What does next Friday mean to you?

barleybooley

Debating at lunchtime what the term 'next Friday' means. I was the only one who said that it would mean the 17th as opposed to the 24th of January, my logic being that it's used in its literal sense as in the next Friday you encounter.

So, what do other boardsies think?

Faith+1

I normally say 'This' friday!

Michael D Not Higgins

I've had this confusion before and so I always say this Friday and Friday week.

bobbygrant

Yes the next refers to the next week. 17th would be this Friday. Maybe you should say Friday week.

Aestivalis

I misread and voted the wrong thing.

This Friday = this weeks friday
Next Friday = Next weeks friday.

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar

at this stage, next friday and this friday mean the same thing

around wednesday there'd be a bit of confusion

from thursday on this friday is tomorrow and next friday is 8 days time

the real tricky part comes on saturday where this friday becomes yesterday, but I never really understood imaginary numbers in school

anncoates

If I say next Friday today I mean Friday 24th January.

If I say this Friday I mean the 17th.

Gongoozler

Next Friday is the Friday after the Friday coming. If you want to refer to the Friday of the following week you say next Friday.. its simple. I don't know how there's confusion about this. Though with a house viewing recently I had to clarify this, just as well I did as she meant this Tuesday instead.

evolving_doors

barleybooley wrote: »

Debating at lunchtime what the term 'next Friday' means. I was the only one who said that it would mean the 17th as opposed to the 24th of January, my logic being that it's used in its literal sense as in the next Friday you encounter.

So, what do other boardsies think?

Its just an ambiguous statement hence the confusion ..does the next refer to 'next to now' or does it refer to the 'next friday after this one'

If someone ever says it to you just ask "what date is that btw?"

People who say its obvious, obviously don't understand ambiguity.

Michael D Not Higgins

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar wrote: »

at this stage, next friday and this friday mean the same thing

around wednesday there'd be a bit of confusion

from thursday on this friday is tomorrow and next friday is 8 days time

the real tricky part comes on saturday where this friday becomes yesterday, but I never really understood imaginary numbers in school

Yeah especially if it's Saturday. Like say you're talking to a friend about the previous night and say something like "we should do that again next Friday". This is why I avoid "next Friday".

Shrills

Next Friday means a lot to me,my wife is due to give birth that day.

fatknacker

Sequels usually suck. Not Ice Cube's best work.

evolving_doors

Shrills wrote: »

Next Friday means a lot to me my wife is due to give birth.

You mean this one or the one after?

biko

See you next Friday, cunf!

Baneblade

next friday = this friday
later in the week would normally say friday next for next week

Vito Corleone

I say "this Friday" and "Friday week" to avoid confusion. "Next Friday" is just dodgy.

_Kaiser_

Disappointed.. I expected a thread on some sort of religious holiday or something!


Anyway, "next Friday" to me is always the end of the following week (based on a week starting on Monday)

krudler

If it's in the same week as it falls it's "this Friday", other wise it's next friday. Like say someone asked me today "do you want to meet up next Thursday?" I wouldn't think it was Thursday as in 3 days from now, that's this Thursday not next Thursday.

Tiddlypeeps

I love how the poll is almost exactly 50/50. Pretty much the epitome of ambiguous.

I'd usually only use the term next Friday to mean the Friday after the one coming if it's really close to the nearest Friday which is usually obvious in the context, otherwise I think I avoid the term and using coming Friday or Friday week.

NIMAN

Never speak to your work colleagues again, they are all thick.

Dyr

this friday= this weeks friday can also be referred to as "this friday coming"

next friday = next weeks friday


friday week= f**k off and don't say that

Dyr

Kaiser2000 wrote: »

Disappointed.. I expected a thread on some sort of religious holiday or something!

Yeah I thought i was getting a day off ffs :mad:

anncoates

Now that I think of it, in the case discussed here, I'd actually often say Friday week to denote the 24th if discussing it before this Friday.

Corcaigh84

poll option fail

biko

Vito Corleone wrote: »

I say "this Friday" and "Friday week" to avoid confusion. "Next Friday" is just dodgy.

Tbh, "Friday week" is the weird one.

This Friday, next Friday - it's like saying this bus, next bus. Crystal clear

SCOOP 64

Its my sons birthday next Friday, he will be 13, or do i mean this Friday?

smcgiff

Anyone using next to mean beyond the coming week day are on their knees begging to be misunderstood.

catallus

wednesday

minidazzler

Well, there's Friday, Next Friday and the Friday After Next. I feel that Friday was certainly the funniest of the three, with Next Friday being a very close second.

RikkFlair

It means Friday, Friday, Gotta get down on Friday

Shrills

Armelodie wrote: »

You mean this one or the one after?

This one.

It BeeMee

Next Friday week.

Sir Humphrey Appleby

barleybooley wrote: »

Debating at lunchtime what the term 'next Friday' means. I was the only one who said that it would mean the 17th as opposed to the 24th of January, my logic being that it's used in its literal sense as in the next Friday you encounter.

So, what do other boardsies think?

