It's Wednesday morning. You're invited to an event at 5PM, next Saturday.
How do you respond?
When is 'Next Saturday'?
900dollaridoos on 29/11/2022 - 15:55
Last edited 29/11/2022 - 15:56
Last edited 29/11/2022 - 15:56
Poll Options
- 168"I'll see you in 3 days"
- 8"I'll see you in 4 days"
- 1344"I'll see you in 10 days"
- 14"I'll see you in 11 days"
Comments
people have issues remembering stupid things mate… just say that this is the convention (and it really is) and do not try to use logic as it fails the simple definition of the word "next".
Interesting rationale. Do you believe every phrase in our language is conceptually distinct?
I feel kida bad for the minority that selected anything but 10 days. Life must be so hard for them. đ
"Next" means after this one, therefore next saturday means the saturday after this one.
Nah, that would be following.
Imagine being at a station, and saying lets catch the "next" train, and your friends get on the first train that arrives, and your ohh, thought you meant the second train to arrive.Hmmm true, i was looking at it from a work meeting perspective. But i guess in different scenarios it can mean different things!
Unastrayan not to say 'Satdee week m8', but unprofessional not to give the date too.
I stop and ask myself what have I done wrong that is causing people to invite me to a something.
Next saturday should not exist.
The proper terminology is either saturday, or saturday week.This Saturday = next Saturday
Next:
adjective
- immediately following in time, order, importance, etc.:
the next day; the next person in line.
- nearest or adjacent in place or position:
the next room.
- nearest in relationship or kinshipTake the next bus outta here
My reply is always the same, "as in Saturday next week?" The phrasing is linguistically ambiguous so I always clarify.
It's funny reading people's vehement indignation about how stupid other people are, when all 4 answers to the poll have a reasonable basis for being used, and obviously at least the main two are in common use.
… and I generally say "Saturday 10th", since it's just less confusing for everybody if you give a date.
Look all this debate is fine, but all I want to know is how can I change my poll vote? My fat fingers accidentally pressed a random choice while scrolling this thread on my phone and seems I canât change it now LOL
What option did you vote?
Geez guys. Isnât it just plain English? Lookup the meaning of the word ânextâ in a dictionary. The dictionary defines the word ânextâ as meaning â (of time) coming immediately after the time of writing or speaking.â That means there is only one correct answer - ânext Saturdayâ means in 3 days time if itâs currently Wednesday!! I really canât see how any body could see it any other way.
If you are ânext in lineâ in a queue, how many people are in front of you? Answer, only one, not more!!
Itâs not that hard.
plain English is far from unambiguous. You can stick with your theory, but your going to arrive 7 days early for a lot of events
straight from google: "2. coming immediately after the present one in order, rank, or space."
The present one being the Saturday which is about to happen, which belongs to the current week. Plain English isn't a programming language lol
Apparently it is hard to read past first line of dictionary definition.
next
(of a time) coming immediately after the time of writing or speaking.
"we'll go to Corfu next year"(of a day of the week) nearest (or the nearest but one) after the present.
"not this Wednesday, next Wednesday"(of an event) occurring directly after the present one in time, without anything of the same kind intervening.
"campaigning for the next election"
Even if it was 11pm on a Friday, the next Saturday is tomorrow. The Saturday after that is Saturday week.
If you are on public transport and are getting off at the next stop you are getting off the next time the vehicle stops, not the one after that.
If you driving and you're told to take the next exit do you drive past the exit and take the 2nd one?
If you are at an airport buying a ticket and you're told you can catch the next flight, which one is that, the upcoming flight or the one after that.?
That's my understanding of nextCouldnât agree more with this analysis!
Even if it was 11pm on a Friday,
Only an idiot would say "next Saturday" at 11PM on a Friday…
This stop, or the next one?
This exit, or the next one?
This flight, or the next one?
You're standing in a queue, you're at the head of the queue, position number 1. Next is called. Is that you or the person behind you?
You're ignoring the person already at the counter.
The head of the queue isn't 'position number 1', it's position number 2. Next to be served after the current guy.
If the bus has it's indicator on to pull into a stop, is that this stop or next stop?
