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It's Sunday and someone says "next Saturday". What do they mean?
- Thread starter jotun?
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On Saturday or This Saturday= the nearest Saturday.
Next Saturday = Saturday next week.
Course in this case both are the same. If someone said next Wednesday on Tuesday, I would assume they meant Wednesday next week though.
Next Saturday = Saturday next week.
Course in this case both are the same. If someone said next Wednesday on Tuesday, I would assume they meant Wednesday next week though.
The more interesting question would be if someone says "Next Saturday" and it's currently Friday, which day do they mean?
at that point they say next saturday it would be the next week. since you have to like use tomorrow if they want to signal for the saturday well... tomorrow.
If this was said on a Monday, it would bother me more, I guess.
(I'm from a place where the first day of the week is Monday)
(I'm from a place where the first day of the week is Monday)
If it's Tuesday and you say next Wednesday, you mean in 8 days; the Wednesday next week. In this scenario, if you meant in 6 days, you'd ostensibly say this Saturday, not next.
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People often say to use "this ___day" if it's in the same week, and "next ___day" if it's in the following week.
This Saturday - upcoming Saturday
Next Saturday - the one after that
But I also think of weeks as Sunday-Saturday. If someone went Monday-Sunday this would make Sunday confusing.
Next Saturday - the one after that
But I also think of weeks as Sunday-Saturday. If someone went Monday-Sunday this would make Sunday confusing.
The Saturday eight days out. If it's Friday, the upcoming Saturday is now "this Saturday".
...the next Saturday.
If someone said "next Saturday" to me and they meant fucking yesterday I'd never speak to them again.
If someone said "next Saturday" to me and they meant fucking yesterday I'd never speak to them again.
If someone said this to me and they meant in 13 days, it would have been the last thing that person ever says to me.
That's even less ambiguous. If they're referring to tomorrow, they'll just say "tomorrow."
6 days away is this Saturday.
13 days away is next Saturday.
I always ask for clarification regardless.
13 days away is next Saturday.
I always ask for clarification regardless.
I'd personally say "this upcoming Saturday" for clarity's sake, but this invariably refers to 6 days from now.
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In the US Sunday is considered the first day of the week
I actually didn't realize it was different elsewhere
My brain usually processes "next Saturday" as "13 days" and "this Saturday" as "6 days" because it's contextualizing the day as being within "this" week (Sunday starts the week here).
"No, not this Saturday, next Saturday"
"No, not this Saturday, next Saturday"
It shouldn't be ambiguous at all. This Saturday would mean the one in the same week as you're in with next Saturday being, well... the next one. So in this case it would mean in 13 days. But most people would say it meaning in six days. It gets muddier when people consider Monday the start of the week.
Next typically means the one after this coming saturday in the strictest interpretation
However in this case with saturday almost a whole week away, I was assume from context that they intend the nearest upcoming saturday
but if it's important I'd confirm the date number to be sure
However in this case with saturday almost a whole week away, I was assume from context that they intend the nearest upcoming saturday
but if it's important I'd confirm the date number to be sure
Classic. Thank you for bringing up this hilariously bizarre blast from the past.
