Let’s imagine it’s currently Wednesday the 1st. Does “next Saturday” mean Saturday the 4th (the next Saturday to occur) or Saturday the 11th (the Saturday of next week)?

  • Worx@lemmynsfw.comOPEnglish
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    9 months ago

    Yep, I already discovered that xD

    Now I am trying to prove that I’m right on the Internet to make myself feel better

      • Worx@lemmynsfw.comOPEnglish
        2·
        9 months ago

        It hadn’t occured to me that I could be misunderstood, in the same way that it didn’t occur to me to explain that Saturday is the one after Friday. When I say “next Saturday” it’s completely obvious what I mean!

        Judging by the comments here, and the fact that 4/9 people in my group thought I meant one thing and the other 5/9 thought I meant the other thing, this is a phrasing that I’ll have to retire. Even my own mother disagrees with me! I don’t know how I’ve made it so far through life without it being a problem before now

          • Worx@lemmynsfw.comOPEnglish
            2·
            9 months ago

            Yeah, I would usually just say the date but is was in a hurry on this occasion and ended up with a lot of confusion

    • vortic@lemmy.world
      2·
      9 months ago

      Out of curiosity, how would you say “this saturday” and “next saturday” in your native language and what would the literal translation be?

      • Worx@lemmynsfw.comOPEnglish
        5·
        9 months ago

        I would say “this Saturday” and “next Saturday”, which literally translates to “this Saturday” and “next Saturday”. My native language is English ;)

        • vortic@lemmy.world
          3·
          9 months ago

          Hah, oops, I thought you meant that you learned this lesson as a non native english speaker! I must have misunderstood.