Someday aliens will land and all will be fine until we explain our calendar

Re:Someday aliens will land and all will be fine until we ex... by the_af on Sunday September 25, 2022 @11:38PM (#32979118)

Tell me about it. My wife and I cannot agree on the meaning of "next" for almost anything, and we are Spanish speakers.

For example, when driving, to her "turn at the next corner" means "the corner after the next", while to me it means "the corner the car is about to cross". What I call "the next corner" to her is "this corner".

Same with days, of course.

It drives me crazy!

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Re:Someday aliens will land and all will be fine until we ex... by eyelidlessness on Monday September 26, 2022 @01:54AM (#32979862)

I don’t know if it would translate, but I’ve had good outcomes navigating with my brother by saying “following” instead of “next”. As in “okay we’re coming to Delaware street and we’ll take a left at the following intersection”. It’s not even language my brother uses but he immediately understood “next next not this next” and so I stuck with it.

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Re:Someday aliens will land and all will be fine until we ex... by hunter2_ on Monday September 26, 2022 @04:57PM (#32988273)

Oh wow. The only context in which I (and people around me) use "next" like that is with days, which is confusing in its own right, but at least it's contained.

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