When is next Saturday?

CarrickMcJoe

Went to make a booking for next Saturday and the girl on the phone says, "that's June 4th".
No, next Saturday is the 28th says I.
Saturday 4th is Saturday week.

She maintained sat week is the 4th June .
So, when is next sat. May 28th or June 4th?

maximoose

Saturday 28th is this Saturday.

Saturday 4th is next.

ofcork

May 28th for me jun 4th is sat week.

honreal

well this is awkward...

F1ngers

Saturday 28th is next Saturday.

Saturday week is 4th June.

BlondeMoment

I go by June 4th is 'next Saturday' , and 28th May is 'this Saturday'

Kopparberg Strawberry and Lime

Next Saturday is may 28th

As in the next saturday will be the one we get next.

Maximus Alexander

This Saturday is the 28th. Next Saturday is the 4th. That's how I would take it, and generally hear it used, anyway.

I think we can all agree that this is not a concise enough method for things like bookings, and a grown up would say "I'd like to make a booking for Saturday 28th".

Rockstreams

Maximus Alexander wrote: »

This Saturday is the 28th. Next Saturday is the 4th. That's how I would take it, and generally hear it used, anyway.

No, this Saturday is May 21st.

kneemos

This Saturday (don't know the date) is this weekend.

maximoose

Rockstreams wrote: »

No, this Saturday is May 21st.

That is last Saturday.

XsApollo

'' This Saturday '' is the 28th
'' Saturday week'' is the 4th

BlondeMoment

Rockstreams wrote: »

No, this Saturday is May 21st.

No that was the other day! As if this thread needs to be any more confusing

Flippyfloppy

Saturday coming

Boom_Bap

maximoose wrote: »

That is last Saturday.

That was Saturday gone.

Maximus Alexander

Boom_Bap wrote: »

That was Saturday gone.

No it was Saturday 21st. :pac:

kneemos

Boom_Bap wrote: »

That was Saturday gone.

Saturday last.

jester77

Next Saturday, the Saturday next to now... on a calendar the Saturday next to now is the 28th.

Where are people going with the 4th? If I say next week, the week next to this one, would you say next week starts on the 6th June?

Maximus Alexander

jester77 wrote: »

Next Saturday, the Saturday next to now... on a calendar the Saturday next to now is the 28th.

Where are people going with the 4th? If I say next week, the week next to this one, would you say next week starts on the 6th June?

No, next week starts on Monday 30th. Hence next Monday is the 30th, next Tuesday is the 31st, Next Wednesday is the 1st, etc...

Next Saturday, the Saturday of next week.

Kev_2012

This saturday is the 28th, next Saturday is June 4th. Saturday week is also June 4th

kneemos

Kev_2012 wrote: »

This saturday is the 28th, next Saturday is June 4th. Saturday week is also June 4th

Most people say next Saturday is this Saturday. Think it's an English thing.

maximoose

jester77 wrote: »

Where are people going with the 4th? If I say next week, the week next to this one, would you say next week starts on the 6th June?

Operate on a weekly basis. Mon - Fri are the weekdays, Sat & Sun are the weekends.

This week started yesterday, the 23rd. This weekend is the 28th-29th. Next weekend is the 4th-5th. etc. etc.

This comes up every now and then and I know that plenty of other folk see "next Saturday" as being the 28th - but it always seems completely alien to me.

jester77

Maximus Alexander wrote: »

Next Saturday, the Saturday of next week.

Next Saturday ≠ Saturday of next week. You are in a different week.

ThisRegard

ofcork wrote: »

May 28th for me jun 4th is sat week.

Yeah, this Saturday is the 28th, the Saturday of this week. Next Saturday is the 4th, the Saturday of next week. You're all crazy who think otherwise.

Maximus Alexander

jester77 wrote: »

Next Saturday ≠ Saturday of next week. You are in a different week.

Yes, I am in a different week. I'm in this week, which contains this Saturday.

kneemos

jester77 wrote: »

Next Saturday ≠ Saturday of next week. You are in a different week.

Technically and actually next Saturday is Saturday coming.

frozenfrozen

I've had this argument 100 times with my family. Some people just refuse to adapt to the this week next week master race.

This saturday is the 28th, next saturday is the 4th.

DEFTLEFTHAND

frozenfrozen wrote: »

I've had this argument 100 times with my family. Some people just refuse to adapt to the this week next week master race.

