Re: [tied] Evening/Night (was Re: The "Mother" Problem)

>>"I work days" meaning "I work during the day".
> > isn't that use American English?
> It falls nicely into place with German "Ich arbeite nachts",
> Dutch "Ik werk 's nachts"
> I always felt it might be an immigrant calque.

There are a number of Americanisms which appear to go back to German, but in
fact the source may have been Yiddish.

Peter