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When is next Saturday?

  • 24-05-2016 05:01PM
    #1
    CarrickMcJoe
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,379 ✭✭✭


    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?


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Comments

  • #2
    maximoose
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,220 ✭✭✭maximoose


    Saturday 28th is this Saturday.

    Saturday 4th is next.


  • #3
    ofcork
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,583 ✭✭✭ofcork


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


  • #4
    honreal
    Closed Accounts Posts: 246 ✭✭honreal


    well this is awkward...


  • #5
    F1ngers
    Moderators, Computer Games Moderators Posts: 11,608 Mod ✭✭✭✭F1ngers


    Saturday 28th is next Saturday.

    Saturday week is 4th June.


  • #6
    BlondeMoment
    Closed Accounts Posts: 142 ✭✭BlondeMoment


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


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  • #7
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    Next Saturday is may 28th

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


  • #8
    Maximus Alexander
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,080 ✭✭✭✭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".


  • #9
    Rockstreams
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 13 ✭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.


  • #10
    kneemos
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22,605 ✭✭✭✭kneemos


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


  • #11
    maximoose
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,220 ✭✭✭maximoose


    Rockstreams wrote: »
    No, this Saturday is May 21st.

    That is last Saturday.


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  • #12
    XsApollo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 2,688 ✭✭✭XsApollo


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


  • #13
    BlondeMoment
    Closed Accounts Posts: 142 ✭✭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 :p


  • #14
    Flippyfloppy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,746 ✭✭✭Flippyfloppy


    Saturday coming


  • #15
    Boom_Bap
    Moderators, Music Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 25,740 Mod ✭✭✭✭Boom_Bap


    maximoose wrote: »
    That is last Saturday.
    That was Saturday gone.


  • #16
    Maximus Alexander
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,080 ✭✭✭✭Maximus Alexander


    Boom_Bap wrote: »
    That was Saturday gone.

    No it was Saturday 21st. :pac:


  • #17
    kneemos
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22,605 ✭✭✭✭kneemos


    Boom_Bap wrote: »
    That was Saturday gone.

    Saturday last.


  • #18
    jester77
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,264 ✭✭✭✭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?


  • #19
    Maximus Alexander
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,080 ✭✭✭✭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.


  • #20
    Kev_2012
    Closed Accounts Posts: 976 ✭✭✭Kev_2012


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


  • #21
    kneemos
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22,605 ✭✭✭✭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.


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  • #22
    maximoose
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,220 ✭✭✭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.


  • #23
    jester77
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,264 ✭✭✭✭jester77


    Maximus Alexander wrote: »
    Next Saturday, the Saturday of next week.

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


  • #24
    ThisRegard
    Closed Accounts Posts: 27,833 ✭✭✭✭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.


  • #25
    Maximus Alexander
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,080 ✭✭✭✭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.


  • #26
    kneemos
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22,605 ✭✭✭✭kneemos


    jester77 wrote: »
    Next Saturday ≠ Saturday of next week. You are in a different week.


    Technically and actually next Saturday is Saturday coming.


  • #27
    frozenfrozen
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,677 ✭✭✭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.


  • #28
    DEFTLEFTHAND
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,499 ✭✭✭✭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.


  • #29
    joebloggs32
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,825 ✭✭✭joebloggs32


    Free beer all day tomorrow


  • #30
    Rockstreams
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 13 ✭Rockstreams


    maximoose wrote: »
    That is last Saturday.

    No last Saturday is May 14th.


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  • #31
    maximoose
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,220 ✭✭✭maximoose


    Rockstreams wrote: »
    No last Saturday is May 14th.

    That, my friend, is just batshît crazy talk.


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