The clue is the word "Next"
adjective
adjective: next

1. 1.
   (of a time) coming immediately after the time of writing or speaking.
   "we'll go to Corfu next year"
   synonyms:following, succeeding, to come, upcoming More"we shall turn to this issue in the next chapter"
   
   
   
   antonyms:previous, preceding
   
   
   • (of a day of the week) nearest (or the nearest but one) after the present.
     "not this Wednesday, next Wednesday"
     synonyms:following, succeeding, to come, upcoming More"we shall turn to this issue in the next chapter"
     
     
     
     antonyms:previous, preceding
     
     
   • (of an event) occurring directly after the present one in time, without anything of the same kind intervening.
     "campaigning for the next election"
     synonyms:following, succeeding, to come, upcoming More"we shall turn to this issue in the next chapter"
     
     
     
     antonyms:previous, preceding
     
     
   
   
   
   
2. 2.
   coming immediately after the present one in order, rank, or space.
   "the woman in the next room"
   synonyms:following, succeeding, to come, upcoming More"we shall turn to this issue in the next chapter"
   
   
   neighbouring, adjacent, adjoining, next-door, bordering, abutting;
   contiguous, connected, connecting, attached;
   closest, nearest, proximate
   "a brick wall separated the garden of the next house from ours"
   
   
   
   antonyms:previous, preceding
   
   
   
   

adverb
adverb: next

1. 1.
   on the first or soonest occasion after the present; immediately afterwards.
   "he wondered what would happen next"
   synonyms:then, after this/that, following that/this, after, afterwards, after that time, later, at a later time, subsequently, at a subsequent time; Moreformalthereafter, thereupon
   "people argued about where to go next"
   
   
   
   antonyms:before
   
   
   
   
2. 2.
   following in the specified order.
   "Jo was the next oldest after Martin"
   
   
   
   

WilyCoyote

My understanding is:

Next Friday = the nearest Friday to the spoken term
Friday week = one week after the nearest Friday

But out here, next Friday = Friday week and this Friday = next Friday

Tea, coffee anyone?

ZiabR

Michael D Not Higgins wrote: »

I've had this confusion before and so I always say this Friday and Friday week.

Same here.

Daqster

Next Friday? Let me see.


The day before that is a Thursday,
so that means the next day after that will be a Saturday
and Sunday follows after that.


7 a.m I'll be waking up. I got to be fresh, as I'll be driving on the
highway. I'll be kicking in the front seat, sitting in the back, have to make my mind up
which seat will I take.

Fast lane, switching lanes, with a car up on my inside.

Yeah, that's what next Friday to means to me and most Fridays actually.

Shzm

This Friday = the Friday in this current week.
Next Friday = the Friday in the next week.

???

JustAddWater

barleybooley wrote: »

Debating at lunchtime what the term 'next Friday' means. I was the only one who said that it would mean the 17th as opposed to the 24th of January, my logic being that it's used in its literal sense as in the next Friday you encounter.

So, what do other boardsies think?

A bus is coming, you say, I won't get this one, I'll get the next one. That means a bus (Friday) will come and go and you'll get the next one (Friday 24th)

Also, this Friday is the 17th. Next Friday cannot also refer to the same Friday.
This and Next are different

Next Friday is the 24th

Kersh

24th.

17th is this Friday

Tiddlypeeps

JustAddWater wrote: »

A bus is coming, you say, I won't get this one, I'll get the next one. That means a bus (Friday) will come and go and you'll get the next one (Friday 24th)

If you put it in that context it's easy to figure out what you mean. If I was to blankly state that I'm going to get on the next bus then most people take that to mean I plan on getting on the first bus to pull up at the stop.

It's completely context dependant and often ambiguous. To state it's anything but ambiguous is silly given the number of differing opinions in this thread alone.

bee06

When I say it I always mean the next Friday that will happen and I'm always told I'm wrong

bobbygrant

Why bother saying 'next' if you mean this Friday, you would just have to say Friday and that would suffice.

Pumpkinseeds

Surely 'next Friday' is the Friday coming. Therefore, the 17th. Otherwise it makes no sense. If you were the next patient waiting to be seen at the doctors and someone jumped ahead of you when the receptionist said 'next' you wouldn't be long pointing out the mistake to the queue jumper.

Bananatop

A man rode into town on Friday, stayed two days and left on Friday.

Friday=horse.

Ergo 'next Friday' is 'next horse'

wretcheddomain

Next Friday <=> January 17th <=> Forthcoming Friday

Friday week <=> January 24th <=> Friday + 1 week

I know some people are slow but why hasn't this caught on yet?

JupiterKid

To me, next Friday is this coming Friday, Jan 17th. The Friday after that would be "the following" Friday.

DavyD_83

emphasis on the next and possibly hand gestures are required for clarification

wretcheddomain

DavyD_83 wrote: »

emphasis on the next and possibly hand gestures are required for clarification

They're really not...I could be blind and it's pretty obvious what the word 'next' means.

mike65

If the media is any guide many Irish have problems understanding the difference, throwing in "next" when they mean "this"

Chazz Michael Michaels

Open a book and pick a page. Turn the page. Relative to the first page you picked, is this new page the "next page" or is it the one after?

Obviously it is the former. Only a moron would think otherwise. :-)

wretcheddomain

Imagine being at a train station and the following conversation takes place between an imaginary passenger called Flan and the guy on patrol:

Flan - "When is the next train to Dublin?"

Patrol Guy - "Here's the timetable:

3.45pm
4.15pm
4.45pm"

Flan - "Ah, alright, so the next train is at 4.15pm!"

Patrol Guy - "Ermmm...no, the next train is at 3.45, check again!"

Flan - "But the 3.45pm is this train, I want the next train, so it's 4.15pm, thanks!"

Patrol Guy - "Where's the pub, I need a drink..."

Are the days of the week the only instances where people jump the 'next'?