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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?

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mansize

The term is ambiguous as this thread shows, avoid using. Use specific dates instead

NiallBoo

This could really do with a poll.

For me, Saturday and this-Saturday are the same.
Next-Saturday and Saturday-week are also the same.

Dates after that require some kind of forward-planning and are thus inconsequential.

LordSutch

Maximus Alexander wrote: »

That doesn't in any way respond to what I said, but regardless, you can use it like that if you wish but people will not understand you.

If you say to someone on Thursday "I'll meet you at 9pm next Saturday," they won't be there when you are.

Thursday is a bit too close to this Saturday to it to be crystal clear as to which Saturday they mean! so I would automatically query"do you mean this coming Saturday" or Saturday week?

mansize

When is next Monday? It can't be Monday week surely?

The King of Moo

Boater123 wrote: »

"Saturday week" is two Saturdays from Today.

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What if it's Sunday?

mansize

The King of Moo wrote: »

What if it's Sunday?

Still be two Saturdays away

Guy:Incognito

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?

"next" Saturday is the next saturday after "this" saturday.

kneemos

https://www.google.ie/url?q=http://forum.wordreference.com/threads/when-is-next-saturday-next-wednesday-or-this-wednesday-next-this-coming-following-xxxday-or-month-also-discusses-last-monday.37415/&sa=U&ved=0ahUKEwi3-afxnvPMAhXKAMAKHdIZAHIQFggbMAA&usg=AFQjCNEeC3vum-uZYfgXlOR47z6K-ybL8Q

mansize

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L'prof

Saturday is Sat 28th May
This Saturday is Sat 28th May
Next Saturday is Sat 4th June
Saturday week is Sat 4th June

Whether or not other people subscribe to my beliefs is irrelevant. It always makes for amusing conversations!

Maximus Alexander

If we keep this up we might have the debate settled by next Saturday.

_Kaiser_

beach_walker wrote: »

Umm

Ah FFS

... It's too hot in this office today (seriously!)

mansize

kneemos wrote: »

https://www.google.ie/url?q=http://forum.wordreference.com/threads/when-is-next-saturday-next-wednesday-or-this-wednesday-next-this-coming-following-xxxday-or-month-also-discusses-last-monday.37415/&sa=U&ved=0ahUKEwi3-afxnvPMAhXKAMAKHdIZAHIQFggbMAA&usg=AFQjCNEeC3vum-uZYfgXlOR47z6K-ybL8Q

Another discussion board is sure to clear this up!!!

The King of Moo

mansize wrote: »

Still be two Saturdays away

Makes sense.

mansize

For me Next Saturday is 28th May.

Well Bah

The word Saturday doesn't even seem like a real word to me anymore I've read it so many times here.

Absoluvely

CarrickMcJoe wrote: »

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

Well, 14th June is a Tuesday this year. Ask her if she is a robot from the year 2025, perhaps sent to kill Donald Trump.

2031 and 2036 are also candidates.

The King of Moo wrote: »

Since noon and midnight are both a minute long, many consider both to be exempt from being either am or pm, as they're neither before or after either 12 o'clock, with am and pm not kicking in until one minute past the hour.

Noon and midnight are not a minute-long; they are instantaneous. But I still like to greet people with "good noon" if my phone says 12:00.

mansize

I remember discussing this once re 'next' saying take the next sweet in the packet
She maintained it was the one after the one showing... I maintained it was the next available, ie the one showing!

The King of Moo

Absoluvely wrote: »

There's no Saturday 14th June this year. Ask her if she is a robot from the year 2025, perhaps sent to kill Donald Trump.

2031 and 2036 are also candidates.

Noon and midnight are not a minute-long; they are instantaneous. But I still like to greet people with "good noon" if my phone says 12:00.

That's certainly true, to take it literally, which is why I'd never expect people to know instantly what someone meant by 12am or 12pm.

mansize

Good noon??? Really?
The buses don't go by where you live...

mansize

12am is midnight
12pm is noon

The King of Moo

mansize wrote: »

12am is midnight
12pm is noon

Why?

I'm not saying you're necessarily wrong by the way, just want you to show your work.

Maximus Alexander

mansize wrote: »

12am is midnight
12pm is noon

Technically correct but next to useless in conversation since a large number of people will misunderstand. Much better to just say midnight or noon.

mansize

Maximus Alexander wrote: »

Technically correct but next to useless in conversation since a large number of people will misunderstand. Much better to just say midnight or noon.

Completely agree. I'd use midnight or midday- clears any ambiguity

Mr E

If I had a €1 for every time the word Saturday was mentioned in this thread, I could afford to go on a nice holiday the day after Friday.

mansize

Mr E wrote: »

If I had a €1 for every time the word Saturday was mentioned in this thread, I could afford to go on a nice holiday the day after Friday.

Would it be your next holiday?

ceegee

Well Bah wrote: »

The word Saturday doesn't even seem like a real word to me anymore I've read it so many times here.

I got about 20 posts in and started to wonder if "Saturday" was the correct spelling, had read it so often it looked odd for some reason.

m5ex9oqjawdg2i

I thought this was a no brainer. Next Saturday = this Saturday. The next Saturday that's coming. Some headstrong twit got this mixed up along the way and insisted that next Saturday = Saturday week (somehow), and it caught on. So what's next week? Is that the one after the one that's about to arrive?

Simon: "Next car I buy is going to be a BMW."
John: "Oh nice, bla bla bla..."
Simon: "Broom broom, check out the new motor dude.
John: "Thats a nice car, but it's a Ford, I thought you said your next car was going to be a BMW"
Simon: "Yea I did."
John: "But..."
Simon: "But nothing, next car is obviously the car after the one I am going to buy next, how can you not know that"
John: "I don't even..."

The King of Moo

Miles Tall Casket wrote: »

I thought this was a no brainer. Next Saturday = this Saturday. The next Saturday that's coming. Some headstrong twit got this mixed up along the way and insisted that next Saturday = Saturday week (somehow), and it caught on. So what's next week? Is that the one after the one that's about to arrive?

Simon: "Next car I buy is going to be a BMW."
John: "Oh nice, bla bla bla..."
Simon: "Broom broom, check out the new motor dude.
John: "Thats a nice car, but it's a Ford, I thought you said your next car was going to be a BMW"
Simon: "Yea I did."
John: "But..."
Simon: "But nothing, next car is obviously the car after the one I am going to buy next, how can you not know that"
John: "I don't even..."

But why would there be two apparently opposite terms for the same concept?

That'd be like if flammable and inflammable meant the same thing...

Oh...

But seriously though, while I do understand people thinking they mean different things from what they're supposed to mean, I don't get how people can think they mean the same thing.

Also, would you consider next October to be in 2016?

FizzleSticks

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