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Use of the saying "next weekend"?

  • 12-11-2008 3:46pm
    #1
    iagainst138
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6 ✭


    I'm having an argument with some of my colleagues regarding the usage of the saying "next weekend". For example today is Wednesday the 12 of Nov 2008.

    If you were to say I'm going out "next weekend" would you mean Saturday the 15th or Saturday the 22nd of Nov 2008?


Comments

  • #2
    rockbeer
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,422 ✭✭✭rockbeer


    I would say "this weekend" for Sat 15th and "next weekend" for Sat 22nd.


  • #3
    iagainst138
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6 ✭iagainst138


    Thanks Rockbeer. I agree with you so thats 1 up for me. Do we have any other takers?


  • #4
    ec18
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,751 ✭✭✭ec18


    It really depend on the day tbh......I'd use both


  • #5
    Whatfor
    Closed Accounts Posts: 16 ✭Whatfor


    For this weekend I would say "anything on for this weekend" The answer could be no but we'er going away next weekend.
    So teh weekend coming is this weekend and the following one is nxt wekend


  • #6
    Insect Overlord
    Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 30,972 Mod ✭✭✭✭Insect Overlord


    I'd usually say "this weekend" to refer to the closest one coming, but I'd also use "next weekend" the odd time to mean the same thing, but only if it was early in the week.


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  • #7
    trowelled
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,290 ✭✭✭trowelled


    Yeah can depend on when in the week I'm referring to the weekend. I have used both in the past. It's something which has always caused much confusion. Sometimes I refrian from using next weekend and would instead say something like the weekend after this. However, the general rule is weekend of this week would be this weekend as it is the end of this week and weekend of following week would be next weekend as it is the end of the next week


  • #8
    RATM
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,591 ✭✭✭RATM


    trowelled wrote: »
    However, the general rule is weekend of this week would be this weekend as it is the end of this week and weekend of following week would be next weekend as it is the end of the next week

    I totally get your logic there and it makes sense. Only I would take someone saying 'next weekend' as the one coming in 3 days time. i.e. it is the next available weekend, just like saying next week refers to the next available week that starts on a Monday then I would take next weekend to mean the next available weekend. Its a tricky one alright, can cause many a confusion:confused:


  • #9
    trowelled
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,290 ✭✭✭trowelled


    RATM wrote: »
    I totally get your logic there and it makes sense. Only I would take someone saying 'next weekend' as the one coming in 3 days time. i.e. it is the next available weekend, just like saying next week refers to the next available week that starts on a Monday then I would take next weekend to mean the next available weekend. Its a tricky one alright, can cause many a confusion:confused:

    What you're saying there is actually the way I use to use the phrase next weekend until a few people started correcting me. But yeah it can get very confusing which is why I try to stter clear of it or if I do I make sure the other person knows exactly what weekend I'm talking about


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