Re: OT: speaking of days (weeks, months, years, etc.) (was: Re: Movie 'n Book recommendations by Curt)

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On Friday, March 31, 2017 09:45:59 AM Greg Wooledge wrote:
> On Fri, Mar 31, 2017 at 02:34:26PM +0100, Lisi Reisz wrote:
> > Great - all fine in theory.  But you try announcing a meeting that way!!!
> > Here in England we debate it, meaning that I and my husband disagree. 
> > When I say "next Thursday", I mean the Thursday next week.  When he says
> > next Thursday he means the next Thursday to arrive, i.e. this Thursday. 
> > We are both English, but I Cockney-born and he Yorkshire.
> 
> For whatever it's worth, here in Ohio, "next Thursday" would mean the
> Thursday that occurs in the next calendar week.  "This Thursday" means
> the Thursday that occurs (or occurred) in the current calendar week,
> though you'd need to use the past tense when saying it today, or people
> would get very confused.

Interesting!  (I guess I've run into that meaning without really realizing 
it...)

> If you want to be clear, just include the numeric date.  Your meeting
> would be "Thursday, April 6th".
> 
> English is hilarious.

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