Afternoon and evening, our version.

In this region, there's a confusion on when to use good afternoon and good evening. I blame it on our tendency to translate directly from our mother's tongue. Literal translation. Our afternoon starts before 12 noon. So, don't be surprised when somebody greets you Good Afternoon at 1130. Our afternoon ends at about 1400. And after 1400, it's considered evening. After sunset, it's Good Night even when you sleep at 2200.

In English, Morning ends at 1159, followed by Noon at 1200. After noon it is called afternoon... (duh!). You can greet good evening only if it's cool enough to play outside which is around 1630. Use Good Evening all through the night until it's apparent that you're going to end your day. Before parting or before going to bed, then you greet somebody Good Night.

It's just inconvenient when these cause confusion, especially with my colleague. When I say, I'll arrive in the evening, they would wait from 1400 onward. I'll feel bad then because I made them waited for me. Sometimes, they would surprise me when they come very early when they told me to meet in the evening. Once, my colleague agreed to meet in the 'evening' for presentation preparation. Since I've completed my presentation slides, I decided to have a nap and wake up at around 1600. At 1430, I received a call, a frantic call.

"Where are you? We've waited from 1400!"
"Is it evening yet?" I replied.
"Ok, I'm leaving now, give me 5 minutes"

After that incident, I would confirm what time it the appointment would be. Well, nobody like exact time in this region. We like 'rubber time' very much. It's convenient to say to meet in the evening and start when everybody is present.

So basically, our time is like so;
Morning - waking up, sunrise to 1100
Afternoon (actually which is actually Noon)  - 1100 to 1400
Evening - 1400 to 1800
Night - 1800 till bed

In our language, Afternoon and Evening is the same word.

When to use Good Night is also a grey area. One night, my uncle called his friend. He greeted his the callee "Good Night, Mr X". I laughed. If I were in the other side of the receiver, I would reply "Yes, Good Night, thank you" and put down the phone receiver, go to sleep.

Another funny loanword usage is car bonnet.

One wears a bonnet or hood on your head and wears boots and trunk on their legs/foot.
The front compartment of a car, the engine compartment is akin to your head; there's where you put your eyes on, the front of the car. So it is called bonnet in BrE and hood in AmE.

However, in this region, our bonnet is where you store your luggage, the rear compartment. Once, I asked my friend to but his bags in the boot. He scratched his head, looking for a pair of boots. Sometimes, he would ask me can  he put his bags in the bonnet. I replied, NO! there's no where in there to put your luggage.

Even in our national newspaper. One day, the headline reads "Corpse found in car bonnet". When I read further, the deceased is around 155 cm. Can you fit a 155 cm man in your bonnet. Well, Asians are too flexible. That's why China have world class gymnast.