If I'm approaching an exit and my wife tells me to take the next exit, do I take this one or continue to the next one?
If you try to board this flight but your ticket is for the next flight, you're going to be told to sit down.It's ambiguous.
You would only say âthis stopâ if youâre already at the stop; every stop that follows it would be the next stop. Same with exits.
Also lucky for flights, they have an actual number.
I donât know why people keep trying to use these analogies; days of the week loop around, everything else does not.
It's incorrect because next in context of day of the week has special meaning, dictionary says so.
All this poll really teaches us is the importance of giving dates
Saying, "See you on saturday 10th" makes this whole experience much easier.Where is the response, "I'm not going"?
This Tuesday
This Tuesday
Next Tuesday"This Tuesday" can be taken to mean Tuesday this week or Tuesday next week depending on context (past or future).
Next Tuesday and This Tuesday (future context), with the current day of the week being after Tuesday, Google and I both agree is the same date being Tuesday next week.
Some would argue "this Tuesday" is the next coming Tuesday and "Next Tuesday" the one after that (Tuesday week) and that is where it becomes more ambiguous.
Same with Months
Next July is July next year
This July is July this year (past)
I wouldn't say it that way but if someone said to me "This July I will be turning 38 years old" or "Next July I will be turning 38 years old" I would consider it to have the same meaning as being July next year, not with "this July" being the coming July, next year and "next July" the year after.
Same with days"This July I will be turning 38 years old"
If it was already August then it wouldn't make any sense to be talking about a date in the past while using the future tense phrase "will be turning".
You could respond with - Don't you mean next July, this one has already been.
It is an abbreviation that 90% of people would understand.
If on Thursday someone said to me "lets go out to lunch this Tuesday", I would take it as this coming Tuesday (same as next Tuesday, Tuesday next week).
I would not feel compelled to say "Don't you mean next Tuesday, this one has already been." as in the absence of time travel it is pretty clear in context that it is reference to a future Tuesday.
I'd say next Saturday means the next Saturday, so the one in 3 days.
If I was meaning the Saturday of the next week, then I would call it Saturday week, but thats just how I talk with the people close enough to me.
I mean can't you just use Facebook or something similar like an e-vite to avoid all this nonsense anyways đ
This Saturday (the upcoming Saturday) is within this week. Next Saturday (the Saturday following this Saturday) is the subsequent week.
I myself had trouble with this language construct before.
To me, 'next' can also mean this coming Saturday depending on when it's said eg if someone say it to me on a Sunday.
If somebody says 'next customer 'I wouldn't think oh the customer after the one that's next in line. I would serve the 'next customer', not skip that poor fella.That's probably where people are getting confused.
Next customer being the one after the current customer.
In the context of a week the current Saturday is the one that falls withing the current week. The next Saturday is the one that falls within the following week.
My wife and I have been debating this for nearly 20 years! But whilst the poll is in my favour, I don't think there's any point showing it to her. đ
There's
'this Saturday' and
'nex Saturday'Or just add the date in the invite
you would usually refer to the upcoming saturday as the "coming saturday" and next saturday would be the one week after
I always put a date beside the sat so there can be no ambiguity regarding the date.
See you next Saturday, 10th December, for the event
+1
There is no way everyone is going to get on board one way or the other. The only solution is to avoid the ambiguity.
or learn English.
Yes, because English is precise for those that master it.
You might be the chosen one, because I haven't met anyone else who thinks they've nailed this.
This is why they used to say tuesdy week (with no a).
This Saturday is coming Saturday and next Saturday is Saturday in next week. Too simple question to me. hohoho…
Yep, by far, as per the poll here, most believe that "next Saturday" is short for "Saturday of next week".
How about this one…
It's Saturday, let's catch up "next Sunday", Sunday of next week is tomorrow.
When week starts does not matter
next (of a day of the week) nearest (or the nearest but one) after the present.
"not this Wednesday, next Wednesday"
"not this Sunday, next Sunday"
As an engineer, you would respond with " Can you please be more specific? Is it …. or ….? Thanks."
I am sure they would be happy to help out.
