The next vs this debate raged on unresolved for thirty years between Hubby and I.
This must be what going mad feels like.
Simon ,'Jaynestown'
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!!