This saturday is the 28th, next saturday is the 4th.

There's no argument even to be had. You're right and they're wrong.

joebloggs32

Free beer all day tomorrow

Rockstreams

maximoose wrote: »

That is last Saturday.

No last Saturday is May 14th.

maximoose

Rockstreams wrote: »

No last Saturday is May 14th.

That, my friend, is just batshît crazy talk.

_Kaiser_

This (coming) Saturday = (The) Next Saturday (we have) = May 28th

Saturday Week (as in 7 days from the Next Saturday we have) = June 4th

Polo_Mint

This thread reads like a monty python sketch

I've got access to a flux capacitor and the 1.21 gigawatts needed to power it, so "this Saturday" can be any Saturday I choose.

mahamageehad

Agree, have had arguments about this in the last. This Saturday is also known as Saturday coming, it's the Saturday of this week. The 28th. Next Saturday is the Saturday that happens next week. That's the 4th. I would also call that "Saturday week". The following Saturday would be "Saturday fortnight". Saturday gone would be "last Saturday".

CarrickMcJoe

But this Saturday is next Saturday ...

Badly Drunk Boy

_Kaiser_ wrote: »

This (coming) Saturday = (The) Next Saturday (we have) = June 28th

Saturday Week (as in 7 days from the Next Saturday we have) = June 4th

I think you meant "May" 28th. :pac:

jester77

Maximus Alexander wrote: »

Yes, I am in a different week. I'm in this week, which contains this Saturday.

This week is the week that is currently happening, next week is the one that follows. This Saturday hasn't started yet, it's the same as next Saturday in the current context.

If you are in a queue at the top and the person who is serving says "next please", will you turn around to the person behind you and say that they were called?

_Kaiser_

Badly Drunk Boy wrote: »

I think you meant "May" 28th. :pac:

Indeed Stupid Windows calendar - fixed

Badly Drunk Boy

Rockstreams wrote: »

No, this Saturday is May 21st.

If you're going to use 'this Saturday' about a time in the past, you have to use the past tense;

No, this Saturday was May 21st.

Even then, you're still fairly wrong (but I'm sure you know that).

Boater123

This Saturday is shortened down from "this Saturday coming" ie the first Saturday after today.

Next Saturday is shortened from "the next Saturday". ie the first Saturday after today. Which is the same meaning as "this Saturday".

"Saturday week" is two Saturdays from Today.

Saturday last means the last Saturday.

But ask the the O/H and it will be a different answer. Over the years they have learned to know what I mean and vice versa.

Keane2baMused

May 28th is this Saturday coming, June 4th is next Saturday (given it is in the next week)

Anything else is wrong wrong wrong.

Maximus Alexander

jester77 wrote: »

If you are in a queue at the top and the person who is serving says "next please", will you turn around to the person behind you and say that they were called?

Wut? If I'm carrying the shopping in from the car and I ask you to "give me a hand," will you tear one off and give it to me?

In language, context is key.

valoren

Alright for fighting?

milehip

She seems like a contration upstart op I'd have asked to speak to her supervisor and get her sent for retraining.

LordSutch

CarrickMcJoe wrote: »

Went to make a booking for next Saturday and the girl on the phone says, "that's June 4th".
No, next Saturday is the 28th says I.
Saturday 4th is Saturday week.

She maintained sat week is the 14th June .
So, when is next sat. May 28th or June 4th?

Next Saturday is this coming Saturday, Saturday the 28th of May!

Saturday the 24th of June is Saturday week.

Personally I would call Saturday the 28th of May "This Saturday"...

Maximus Alexander

LordSutch wrote: »

Next Saturday is this coming Saturday, Saturday the 28th of May!

Saturday the 24th of June is Saturday week.

This is absolutely, definitely, wrong without any shadow of a doubt and I think everyone else on the thread will agree.

CarrickMcJoe

milehip wrote: »

She seems like a contration upstart op I'd have asked to speak to her supervisor and get her sent for retraining.

Wouldn't like to send her next door!

LordSutch

...but surely in the absence of any other Saturday, next Saturday is the one we have not encountered yet? ie the next one, which is on the 28th of this month!

Remember the pop group, The Saturdays?

Made up of This Saturday, Last Saturday, Next Saturday, Saturday Week and Ginger Saturday...I think...

OldMrBrennan83

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