I always specify dates to be clear, and also, unless it is specific to an Oz audience, spell out the month.
viz. 3rd December 2022.Exactly, just say the date for god's sake, "let's catch up Saturday the 10th of December".
Probably need to also clarify that you're using the Gregorian calendar. Just to be safe lol
Next Saturday is the Saturday of next week.
Next Tuesday is the Tuesday of next week.
To me the only question would be whether you start the next week on Sunday or Monday.
Depends. Saying "Next Tuesday" on a Friday is unecessarily confusing. You'd just say "On Tuesday".
I only used the word next when there is potential for confusion. If its Monday, I'll say next Tuesday, If its Wednesday then I'll just say 'Tuesday next week'. Saying "next Tuesday" in this situation will require clarification 9/10 times
no thanks can't be f'd going
i'm the odd one out.
next saturday is the one coming
previous saturday is the one just beenid just ask for a bloody date though
if there is a bus due in 5 mins and then 35 mins, and you say lets get the next bus, you are taking the one in 5 mins
day of the week is a special case in "next" usage, so your incorrect bus analogy does not apply.
why is it special case, please provide a definition of this
maybe because they are not continuous
is this a better example
football game on 17th, 23rd, 26th
it is currently the 18th
when is your next football game, to me its the 23rd, not the the 26thnext
(of a time) coming immediately after the time of writing or speaking.
"we'll go to Corfu next year"(of a day of the week) nearest (or the nearest but one) after the present.
"not this Wednesday, next Wednesday"(of an event) occurring directly after the present one in time, without anything of the same kind intervening.
"campaigning for the next election"@Donaldhump: Or thanks man, I did not know I'm that smart to author Oxford dictionary. Do you know what dictionary is?
@[Deactivated]: Judging by your English you are not that smart.
Who starts a sentence with "Or", are you getting confused with "aww". Master your 2 and 3 letter words first before laying sh*t on others and being a tool.
Why not just clarify the date? I.e so we're meeting next Saturday, on the 'x'th right?
For those who are confused let's catch the "next" train, literally means the next train that arrives.
This train, is the one at the station, so doesn't apply to "future"I once had a mate who thought that "next saturday" meant the saturday after next.
So if it's Wednesday, he isn't talking about the Saturday in 3 days, nor is he talking about the Saturday in 10, he's talking about the one in 17 days.
We aren't friends anymore.
Usong cuming saturday or saturday week
How do I respond?
"This Saturday or Saturday Week?"
I think this is age related. In my era of oldies, if its Wednesday then next Saturday means in 3 days time, but my kids would interpret it to be 10 days time….very confusing. Only real solution is to specify …in three days time ….or on the date eg 10 December.
Jesus. There's dictionaries for a reason you know.
next
(of a time) coming immediately after the time of writing or speaking.
"we'll go to Corfu next year"(of a day of the week) nearest (or the nearest but one) after the present.
"not this Wednesday, next Wednesday"(of an event) occurring directly after the present one in time, without anything of the same kind intervening.
"campaigning for the next election"If He doesn't answer, I suggest humbling yourself.
If He answers you I'd suggest visit psychiatrist as soon as possible.
Nah to me that means next week. If they wanted to mean in a few days, they should say this coming Saturday or just this Saturday. My parents do the same thing though and when they mean next Sunday they mean the coming Sunday. Absolutely frustrating.
Next: (Of a time) coming immediately after the time of writing or speaking.
Saturday: the day of the week before Sunday and following Friday, and (together with Sunday) forming part of the weekend.
Confusion: uncertainty about what is happening, intended, or required.
Potato Masher: A kitchen utensil used to puree potatoes after they are cooked or to puree other soft foods for making food dishes requiring a smooth textured ingredient.
I think itâs unclear. I would seek clarification (ask for the date).
âSaturday nextâ is clearer.
âSaturday weekâ even more clear.
It's Wednesday…
This Saturday = this coming Saturday
This Monday = this past Monday
Next Saturday = the Saturday next week
Why is this difficult? If next Saturday means in 3 days, then what the bloody hell does this Saturday mean?
It only gets a little ambiguous if it's the beginning of the week on like a Sunday, in which case you should clarify.