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When is next Saturday?

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  • #92
    bnt
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,244 ✭✭✭✭bnt


    Here's an idea: If there's a possibility of doubt, just give the date. Effective communication starts with a clear message.

    Government resting upon the will and universal suffrage of the people has no anchorage except in the people's intelligence.

    — Grover Cleveland



  • #93
    Jack Killian
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,663 ✭✭✭Jack Killian


    LordSutch wrote: »
    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"...

    June 24th isn't even a Saturday


  • #94
    LordSutch
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,069 ✭✭✭✭LordSutch


    Jack Killian wrote: »
    June 24th isn't even a Saturday

    It is if you add another four days.


  • #95
    CarrickMcJoe
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,379 ✭✭✭CarrickMcJoe


    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.

    Or form a band and call it The Saturdays, (oops already been done)..


  • #96
    Badly Drunk Boy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 7,423 ✭✭✭Badly Drunk Boy


    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.

    Surely you mean Sunday Eve?


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  • #97
    CarrickMcJoe
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,379 ✭✭✭CarrickMcJoe


    Maximus Alexander wrote: »
    But this year and next year are not the same year, whereas you're claiming that this Saturday and next Saturday are the same.

    By her, next year will be 2018!


  • #98
    wexandproud
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,063 ✭✭✭wexandproud


    Jack Killian wrote: »
    June 24th isn't even a Saturday

    so what he's saying is , next saturday is on a friday . its getting more confusing..


  • #99
    LordSutch
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,069 ✭✭✭✭LordSutch


    Dem mushrooms is kickin in from post no 1 . . . ;)

    like, is tomorrow next Wednesday?


  • #100
    m5ex9oqjawdg2i
    Closed Accounts Posts: 11,217 ✭✭✭✭m5ex9oqjawdg2i


    Won't somebody think about the Sundays?


  • #101
    Maximus Alexander
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,080 ✭✭✭✭Maximus Alexander


    CarrickMcJoe wrote: »
    By her, next year will be 2018!

    No it'd be the year after this year. It's perfectly consistent.


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  • #102
    anitaca
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 89 ✭✭anitaca


    so when youre driving along and they say take the next left on the right do they mean this saturday or saturday week?


  • #103
    Tilikum
    Closed Accounts Posts: 994 ✭✭✭Tilikum


    maximoose wrote: »
    Saturday 28th is this Saturday.

    Saturday 4th is next.

    Wrong. 'next' Saturday is the next Saturday to come. Hence the word 'next'
    This Saturday & next Saturday mean the same thing.
    Saturday the 4th is Saturday week.

    I don't know what they're texting kids in schools these days.


  • #104
    LordSutch
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,069 ✭✭✭✭LordSutch


    Miles Tall Casket wrote: »
    Won't somebody think about the Sundays?

    Happy Mondays?


  • #105
    entropi
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 21,731 ✭✭✭✭entropi


    The 28th is THIS Saturday, Saturday coming, as it is part of this week. NEXT Saturday is on the 4th, as it is next week.


  • #106
    The YOPPA
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 177 ✭✭The YOPPA


    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.


    Never mind all this Saturday nonsense...what were you booking???


  • #107
    jester77
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,264 ✭✭✭✭jester77


    entropi wrote: »
    The 28th is THIS Saturday, Saturday coming, as it is part of this week. NEXT Saturday is on the 4th, as it is next week.

    Next Saturday is the 28th, you are currently in this week but you are not currently in this Saturday. As today is Tuesday, you can say next Tuesday is in next week. But you cannot say that next Wednesday is in next week as the next Wednesday is tomorrow.


  • #108
    Maximus Alexander
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,080 ✭✭✭✭Maximus Alexander


    jester77 wrote: »
    Next Saturday is the 28th, you are currently in this week but you are not currently in this Saturday. As today is Tuesday, you can say next Tuesday is in next week. But you cannot say that next Wednesday is in next week as the next Wednesday is tomorrow.

    Nobody in history has ever said "Next Wendnesday" on a Tuesday and meant "Tomorrow". At that point you're not even speaking English any more, it's just some other language with words that look the same, because English speakers won't understand you.


  • #109
    fussyonion
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,827 ✭✭✭fussyonion


    I like The Saturdays.


  • #110
    Eugene Norman
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,191 ✭✭✭Eugene Norman


    Tilikum wrote: »
    Wrong. 'next' Saturday is the next Saturday to come. Hence the word 'next'
    This Saturday & next Saturday mean the same thing.
    Saturday the 4th is Saturday week.

    I don't know what they're texting kids in schools these days.

    On a Monday you might get away with saying next Saturday for the Saturday coming but not on a Friday.

    The same confusion applies for weekends. In fact more so as I have often been asked what I did this weekend on a Monday (meaning the one just gone). However on a Friday this weekend is the one coming, and next weekend a week later.


  • #111
    fineso.mom
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,095 ✭✭✭fineso.mom


    Ah lads stop. This thread is giving me a headache. And by this thread I mean THIS thread that we are currently in right now, not the next thread or this thread two weeks . This thread !!


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  • #112
    PARlance
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22,635 ✭✭✭✭PARlance


    This Saturday = This Saturday
    Saturday Week = Saturday Week
    Next Saturday = Potential minefield


  • #113
    [Deleted User]
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    At this moment in time next Saturday is the 28th.

    In my mind at about lunch time on Thursday Saturday the 28th moves from being next Saturday to this Saturday.

    I find it bizarre how people can say on a Monday "next Saturday" and be referring to Saturday week. Makes zero sense.


  • #114
    FizzleSticks
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,172 ✭✭✭FizzleSticks


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  • #115
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 24,773 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    FizzleSticks wrote: »
    This post has been deleted.

    Well roughly, it could be argued that anytime Thursday but it's really lunch time Thursday when I can start to feel the weekend approaching so then the Saturday approaching feels like "this" one.


  • #116
    boobar
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,226 ✭✭✭boobar


    What day is today?


  • #117
    Cathy.C
    Closed Accounts Posts: 637 ✭✭✭Cathy.C


    It's the day before next Sunday.


  • #118
    The King of Moo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,207 ✭✭✭The King of Moo


    There's an important difference between saying "Next Saturday is the 28th" and "The way I think about it, it would make sense that 'next Saturday' would be the 28th, but I accept that the consensus is that next Saturday is 4th June, and that this is what language experts agree should be taught to learners."


  • #119
    FunLover18
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,793 ✭✭✭FunLover18


    Next Saturday is June 4th, it happens next weekend.

    This Saturday is May 28th, it happens this weekend.

    Using 'next' to refer to 'this coming' is absolutely pointless. Why say I'll meet you next Saturday when it makes much more sense to say I'll meet you on Saturday. May 28th may be the next Saturday but it doesn't need an adjective to differentiate it as there is no Saturday between now and then from which to differentiate.


  • #120
    LordSutch
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,069 ✭✭✭✭LordSutch


    I suspect the term you use is dependent on the day of the week you say it.

    For instance, if on a Sunday Monday or Tuesday I say, I will meet you next Saturday, this clearly refers to Saturday the 28th of May. On the other hand, if I say the same thing later in the week, then the definition becomes a little less clear & open to debate.

    ...but even at this stage in the week (Wednesday), next Saturday could in some peoples minds mean the 28th, which is technically the next Saturday before Saturday week, which is two Saturdays away!

    'This coming Saturday' now refers to the 28th of May.


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  • #121
    degsie
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,831 ✭✭✭degsie


    There's been many a thread on this before. Next.


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