a kind of short version, which may come from German or Yiddish for all I know, because the Germans say "Abends" for evening, meaning every evening, etc....

example: Mornings I like to have porridge, evenings I shoot pool.

But that's different from what you were asking about.

mctag wrote :



in hamburg we used to say "n' abend" and pretty well swallow the last half of the word - we thought ourselves as being very clever :wink: .

instead of "guten morgen" (good morning) we often said " MORGENS" -
we were clever young fellows .

when i was 19 i enrolled with my friends in a dance class - and what a disaster that was .
we decided to dispense with the customary "handshake" and just greet each other by lifting two fingers lazily and say " HI ! " . our "dance-mistress" called us aside and chastised us severely for our barbaric behaviour . " young gentlemen bow slightly at the waist and give a firm handshake when greeting each other ! " , were her firm instructions .

HI ! (and not bowing at the waist - not even slightly )
hbg

Thanks, guys.

You wouldn't like my two finger lift hamburger.

how 'bout this one ?
we thought it showed that we were not part of the ORDINARY CROWD of other germans :wink: .

Dadpad was referring to some British (and Australian) rudeness:

As a joke, of course....

http://www.icons.org.uk/theicons/collection/the-v-sign/a-harvey-smith-to-you/a-harvey-smith-to-you

mctag :

i knew what dadpad was referring to , i was just trying to be UEBERSMART :wink: !

i'm sure you have seen this gesture in germany .
i believe the driver is indicating to the other fellow that he is suffering from a headache :wink: .
i understand that nowadays this can bring about a fine in germany !
good thing i was not being fined for such gestures when growing up - would have cost me a lot of money !