The next vs this debate raged on unresolved for thirty years between Hubby and I.
Spike? It's you. It's really you! My therapist thought I was holding on to false hope, but…I knew you'd come back. You're like…you're like Gandalf the White, resurrected from the pit of the Balrog, more beautiful than ever. Oh…he's alive Frodo. He's alive.
Andrew ,'Damage'
Natter 76: Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Foaminess
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, butt kicking, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Connie Neil - Mar 14, 2019 2:18:03 pm PDT #5960 of 30019
brillig
dcp - Mar 14, 2019 2:24:34 pm PDT #5961 of 30019
The more I learn, the more I realize how little I know.
I go with "next Saturday" means the soonest coming Saturday. The Saturday after that is "a week Saturday" or "Saturday week."
billytea - Mar 14, 2019 2:29:45 pm PDT #5962 of 30019
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
I go with avoiding saying "next Saturday" like the plague, since I can never be sure what the other person will understand by it.
Dana - Mar 14, 2019 3:00:07 pm PDT #5963 of 30019
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
Why would next Saturday be this Saturday? Next Saturday is a week from now.
This is an unsatisfactory area of language.
Steph L. - Mar 14, 2019 3:03:23 pm PDT #5964 of 30019
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
Seriously, this is why I get super specific, like "this Saturday, the 16th, 2 days from now." (To which Tim will invariably -- and 100% seriously, bless his heart -- reply, "NEXT Saturday?")
Connie Neil - Mar 14, 2019 3:09:05 pm PDT #5965 of 30019
brillig
I'm having flashback twitches.
NoiseDesign - Mar 14, 2019 3:14:37 pm PDT #5966 of 30019
Our wings are not tired
I give dates. Why leave it up to a possible mistake when specificity is an option?
msbelle - Mar 14, 2019 3:23:27 pm PDT #5967 of 30019
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
I am Dana,
Atropa - Mar 14, 2019 3:32:59 pm PDT #5968 of 30019
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
I give dates. Why leave it up to a possible mistake when specificity is an option?
This. Also, because next vs this is something Mr. Loomycakes and I wrangle over.
I know there was at least one that I hit in West Seattle when I was up there. I can ask my nieces what's still up there.
Yes, please!
Jesse - Mar 14, 2019 3:54:49 pm PDT #5969 of 30019
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
I knew you people would understand!!