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Re:Someday aliens will land and all will be fine until we ex... by mynameisvlad on Sunday September 25, 2022 @06:37PM (#32977108)
“Next Thursday” vs “next week Thursday”. The former, for me, means +3 and the latter +10. I don’t think there’s ever been a time when someone I know has said the former but implied +10.

Interesting to see so many people here who do interpret it that way.

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Re:Someday aliens will land and all will be fine until we ex... by hunter2_ on Sunday September 25, 2022 @07:07PM (#32977350)
In my area it's fairly common to say, for example, "X happens every Thursday. Do you want to go this Thursday or next Thursday?" which is equivalent to +3 versus +10.
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Re:Someday aliens will land and all will be fine until we ex... by the_af on Sunday September 25, 2022 @11:40PM (#32979137)
Same with my wife; she tells apart "this Thursday" and "next Thursday" in exactly the way you describe. I don't. Predictably, all sorts of confusions ensue.
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