“Why is it called ‘after dark’ when it really is ‘after light’?” is a one-line saying that has been printed on many images. The saying, along with other “why” questions, was posted on the newsgroup alt.basement.graveyard on August 14, 1998.
“After dark” can probably be better explained as “after it becomes dark.”
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Why is it called ‘after dark’, when it is really after light?
9 December 1999, Machine Design (Cleveland, OH), “Food for thought—part 2,” pg. 194:
Why is it called “after dark” when it is really after light?
10 December 1999, Vancouver (BC) Sun, :City limits,” pg. B5:
Why is it called “after dark” when it really is “after light” ?
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Yada, Yada, Yada.Com.Org.Edu.Gov.Email:
What I Learned on the WWW/Internet
By Joan E. Miller
San Jose, CA: Writers Club Press
2000
Pg. 33:
Why is it called “after dark” when it really is “after light”?
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The Official Best of the Net Joke Book, Book 2
By Tom Haran, III
Minneapolis, MN: Mill City Press, Inc.
2011
Pg. 213:
Why is it called “after dark” when it really is “after light”?
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Your Brain On Nature:
The Science of Nature’s Influence on Your Health, Happiness, and Vitality
By Eva M. Selhub, MD and Alan C. Logan, MD
Mississauga, ON:John Wiley & Sons Canada, Ltd.
2012
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Why is it called “after dark” when it really is “after light”? —George Carlin
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Above, a 1934 plaque from the Big Apple Night Club at West 135th Street and Seventh Avenue in Harlem. Discarded as trash in 2006. Now a Popeyes fast food restaurant on Google Maps.
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Above, Big Apple Corner at 54th Street and Broadway in Manhattan. Google Maps. Stolen and missing, 2021-2024.
Above, John J. Fitz Gerald, from the Aug. 15, 1931, Binghamton (NY) Press, pg. 14.
Listen to Robert Emmerich introduce "The Big Apple," a hit song from 1937. Music written by Bob and performed by Tommy Dorsey's Clambake Seven with Bob on piano. Lyrics written by Buddy Bernier and sung by Edythe Wright. Audio provided by Dorothy Emmerich.
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